people


	paul s. russell
	*managing director*
		paul rallied in europe in the 1960s and early '70s in events from club level to international. he also managed a uk-based team, and was involved with event organization. in malaysia he has been heavily involved in the management of saladin rallying, and is well known as the webmaster of malaysianmotorsports.com

	fleur pedersen
	*representative - new zealand*
		fleur is based in hawkes bay, new zealand. she began codriving in 1997 and has competed in both 2wd and 4wd cars. she has competed in rally new zealand 5 times, and in the new zealand national championship for a number of years. fleur is currently competing in the asia pacific rally championship, the malaysian rally championship and the new zealand rally championship, with brian green. she also competes in other selected new zealand rounds with lee-anne barns.

	detlef wedekind
	*representative - south africa*
		detlef has been involved in rallying in south africa since the late eighties - first marshalling, then organizing, and competing as a navigator. he won the provincial navigator's championship in 1993. he maintained an active interest in the sport during postings to germany and malaysia, and debuted as a driver in malaysia in 1999. since returning to south africa he has been active in the organization of two national championship rallies, and from his long association with the sport there, is a well-known personality.

	eido osawa
	*representative - japan*
		eido-san is best known as a co-driver, winning the all japan championship (class a) as far back as 1989. since then, he has competed in many wrc, aprc and regional championship events, with many successes. his team management expertise goes back to 1992, when he managed cars competing in rally australia. since then, he has looked after well- known entities such as tein sports, subaru rally team japan, and recently, the perodua castrol rally team in malaysia. he is a dealer/distibutor for many performance products such as proflex shock absorbers, and has supplied these to several top teams. in addition, he has event organization experience in japan.

	kevin yap/realautosport
	*representative - usa/canada*
		realautosport is one of north america’s best known rally teams. this is, in part, due to the team winning the scca prorally production class in 2003, and the clubrally production title in 2001, with the world's first volkswagen new beetle rally car. the company was founded in 2001 by team principal michael ("mad mike") halley, who has been in the industry since 1976 and competing since 1968. kevin yap, who is malaysian by birth, acts as team manager and marketing director, and will be the principal point of contact as sr motorsport's representative. kevin has been involved with rallying in malaysia, the asia pacific region, and now north america, since 1995.

	tim sturla

	*representative - united kingdom*
		tim sturla has been rallying since 1990. he has extensive experience, having rallied in southeast asia, plus many parts of europe - including the 2001 junior world rally championship. tim offers a consultancy service to national and international crews, to help them improve pace-noting skills and driver development - skills that will be very valuable to sr motorsport's drivers and co-drivers. tim has also been involved in rally organization, and is an active member of loughborough car club. he also works as sales consultant for the western european importers of silverstone rally tyres.

	walid mihyar
	*representative - middle east*
		walid is a well-known and experienced motorsport organizer in the middle east. he has supervised and directed no fewer than ten fia middle east rallies, plus seven national and four long distance events. he also has experience of autocross, rallycross, karting and other types of motorsport, stretching over more than fifteen years. walid is based in amman, jordan where he owns a rally and sports part shop, but he travels extensively throughout the region.

	yvonne russell
	*finance director - srms(m'sia)*
		strong in financial management, yvonne is the ideal person to look after the dollars, pounds and ringgit that come our way. in addition though, she has a strong working knowledge of event management, and rally results services in particular.

	nuala boardman
	*finance director - srms(uk)*
		in addition to managing the financial aspects of sr-motorport's uk activities, nuala also handles logistics, product fulfillment, and general office management. her career to date has involved many areas of the transportation industry, and nuala has for many years taken an active interest in motorsports.