Crashing the Land Rover Bowler Defender rally car

It all went wrong in the third round of the Bowler Defender Series, and I crashed a 300hp rally monster.

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The third round of the Bowler Defender series took us to Scotland for the Scottish Summer Hill rally, where it all went wrong and I crashed the 300hp beast.

This is a totally new style of racing for me so it meant a huge learning curve. In this video not only will you see the crash footage but I also take you on a full walk around of the Bowler rally car so you can see what a Defender is and how it differs from the base model, the Land Rover Defender.

That didn’t go to plan

This was a rally that went crazy! Not only did I crash the Bowler a 300 hp rally monster but by mid day on day two I was ranking 1st in class and 10th overall. This was my 7th day in a racing car of any form EVER!

Find out more about the Bowler Defender Rally Series:

https://www.bowlermotors.com/bowler-defender-challenge/

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