Identified with cystic fibrosis when he was only one years outdated, Wink – now 42 – is an everyday within the Scottish Rally Championship behind the wheel of his Hyundai i20 R5; chassis 001 the truth is, as he was the primary to have one in personal fingers again in 2017.
He started rallying in 2015, 5 years after a lung transplant that reworked his life: “In case you can think about being held again by an elastic band your entire life, after which all of a sudden any individual simply comes and cuts the elastic band and you are taking off, it’s… it’s simply phenomenal,” Wink says.
With out that transplant there’s no method Wink might rally, however he nonetheless has to take 120 tablets a day – acutely conscious that problems can deliver hurdles at any time. However Wink by no means opts to not soar them.
What might have pushed him to despair has as a substitute pushed him to what, below any parameter, can solely be judged as success.
“It impacts your life how a lot you let it have an effect on your life, I’d say,” he ponders.
“All people’s bought their very own issues, however motorsport has actually helped me since you’re with like-minded people who find themselves aggressive and bold and desirous to push on, and it’s simply helped.
“I don’t dwell my life round rallying, however I push myself laborious with enterprise and different points of my life to be as profitable as I can once we go rallying.”
