… David Richards to become next MSA Chairman … David Richards CBE, one of the motorsport industry’s most globally successful figures, has been selected as Chairman-elect of UK governing body the Motor Sports Association (MSA). Richards will assume the position of Non-Executive Chairman from 1 January 2018, succeeding Alan Gow, […] Read more »
15 Jun: Kingdom Entry List/Preview
… Kingdom Stages Rally, Sat 17 June … Auld Codgers’ Day Oot … Although there will be a touch of ‘international’ flavour to this weekend’s Kingdom Stages Rally, there will also be something of a musty odour, and not just because this event marks the 40th anniversary of the first […] Read more »
07 Jun: Mull Rally under threat
… 2017 Beatson’s Mull Rally — Statement … It is a matter of considerable regret for the organisers and the Motor Sport Association, the sport’s governing body, that the Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally cannot run as a closed road event in 2017 due to insurmountable insurance issues. MSA Chief […] Read more »
05 Jun: 2017 Jim Clark Award
… 2017 Jim Clark Memorial Award … Now in its 47th year, the 2017 Jim Memorial Clark award presented annually by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers had a new look. Sponsored once again by the Ford Motor Company the award is presented each year to a Scot in recognition […] Read more »
02 Jun: RSAC Rally News & Gossip
… News & Blethers from Lockerbie … There were 4 Scottish drivers in the top ten at the end of the Nat A, RSAC Scottish Rally with David Bogie and Kevin Rae taking a well deserved and overdue victory after trouble on both earlier rounds of the BRC held so […] Read more »
31 May: RSAC Rally – Class Roundup
… RSAC Scottish Rally, Class Roundup … Class 1, 2WD up to 1450cc Just two finishers in the 1400 class with John and Bridget Rowan taking the class win in their Talbot Sunbeam ahead of James Johns and Paul Watkins in their standard looking Skoda Felicia. Expected front runner Neil […] Read more »
25 May: RSAC Rally – Main Report
… RSAC Scottish Stages Rally, Sat 20 May, Rd04, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Who’d have thought it, from stoor to glaur in 24 hours, but then again, this is Scotland. In all its natural majesty and glory. Having tested in dry and stoory conditions on Thursday afternoon and […] Read more »
25 May: RSAC Rally top stage times
… RSAC Scottish Stages Rally, Sat 20 May, Rd04, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Top Six Fastest Times on each Stage: SS3, Twiglees 1 (8.92 miles) 1, Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) 8m 45s 2, Shaun Sinclair/Jamie Edwards (Subaru Impreza WRC) 8m 50.5s 3, Greg McKnight/Laura Marshall (Mitsubishi Lancer […] Read more »
24 May: Granite Stages Entry List
… Granite Stages at Leuchars, 27 May …. This Saturday, the 3rd round of the Blackwood Plant Hire Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship will take place at Leuchars in Fife behind the closed gates of the military base. That means NO SPECTATORS. That’s because this is still an active military base […] Read more »
23 May: Inside Hyundai WRC
… Hyundai’s crew co-ordinator Willy Verhoeven takes us into his world … Last week’s Rally of Portugal started on Thursday. Except it didn’t. Not for Willy Verhoeven. By the time tyres were being warmed for the crowd-pleaser in Lousada, Verhoeven had already been in Matosinhos for almost a week. Not […] Read more »