Dates for 2014 British Historic Championship announced … For lovers of polished rust and worn chrome, the Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship has announced its dates for next year’s (2014) series and there’s only one confirmed round in Scotland. The Jim Clark is out and the Isle of Man […] Read more »
19 Sept: Scots Chase Pendragon
Sunday’s Stobart Rail Pendragon Stages Rally at Warcop, just 20 miles south east of Penrith on the A66, has attracted a healthy entry of Scots in the BLUE Scottish Tarmack Championship plus a few furrin folk who are already weel kent up here and they are all listed below. There’s […] Read more »
16 Sept: Double Gold for McRae
Double Gold for McRae Rally …. There might well be some gold “in them thar hills” around Aberfeldy on Saturday October 5th, but it will have nothing to do with those who dig for it or pan for it in streams and rivers. This gold has been earned in a […] Read more »
13 Sept: Merrick News & Gossip
GWF Energy Merrick Stages … The Good News … I suppose the best news of the weekend was seeing Matt Reid back in harness alongside Kieran O’Kane after that fright he gave us at Solway when the paraffin budgie had to airlift him to the Infirmary in Dumfries. Fortunately it […] Read more »
12 Sept: New Competition seat Regs
Motor Sports Council confirms FIA homologation requirement for all Stage Rally seats … At its September meeting this week, the Motor Sports Council confirmed that from next year all stage rally cars must be equipped with seats that have a current in-date FIA homologation. The requirement for FIA homologated seats […] Read more »
12 Sept: “Super Special” Galloway
40th Armstrong Galloway Hills goes “super special” … A unique “over and under bridge” will form the centrepiece of a super special stage to mark the 40th anniversary of the Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally on Sunday, October 27th. The 1.5 mile test – located in Auchenlosh quarry on the outskirts […] Read more »
12 Sept: Merrick Class report
GWF Energy Merrick Stages Classes report … Class 2 Scott Sloan won the 1400 class in his Vauxhall Corsa which lost its co-driver’s door mirror (not the driver’s side, eh?) somewhere in the first two stages. Rachel Clark was second in class although the 60 bhp Micra did manage to […] Read more »
11 Sept: More from the McRae
Aberfeldy Battle Plans …. Following last weekend’s GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally in Wigtownshire, the title race for this year’s ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship is far from settled. That means added drama on the next round of the national series at Aberfeldy, the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally on […] Read more »
11 Sept: Thorburn wins Merrick
GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally, 7th Sept. … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship, Rd 6 (of 8) … It was make or break time for Euan Thorburn and Paul Beaton at the GWF Energy Merrick Stages. With only one win this year from five rounds in the ARR Craib Scottish […] Read more »
03 Sept: No Scots for Rally GB?
BRC and BTRDA Prize Drives for Wales Rally GB … Increasing opportunities for national drivers … Wales Rally GB organisers, International Motor Sports Ltd (IMS), is running a ‘Road to Wales’ initiative in 2013 which will give eight talented rally drivers the chance to compete on classic Wales Rally GB […] Read more »