REDHILLS RALLYESPORT TEAM

Warwick Martin - CoDriver
For 2005 Warwick Martin replaces Sandy in the co-drivers seat. Warwick has been in and around rallying for most of his life, either helping out the works teams whilst here, or following events. For 2003 he joined Nick Marshall to do Rally NZ which ended early with a mechanical DNF. During 2004 Warwick competed at the Waikato Tarmac Rally with us, and drove the 2004 Rally of the North in a leased Rally Drive NZ Mirage.

Simon Bell - Driver
I have been involved in motorsport since I was a wee toddler in diapers. My father used to rally, and it was the watching the Group B Audi's, Lancia's, and Peugeots of Marku Alen, Timo Salonen, and Hannu Mikkola that fired my mind that one day I would drive a rallycar. There was something about the Rotoehu forest, and the excitement of throwing a car sideways that caught my imagination.

Since then I have watched nearly every Rally NZ, Top Half series rally, bought the Speedsport religiously, and even for three years volunteered to help out with the organisation of the Smokefree Rally NZ.

Early in 1999, I had the chance to finally buy my own car, and have since then never looked back, although I am very lucky to have very understanding and helpful parents (especially when the car was housed at their place for 6mths).

In my spare time I work in the marketing industry at Apollo Marketing, as a Project Manager

Terry Bell - Sponsor and Manager
Terry is the owner of Redhills Benz, and also happens to be my father. He is an ex-rallyman, with a first in Group 'A' to his name in the 1978 Motogard International Rally of New Zealand, driving a rapid Ford Escort 1300 Sport.

Terry has the uncanny ability to look a problem in the eye, and solve it using very creative means, a good person to have around when you are re-building a rallycar. Many a problem I have seen as too hard to fix, he has astounded me with his 'can-do' approach.

When not helping me out, he is either on his boat, or playing badminton, see what happens when you retire from rallying.