He connected with David Young in a Mk II Ford escort and in 1986 the two joined the British Junior Rally Team.

[3] Senior's first full-time contract came in 1993 when he signed for the Prodrive Junior Team, along with Alister and his teammates, Richard Burns and Robert Reid.

[citation needed] Senior joined Nissan team in 1994 and after teething problems with the car during that season, he went on to win the British Rally Championship in 1995.

In a famous showdown in the Isle of Man, they looked on course to be heading for a second BRC title when suspension failure catapulted them into a spectacular roll in the yellow Sony VW Golf.

On Rally New Zealand in 2000 Alister and David scored Hyundai's fastest time ever on the Te Akao south stage.