Sport
17 February, 2023
Rhianon's rally return
RALLY ace Rhianon Gelsomino will next month have her first Australian drive in seven years. The US-based Rhianon and brother Brendan Reeves will mentor Indonesia’s Gandewa Dalbo in the opening round of the Australian Rally Championship. The 2021...
RALLY ace Rhianon Gelsomino will next month have her first Australian drive in seven years.
The US-based Rhianon and brother Brendan Reeves will mentor Indonesia’s Gandewa Dalbo in the opening round of the Australian Rally Championship.
The 2021 American title winner with Travis Pastrana will arrive back home in Australia straight from competing in a US rally.
“Brendan and I will mentor and train Gande in this first round and I look forward to the opportunity to work with a young up and coming driver,” Rhianon said.
She said university student Dalbo was studying in Melbourne this year and would compete in the championship series driving a Rally3 Ford Fiesta.
“I can’t wait to get back to Australia and compete in a round of the Australian Rally Championship for the first time since 2016, where Brendan and I won two rounds out of the three we competed in,” said Rhianon.
“When the opportunity arose to mentor and train Gande, while co-driving in Tasmania, I jumped at the opportunity.
“We are both very much looking forward to helping him progress in his rallying career.”
The opportunity for Rhianon to mentor and co-drive with Dalbo came after an approach to her brother on social media.
“Brendan knew I would be available and everything went from there,” she said.
Rhiannon lands in Australia on March 21 and heads straight to Tasmania before back to Wedderburn for 10 days followed by running her OzRally Pro training courses in Sydney.
Two days ago, Rhianon had other reasons to be excited. Her father Mike was landing in the US for the first time since 2017.
On the list during his visit is attending the famous Daytona 500 with Rhianon and husband Alex.