Jaggy Bunnet’s Rally Report – Monday 09 July 2012 RSAC Scottish Rally, Saturday 30th June Round 5 (of 8) Scottish Rally Championship Bogie’s Home Run Once upon a time when David and Euan were but skelfs on the stick of life and Mike Faulkner was still in short troosers, […] Read more »
Report: Reivers – The Classes
Jim Clark Reivers Rally, Sunday 3rd June Round 4 (of 8) – Scottish Rally Championship Class 2 Rally regular David Martin (he does about one event a year, and not every year!) hauled the Astra out of the garage for his home event and walked away with another trophy. Despite […] Read more »
Rally News: 27 June, 2012
Scottish Rally, this weekend, Saturday 30th June – Spectator and Programme Info below followed by full Entry List. The Historic Rally starts at 8.30 am on Saturday morning with Steve Bannister first over the ramp in Dumfries town centre. The 4WD National Rally cars will start approximately an hour later, […] Read more »
Report: Thorburn’s Third Win
Jim Clark Reivers Rally, Sunday 3rd June Round 4 (of 8) – Scottish Rally Championship Fresh from his two second victory over Damien Cole on Saturday’s Jim Clark National Rally, many pundits reckoned that Euan Thorburn would do it again on Sunday. After all, David Bogie hadn’t driven the Metro […] Read more »
Rally News: 29 May, 2012
Preview – Jim Clark Rally 2012 Schedule and Stage Times Friday evening, 1st June Rally Start, Duns Square (Internationals line up in Currie St, prior to Start) SS1, Duns – 19.00 Hrs, First car (Historic), 19.43 Hrs, First Car (Int.) SS2, Duns – 19.58 Hrs Saturday, 2nd June SS3, Abbey […] Read more »
Report: MacKay Wins on Home Soil
Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint, 19th May The Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint is one of those events where the competition seems incidental to the social side of things. Apparently some folk who should have known better didn’t get to bed until 4.00 am the night before the […] Read more »
Rally News: 13 May, 2012
Accident Update Better news from the north east following the accident on the Granite City. Although Joe is still in hospital, his pelvis is not as badly fractured as originally feared. At least he has been transferred to Wishy General so hes closer to home. It might only be cracked […] Read more »
Car: Class Act by Merc
Mercedes-Benz 220 CDI Executive SE Merc is Still a Class Act The big surprise about the Mercedes-Benz 220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Executive SE parked outside my door is the price. Yes, it’s expensive, but only because it had 9 grand’s worth of extras, but in basic spec it was a mere […] Read more »
Rally News: 02 May, 2012
Scots Abroad Ahead of the Jim Clark Rally which will be round 4 in this year’s British Rally Championship young Peter Taylor is lying third equal overall with Keith Cronin. They are 7 points behind Elfyn Evans and 4 points behind second placed Tom Cave. Ruary MacLeod is equal 18th […] Read more »
Car: Grand Tourer in the Old Tradition
Vauxhall Astra GTC SRi I’m no fan of the new Vauxhall Astra shape, much preferring the sharper lines of the previous model. A bit like me perhaps, the once-svelte figure now replaced by a more pie-enriched outline – but still game for a gurry on a quiet stretch of road. […] Read more »