"I'll try not to spew, or put [driver] Adrian [Coppin] into a tree," Peck joked.

Former Search for a Supermodel contestant Peck will be Coppin's co-driver and navigator when the National Capital Rally starts on Saturday.

It will be the first time she hits the track in the Australian Rally Championship and a world away from her every day life as a model and television presenter.

There's a lot of things that could go wrong in Tidbinbilla Forest but Pecks says she's not thinking twice about safety.

"Adrian is a very capable driver so I'm not concerned with his skills at all," Peck said.

"He's probably more concerned about my skills. He's putting his life in my hands so hopefully I know my lefts from my rights and I'll try to keep the swearing to a minimum."

The former Myer model undertook basic training with veteran co-driver Coral Taylor, who took her through all of the time codes, notes, signals and finite details for Saturday's rally.

Coppin and Peck had their first test run as pace-mates in the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 on Thursday morning. The Canberra racing star described his new co-driver as a 'natural'.

"There will be some nerves and reservations at the start bar of the first stage given the fact that I've got a very novice co-driver in Kate," Coppin said. "She's definitely done a lot in the classroom for preparation. It'll be about applying the theory and getting her comfortable reading the notes and getting the timing right."

Coppin came second in last year's edition of the National Capital Rally after taking a one-year hiatus from the sport. The 32-year-old quit the circuit in 2017 to focus on his motorsport company and move to Brisbane.

Coppin still considers the National Capital Rally as his home event despite living in the Sunshine State for three years.

"The National Capital Rally always holds fond memories," Coppin said.

"I won my first rally and first stage in Canberra, so it's always a special place to come back to."

Co-driver Peck believes the pace-mates could finish in the top three given Coppin's impressive record on home soil.

"This is quite a serious operation and I think it's going to mean a lot if we can stick it on the podium," Peck said.

"Considering Adrian came second last year I actually think we might just do that."

But Coppin isn't the only Canberran racing to win the home rally.

Brothers Harry and Lewis Bates topped the opening round of the ARC last month, claiming first and second place at the Forest Rally in Western Australia.

Harry and co-driver John McCarthy led the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia one-two in the team's brand new Toyota Yaris AP4. The Canberrans will enter the National Capital Rally as strong favourites after they secured 13 out of a possible 18 stages in the opening round.

"The battle upfront is going to be fierce in particular with Harry and Lewis," Coppin said.

"There's clearly something in the genes with that family so there's going to be some in house rivalry there. They're in later generation cars and they've spent a lot of time developing them so I expect that they're going to be the ones to watch out for."

National Capital Rally will kick off with a Ceremonial Start on Friday afternoon. Stage one will begin on Saturday 7.30am at Nutanix Service Park.