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Using the Forest of Dean and Lower Wye Valley in Gloucestershire, this year\u2019s event offered 44 miles of exciting competition and attracted a bumper number of entries.<\/p>\n<p>Co-driven by Francis Regan, Wyedean debutant McCloskey arrived at the event finish seven seconds clear of the\u00a0Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 of David Wright.\u00a0Also running on a mix of Pirelli K6 and KM6 tyres was Luke Francis, who won a hotly-contested Group N\u00a0battle in his Lancer EVO9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels fantastic to have won the Wyedean, especially since this was my first time competing on a forest rally for more than a year.\u00a0I\u2019d like to thank Pirelli for their BTRDA support,\u201d said rally winner McCloskey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a fantastic start to the year,\u201d explained Pirelli UK Tyre Motorsport Operations Manager, Matthew Corby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo take a win in the overall classifications and to top the Group N leaderboard is testament to both the reliability and durability of our Pirelli K6 and KM6 gravel tyres.\u00a0With such a high entry list, we always knew that the competition was going to be tough but both McCloskey and Francis shone and were able to push their Pirelli tyres to the limit in order to take the victory.\u00a0It marks an exciting start to the British rally season and we look forward to what is expected to be another successful year of motorsport for Pirelli ahead,\u201d Corby concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor\u00a0McCloskey\u2019s Pirelli-equipped Subaru Impreza WRC helped the former Northern Ireland rally champion clinch the victory on the recent Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirelli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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