Driver, City, Prov: |
Nat Stow, Duvall, WA, USA |
Co-driver, City, Prov: |
Ben Bradley, Gresham, OR, USA |
Nat Stow began
his rally career in the late 1990s in a
Mk 2 VW Golf. He learned the skills required
for rally driving quickly, and in 2000 won
the US national ClubRally Group 2 championship.
Shortly thereafter he stepped up to a 2002
Subaru WRX, and scored numerous Production
GT class wins and several US national top
10 finishes.
In 2002 Nat converted his WRX to Open class,
and teamed with veteran co-driver Ben Bradley.
Success was immediate, as the duo won the
prestigious Doo Wop Rally Championship.
Nat then finished 6th overall at the Oregon
Trail Rally (with John Elkin co-driving,
as Ben was the event chairman). After three
more rallysprints, all won by Stow and Bradley,
real life got in the way of rallying and
Nat was forced to sell his WRX to the Hintz
brothers and step out of the sport for a
period of time.
Fast forward to 2005, when the Caution
Motorsports team of Terry Christensen and
Terry Woltman debuted a Subaru 2.5RS. Their
Group 2 Mazda 323 was then available, and
the Stow/Bradley team was reunited in the
front-drive Mazda. The team had a respectable
showing at the Doo Wops, then took the Mazda
to British Columbia for the Mountain Trials
rally. Despite persistent mechanical woes,
the team set some blazing stage times.
Both Stow and Bradley are thrilled to be
returning to British Columbia for the Pacific
Forest Rally. “We love the roads,
the Nicola Valley scenery, the rabid fans,
and Annie at the Middlesboro.” |
Photo credit: Colleen
Hughes / Photo 25 |