A 15-year-old girl from Exmouth has reached the final six for the chance to win a scholarship to be trained as a rally driving navigator.

15-year-old Danielle Pool is one of the successful six finalists fighting for a chance to win full training and funding to navigate in four rallies and study at the Motorsport UK Academy.

Danielle ran in the course opening car on the Exmouth Memorial Road Rally, helps maintain her and her Dad’s Super 16 Vauxhall Corsa rally car and wants to take navigation to a professional level.

The scholarship six are competing to win The scholarship six will go into a final ‘Shoot Out’ selection at Bicester Heritage on the 31st August with the winner being announced in September.

The finalists who will be trying to impress the expert rally panel of Guy Woodcock, Will Rutherford, Andy Pullan, Seren Whyte and Tony Jardine. The scholarship six will go into a final ‘Shoot Out’ selection at Bicester Heritage on the 31st August with the winner being announced in September.

HERO-ERA Competition Director Guy Woodcock outlined what the six finalists will face at Bicester Heritage this August as they compete for the special prize in the shoot-out “The scholarship in memory of Bob will allow us as an organisation to keep Bob’s legacy alive by encouraging youngsters to be involved in the sport he loved. “The day will consist of interviews on your aspirations, a briefing session on navigating, practical sessions navigating around a special test, road sections and regularities in our Arrive & Drive classic cars, how to deal with media requirements and other matters which we feel will assist the successful applicant in moving forward.”

The Bob Rutherford Historic Rally Scholarship for Young Navigators will launch its first winner into the sport in September this year. Open to a wide range of applicants between 14 and 24 years of age, entries opened on March 1. Whilst the eventual winner will be announced in Sept following the demanding summer selection day, Will Rutherford, co-founder of the scholarship in the name of his father Bob, explained how pleased he was with the level of interest and the calibre of the candidates.

Will; “Having read through all the applications and understanding how eager the young candidates are to learn from this great opportunity has been very pleasing, although it’s made it very difficult for us to come to a decision on our finalists as there have been many deserving of the chance to gain some brilliant experience. “The broad range of applications has been staggering and we look forward to seeing where this opportunity can take them in the future.”

The shortlisted hopefuls will engage in a shoot-out for the prize on 31st August.