Brendo celebrates his birthday with a win

Brendo and Rhianon have taken a convincing victory in Rally New Caledonia, round 5 of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship, winning the event by over 5 minutes.

Starting the day's six stages with a lead of 2 minutes and 6 seconds, Brendo and Rhianon eased off the pace today to ensure outright victory and maximum points in the Pacific Cup. With light rain this morning, the roads were quite slippery, and thick red dust at times made visibility difficult, but the Reeves Racing pair were never troubled.

With their Subaru Impreza WRX STI running faultlessly all weekend, Brendo was able to wrap up the perfect weekend with a win to help celebrate his 22nd birthday today.

"It's a fantastic feeling to win the rally," Brendo said.  "Our team have worked really hard to get here, and to finish with our first international outright victory is awesome.  I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present!"

Visit Brendo's Photo Gallery for photos from Rally New Caledonia