In a press release provided to DirtFish, Stone and Cole emphasised their gratitude to the rally neighborhood for coming collectively so strongly.
“We admired Dai as a co-driver and fellow competitor but in addition for his work with the Jaffa fund, and felt this was the least we might do,” they stated.
“Our purpose was £10,000 however as ever the rally neighborhood does what it all the time does greatest and got here collectively brilliantly.
“The cash is unfortunately not going to carry Dai again however we hope it is going to assist his household over the approaching years and relieve any monetary worries they may’ve had.
“It’s a incredible response from individuals in and across the sport, we’re actually grateful.”
The Roberts household has skilled various rally-related tragedies over time, as Gareth ‘Jaffa’ Roberts was additionally killed in a rallying accident in 2012 whereas sitting with Craig Breen, who handed in 2023.
Dai himself later survived an accident that fatally injured Timothy Cathcart in 2014.
