JASON Pritchard opens his 2019 Protyre Motorspoirt UK Asphalt Rally campaign at the Rallynuts National Tour Epynt Rally on Sunday.

The Builth Wells driver is joined by navigator Phil Clarke in their North Road Garage-backed Ford Focus WRC05 and take on cars from 15 different manufacturers and 40 models.

The defending champion won the Old Forge Garage Mewla Rally at Epynt last year while driving a Fiesta S2000 to third place at last year’s Tour of Epynt.

This year’s Rallynuts National Tour of Epynt is based in Llandovery, with approximately 70 miles of stages over the famous Epynt military ranges, starting at 8.40am on Sunday.