CRASH: Robbie and Amy Stokes – Otago Rally 2019

| Photographer Credit: Terry Marshall/Euan Cameron Photography

MA Media keep producing some great rally video and have put together the following which is a must watch for rally drivers, teams and fans.

Competing at the opening round of the 2019 NZ Rally champs, Rally Otago, Robbie and Amy Stokes were involved in their scariest crash to date.

After rolling twice in their Ford Fiesta R2, the pair found themselves upright in a creek with water quickly submerging their rally car.

A rapid evacuation thanks to the broken passenger window meant a lucky escape from a dangerous scenario.

Watch as Robbie and Amy Stokes tell there story.

 

The Stokes Motorsport team had the pair back in action for round two, Rally Whangarei, winning their class in a borrowed Ford Fiesta.  Read more here: Siblings Stoked with bounce back win

Benjamin Carrell is a freelance motorsport writer and currently edits talkmotorsport.co.nz. He writes for a number of Kiwi drivers and motorsport clubs. That's when he's not working in his horticultural day-job or training for the next road or mtb cycle race!

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