Multiple National Rally Champion Marcus Dodd makes the long journey north next weekend for the Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally based in Jedburgh. Utilising the incredibly fast roads of the infamous ?killer? Kielder Forest, Marcus will look to make it win number two in this years MSA National Gravel Rally Championship. The HPM Motorsport driver from Poole in Dorset was at his imperious best on the recent Rallye Sunseeker. The Fitewise.com, Sunseeker Powerboats, Sunoco Fuels and Pirelli Tyres backed Hyundai Accent WRC4 of Marcus and Hove based co-driver Andrew Bargery was in scintillating form on the Bournemouth event. Whilst Dodd may well have had home advantage, he reeled in overnight leader Paul Bird before upping his pace considerably throughout the event to win by a margin of one and a half minutes. In doing so, Dodd notched up another record as he became the only driver to have won the event an amazing five times. For the HPM team, it is back to business on March 24^th. Maximum points on the opening round have given the team real impetus as they head to an event they won in 2006. Last year was a lottery in terms of weather with snow and ice playing a huge part in determining the result. Clever strategy by the HPM team and Pirelli Tyres paid dividends as Marcus and Andrew kept out of trouble as best they could to notch up a hard earned victory. Competition will be no less tough this year however, with National Championship regulars Paul Bird, Steve Perez and Roger Duckworth all heading north to do battle for championship points. Buoyed by the strong start to the season, Marcus is feeling confident ahead of the event: ?Sunseeker went exactly to plan and I?m pleased to have taken a fifth win and the maximum points? said Marcus. ?Paul Bird quickly got to grips with his Subaru Impreza WRC and with a recent win on the Malcolm Wilson Rally I?m sure he?ll be strong next weekend. Steve (Perez) pushed us hard at times in Bournemouth as well so it is by no means an easy job ahead of us. We?ll be pushing hard for a victory this weekend of course and another strong haul of points will see us in a very solid position after two rounds of the series, so that must be our primary focus for the weekend. Kielder itself is a tricky place. The road is very narrow in places and there are lots of corners on the top of crests that are waiting to catch you out. It is a place where experience will count and Andrew and I have plenty of that. It promises to be yet another very strong battle at the sharp end.? Joining Marcus for the event will be his father, Harry Dodd. Dodd senior missed the opening round in Bournemouth but has entered the Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally. The MSA National Gravel Championship stalwart will also be hoping for a good result in his identical specification Hyundai Accent WRC. The striking black and silver machines are seeded at car numbers 1 and 53 respectively for the weekend. Further information on the event can be found at www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk.