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Pritchard draws positives from French outing | RallyBuzz

Builth Wells based Jason Pritchard, the newly re-crowned MSA R2 British Rally Champion, was the class of the field on his recent outing to France for the Rallye Le Touquet, where the 21 year old ran inside the top three in his class for most of the rally.

British Rally Elite member Jason and co-driver Andrew Edwards were contesting the event in an effort to clinch the British Citroen Racing Trophy but as well as facing their season long rival Martin McCormack the pair would also be going up against some of the best drivers that France had to offer as the Rallye Le Touquet was the final round of the 2009 French National Championship. With no less than 12 Citroen C2R2’s in the field of over 140 cars the Welsh pairing were hoping for a good showing.

Three stages on Friday night gave the crews a taste of things to come and the FCS Laser Mail, Competition Car Insurance and North Road Garage backed pair excelled in the dark conditions, returning to Le Touquet in 17th position overall and leading the R2 class by almost 10 seconds!

Overnight rain saw the crews all opt for wet weather tyres on Saturday but with Pritchard running on an old compound tyre for the first loop he struggled for grip and gradually fell down the leaderboard, returning to mid day service fourth in class. Minor setup changes and new rubber for the afternoon loop helped initially with a set of quick times moving Jason back up to second before a spin once more saw Pritchard end the day in third.

Sunday morning was a disaster as Jason slid off the road half way through the opening stage, flattening a hedge and coming to a halt in a front garden! Although the little Citroen was completely undamaged the marshals refused to allow the spectators to help pull the car back onto the road and the Welshmen’s strong run was at an end!

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Prosecutor says Barrett apparently uploaded videos of ESPN reporter, other unsuspecting nude women to the Internet: An Illinois insurance salesman accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews apparently uploaded videos of other unsuspecting nude women to the Internet, a federal prosecutor said Monday.

Michael D. Barrett, 47, of Westmont, Ill., was released on $4,500 bond but was ordered to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet, to adhere to a strict curfew and not to use the Internet. He is due in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Oct. 23 to face federal charges of interstate stalking.

Barrett is accused of making the videos by modifying peepholes in hotel-room doors — using a hacksaw and a cellphone camera — and trying to sell them to Los Angeles-based celebrity gossip site TMZ.com .

Barrett continues to be a danger to Andrews and "a danger to other women," Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Grimes told U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys during Barrett's bond hearing in Chicago.