JASON Pritchard will bid for Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship this weekend.

The Builth Wells star is third in the standings but could still snatch the title at the Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally in Northumberland on Sunday.

Pritchard is third in the series, seven points behind Neil Roskell and 20 points behind Mark Kelly.

However Pritchard has more experience of Otterburn than his rivals, having won the previous two Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship titles on the Cheviot.

Having retired on the Hills Ford Three Shires Stages, he and co-driver Phil Clarke have already effectively dropped a score and can add 29 points to their total points tally if they were to win the final round in their North Road Garage Ford Focus WRC05.

Pritchard currently has 89 points and the most he can finish the season on is 118 – which means that he only has to finish in the top four to win his third straight Protyre Asphalt title.

Meanwhile Craig Jones will be aiming to bounce back from his crash on the PokerStars Rally.

Co-driven by Shaun Layland, the Brecon driver could still win the B14 title, but needs another good result in his RHL and Jay Jays backed Mitsubishi Evo 9.

Organised by Whickham and District Motor Club and Hadrian Motor Sports Club, the 2021 Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally will contain 12 stages totalling 61 stage miles, all held on the Otterburn military range in Northumberland.