Businessman and rally champ brings students up to speed

Rally champion Dave Hemingway brought Barnsley College engineering students up to speed about his sport.

Local businessman and two times RAC rally champion Dave showed students round a professional rally car, a Ford Escort.

He owns the vehicle which has been used in various professional competitions and brought it in to show  students the differences between a standard car and a rally car.

Dave raced the car, purchased in 1987, to third place when he took part in the 2012 Robert Albert Clark (RAC) rally competition - a three-day 200-mile race through the forests of North Yorkshire to Dumfries.

Level 3 Motor Vehicle student Tom Peacock said: "I really enjoyed looking inside the car and talking to Dave. It was a great opportunity for me to learn more about different types of cars."

Matt Coggins, the College’s Motor Vehicle Tutor, added: "It's not often that we have a visit from a professional rally car driver, so it was great for the students."