Tales from the Black Stuff …. Lete’s start with a nice wee story, before we get ridiculous. When David Bogie suffered his Launch Control problem on the Focus at the start of the first stage on the Reivers he had a chat with arch rival Euan Thorburn while waiting at […] Read more »
09 June: Crail Entry List
Crail Summer Stages Rally, Saturday 15 June …. Crail is easy to find. If you’re heading north, turn right off the M90 in the Kingdom of Fife or heading south, turn left off the M90 and keep going till you reach the end of the road (and the end of […] Read more »
09 June: Reivers Classes roundup
Jim Clark Reivers Rally – Class report …. Class 1 There was only one starter and one finisher in the tiddler class with young Alex Adams and Kenny McGuire getting the Nissan Micra around in 1hr 07m 05.0s. And they weren’t last. They beat one of the Land Rovers by […] Read more »
07 June: Jim Clark Reivers Report
Jim Clark Reivers Rally … Bogie beats the Bogey … Y’know something? We don’t give Quintin Milne a lot of credit at times, but actually, underneath that exuberant exterior he’s really quite intelligent. Prior to the Reivers he was saying that he has actually calculated that a WRC car is […] Read more »
28 May: Pirelli at the Clark
Tyre Talk …. Around 280 crews will travel to the Scottish Borders this weekend to take part in the 42nd running of the Jim Clark Rally: round two of the Pirelli-supported British Rally Championship which encompasses over six events (31 May-2 June). Based in the rural counties of Berwickshire and […] Read more »
27 May: DundrennaNews
Test Day in the deep south west …. The sun shone on the Solway for last weekend’s Solway Car Club tarmac test overlooking the Firth ahead of this year’s Jim Clark and Reivers Rally. 16 drivers turned up with their cars to take advantage of the sun, the tar and […] Read more »
27 May: Reivers – Full Entry List
Entry List for Jim Clark Reivers Rally: 1 Euan Thorburn (Duns) Paul Beaton (Inverness) Ford Focus WRC 2 David Bogie (Dumfries) Kevin Rae (Jedburgh) Ford Focus WRC 3 Mike Faulkner (Kirtlebridge) Peter Foy (Bingley) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9 4 Jock Armstrong (Clarebrand) Kirsty Riddick (Haugh of Urr) Subaru Impreza 5 Quintin […] Read more »
27 May: Jim Clark – Full Entry List
Entry List for Jim Clark Rally: 1 Morris Lubricants DMS Tom Cave (Aberdovey) Ieuan Thomas (Llanelli) Citroën DS3 R3T, Class 5 2 DGM Sport Alastair Fisher (Trillick) Gordon Noble (Omagh) Citroën DS3 R3T, 5 3 Jukka Korhonen (Nilsia) Marko Salminen (Tuorila) Citroën DS3 R3T, 5 4 Jonathan Greer (Belfast) Jonny […] Read more »
26 May: Wyllie’s Reivers Preview
Robin Wyllie’s Jim Clark Reivers Rally Preview …. Strong pack chase Reiver’s Glory …. Competitors in the ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship are readying themselves for the only tarmac event in the eight-round series – the Jim Clark Reivers Rally on Sunday June 2nd. Last year’s winner Euan Thorburn […] Read more »
23 May: Augustus Gossip
Augustus Gossip …. News roundup from the Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint …. Andy Horne didn’t start the Gravel Sprint because the Metro, sorry, DAM, wasn’t ready! “We’ve fitted a new petrol tank to it,” said Andy, “and the job wasn’t finished. Previously the two tanks were either side of the […] Read more »