Official Young Guns (updated)

[macksrallye]

For anybody in australia reading this, look out for a guy named Travis White in the next few years. He's 21 but has unreal amounts of driving ability, in a recent WA championship round he only did the short event but would have been sitting 3rd outright behind a grp A GC8 & Evo9 (driving a deTomaso Charade) after the four stages it was comprised of. If he can get a chance to do national events in the next couple of years he could give Eli, Glen & Brendon a bit of a scare.

[Zeakiwi]

The NZ rally young fellas have their shootout at the end of November.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport...ectid=10609196

(9 contestants listed)

[Mitch555]

For anybody in australia reading this, look out for a guy named Travis White in the next few years. He's 21 but has unreal amounts of driving ability, in a recent WA championship round he only did the short event but would have been sitting 3rd outright behind a grp A GC8 & Evo9 (driving a deTomaso Charade) after the four stages it was comprised of. If he can get a chance to do national events in the next couple of years he could give Eli, Glen & Brendon a bit of a scare.

Thats an awesome effort. Another guy similar is Sam Kirkland from Tassie. 18, only done a few rallies in a Mazda Familia 4WD. In the last two rounds of the Tasmanian Rally Series he's been setting really competitive times in and around the top 5.

[rx-guru]

But for 2010 very doubtful, as the support system around him wants to see "their" young lad in Rallycross Div1 Supercars.

Okay, understood today that his team took over the 2008 Ford Fiesta ST ERC of Marcus Grönholm from Andréas Eriksson. Good car, can take young Mats Lysen without any probs into B finals, possibly even into A finals… But for ERC A finals the grapes are hanging VERY HIGH these days…

[Zeakiwi]

Barker, Jagger and Paddon won the 3 categories of the 2009 NZ Rally scholarships.

http://www.rallynz.org.nz/

[michpetter]

Who knows what happened to Jaan Mölder?? I haven't seen him on wrc stages for some time.

[bluuford]

Who knows what happened to Jaan Mölder?? I haven't seen him on wrc stages for some time.

I took a few beers with him couple of months ago and as far as I understood, everything was behind money as always. The economical situation in Estonia was not the best in last year and therefore you haven´t seen Jaan Mölder or Urmo Aava much in last year. But now it seems that everything is getting better and hopefully we can see them back in action next year. Jaan is currently studding in University.

[PMM]

Its early to say, but I'd like to throw two names in:

Esapekka Lappi - http://rallikuvat.1g.fi/2009/hamina/.../hamina_30.jpg
Mikko Pajunen - http://rallikuvat.1g.fi/2009/heinola...heinola_18.jpg

Here's an example (Yes, it's only one stage, and the top guys might have already been slowing)

SM Finnsco-Ralli:

SM2 - SS18 (25.32 km)

1.Lappi Esapekka 14:56,2
2.Pinomäki Kalle 0:01,1
3.Lindroos Joonas 0:01,9
4.Hautamäki Ville 0:03,1
(SC4 1.Pajunen Mikko 15:12,1)
5.Tahvanainen Toni 0:10,0
6.Korhonen Jukka 0:27,0
7.Tawast Anssi 0:29,9
8.Savolainen Jarkko 0:34,2
Hakulinen Janne 0:34,2
10.Kumpumäki Jussi 0:45,6
11.Teppo Jussi 0:47,5
12.Vainionpää Jussi 1:05,5
13.Harsia Toni 2:15,4
14.Yushin Andrey 2:31,1

Well, now you might ask what's so special about Pajunen. Well... He's driving 162HP Gr. F Kadett while SM2-cars are Gr. n cars.

Here is Mikko's wesite:
http://www.mikkopajunen.net/
Check the in-cars!!! http://arjy.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Mikko/Vid...inkkarit+2009/

[Iskald]

Marius Aasen (17) is a very promising new name from Norway, and its highly possible he will debut in a WRC-event during Rally Sweden in february.

Fourteen days ago he experienced his greatest evening ever. During the Norwegian ASN Prize giving he was first presented with a Subaru Cup car from former Norwegian champion Birger Gundersen and veteran codriver Pål Iversen. Young Marius will use the car for free in 2010, and on top of that Mssrs. Gundersen/Iversen presented him with a check securing a running budget of appr. 50 000 Euros.
And as if that wasn`t enough, later in the evening Marius was crowned as the winner off the talent competition "Bilsporttalentet" (norwegian equivalent of the "Young driver of the year award" in Great Britain). The prize in the competition was worth a further 40 000 Euros for Marius Aasen. So he will do his first complete season in the norwegian championship and Subaru Cup next year, and he has the full budget already secured to do that and Rally Sweden in addition.

[michpetter]

Jaan is currently studding in University.

Do you know what he is studying?

As far I am concerned he is still the youngest ever driver to win the JWRC rally.
Despite wrc.com stating something different: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...J-WRC%20winner