20 January 2018, Saturday, was a grand time for Team MV Solar when Erin Valantine attended the Techworkz Launch Night to accept their 2017 TechWorkz Rally Series trophies.
Michael and Erin Valantine achieved first outright in the 2017 Techworkz Automotive New South Wales Development Rally Series – or DRS. The MV Solar team of Father and Daughter, started out on a high, with a win at the first of the six-round series in their 2WD Datsun Stanza. The Singleton Automotive Caves Classic rally was the opening round, and a win here was exactly the start to the season Valantine was looking for.