East Yorkshire rally driver Jonny Milner is hoping that the extensive modifications that he has made to his Merlin International supported ‘Xtreme’ 700 BHP Toyota Celica GT4 will pay off at Woodbridge this weekend (22nd May).

 Milner, from Huggate, will travel to Woodbridge, Suffolk, for the second round of the Toyota Sprint Series Championship confident in the knowledge that the Merlin Preparations Team has virtually redesigned every part of the car in a bid to gain valuable seconds and beat adversary Adrian Smith, winner of last year’s Series.

 Commenting on the changes, Milner said; “We’ve looked at just about everything except the panels and the dash to try to address the gearbox and lag issues.  We have fitted a rallycross style transmission system that we hope will solve the understeer problems and we’re confident that we have created a neutral handling car that will do what we want it to do!"

 Milner, 42 was pipped to the post in round one after the Celica developed gearbox problems that required extensive remedial work in the pits during the first of the six round Series at Rockingham.

 The full Merlin International team that will be in action at Woodbridge comprises Jonny, Barry Watling driving Jonny’s 2009 Championship Winning Celica GT4 ST205 in the A1–Pro Class, Duncan McMath and Andrew Falkingham in A3-Pro Class and York Rallycross driver Ash Simpson and girlfriend Danni Bark sharing the Merlin International Street Car in the S3 and Ladies classes respectively.