Richard Burns’ night in Cardiff
Anthony Peacock recalls how Richard Burns became England's one and only World Rally champion – and how it almost didn't happen
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Taken from Motor Sport, October 2016, Richard Burns’ night in Cardiff
The rain fell hard over the finish line at Margam Park, but that couldn’t dampen the joy etched into the face of Alex Burns, the father of Richard Burns, and Richard’s girlfriend Zoe Scott. They were waiting at the end of the final stage of the 2001 Rally GB, with other close friends who formed a vital part of the support network on which Richard so heavily relied.
The result, by Richard’s standards, was nothing particularly special: third overall. But what it meant was colossal, it was the culmination of a life’s work in fact.