Martin Rowe (born 24 June 1971) is a British and Manx rally driver who won the

British Rally Championship The British Rally Championship is a rallying series based in the United Kingdom. The first championship was run in 1958 and it has been licensed by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) since 1999. MSA has opted not to run the series in 2015, in ...

in 1998, the British Formula Rally Championship in 2001,

Production World Rally Championship The FIA Production World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, contested by Group N rally cars. History The series started in 1987 as ''FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers'' and obtained the ...

in 2003 and the Chinese Rally Championship in 2006. Alongside his title in the British Rally Championship in 1998, Rowe took the Formula Rally Championship in 2001 driving a Ford Puma S1600 after original champion,

Justin Dale Justin Dale (born May 28, 1971) is a rally driver and driver trainer from Winchester, Hampshire, England. Dale started rallying in 1992 at the Peugeot Rally Challenge, driving a Peugeot 205 GTi. In 1996 Dale entered the British Rally Championshi ...

, his co-driver Andrew Bargery, and winning manufacturer

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were excluded due to a homologation issue in the final round which affected both Proton and Peugeot. With Dale later losing his appeal, Rowe was awarded the drivers title and Chris Wood the co-drivers title. In 1998 and 2003 Rowe was named as the National Rally Driver of the Year.

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