At only 21 years of age, Chris Stilling, the son of Australian Classic rally champion, Trevor Stilling, recently won his first awards as a rally driver at Narooma.
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Chris Stilling, starting back of the field, impressed the more experienced drivers with his skills on the challenging course.
Stilling won the NSW Clubman and ACT rally awards and novice award at the event.
Stilling's performance at Narooma and the list of championship wins by his father has impressed the Simply Music Management team from Ulladulla who are sponsoring the Stilling motorsport team for the rest of the 2019 season.
Trevor Stilling, who was the runaway winner of the 2017 Australian Classic Rally Challenge series driving a Datsun Stanza has recently made a return to racing after injuring his back in a bad crash during the classic outback trial Alice Springs in 2018.
Stilling will start in the top 10 of the 48 crews competing in the 2019 Pedder's Eureka Rush Rally next weekend.
This is a round of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship and a round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) as well as the Hino Geelong CAMS Victorian Rally Championship.
Trevor Stilling has co-driver Hannah Russell next to him in the newly purchased Manning Automotive Kalaru, Darkie's Angus Cattle Holbrook, Waterhouse Performance Nissan Silvia.
He is a clear favorite to win his class and finish among the top placings.
