… RSAC Scottish Rally, Fri/Sat, 19/20 May … With 2 wins from the opening two rounds, BRC points leader Fredrik Ahlin will have a big target on his back as he heads into Scotland this weekend for the Scottish Rally. Osian Pryce ran him close on the Pirelli till brake […] Read more »
12 May: News – Kames and Beyond
… News from the Kames 5 Star weekend and Beyond … Scots Abroad Last weekend while some of Scotland’s rally crews basked in the Muirkirk Riviera sunshine, some of our lot were abroad collecting silverware. Kirsty Riddick co-drove Northern Ireland’s Jonny Greer to victory in his Citroen DS3 on the […] Read more »
11 May: RSAC Scottish Rally plans
… Local council backs this year’s Scottish Rally … Representatives from Dumfries and Galloway Council met with rising Scottish rally ace Keith Riddick (and local pin-up for Jacamo – Ed!) this week to officially launch this year’s RSAC Scottish Rally in Dumfries and the town of Moffat. Having supported the […] Read more »
10 May: Timo Makinen, 1938 -2017
… Timo Makinen, 1938 -2017 … It was with great sadness that I read this week of the passing of Timo Makinen. If you don’t know who he is there are already many Obituaries on the Internet, but for most rally fans, the man and his reputation need no introduction. […] Read more »
10 May: 5 Star Auld at Kames
… 5 Star Stages Rally, Kames, 7 May … Kames was the ‘Monaco of the North’ last weekend. All it lacked was the sea and the millionaire’s yachts, the multi-coloured tower blocks and their extortionate penthouses, not to mention the odd billionaire or two. The weather was nice on arrival […] Read more »
02 May: Speyside News & Gossip
… Speyside News & Blethers … Scots Abroad … On the same weekend that the forest stagers were blasting through Moray, some of our lot had headed south to the Midlands for the Horiba D’Isis Rally at the MIRA motoring research establishment. The attraction was 60 miles of high speed […] Read more »
01 May: Speyside Classes roundup
… Speyside … The Classes … Class 1 Neil Coalter and Hannah Cessford had a relatively easy run to the Class 1 victory in their Suzuki Ignis despite the handbrake seizing on mid-stage 4 with Neil eventually managing to wrestle it free. He did admit to one other hiccup on […] Read more »
27 Apr: Speyside Stage Times
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat 22 April … Rd03, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Top Six Fastest Times on each Stage: SS1, McDonald &Munro Cooper Park 1 (0.60 miles – tarmac) 1= David Bogie/Andrew Roughead (Skoda Fabia R5) 0m 44s 1= Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) […] Read more »
27 Apr: Bogie Bags Speyside
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat 22 April … Rd03, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … David Bogie and Andrew Roughead made it look easy on the McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally. Fastest or equal fastest on 8 out of the 10 stages, they sped to victory […] Read more »
20 Apr: Condor Chatter
… News from the Service Area at Arbroath … One thing struck me at Glenrothes MSC’s Memorial Garden Stages Rally, and no it wasn’t flying rocks or dinged door mirrors, it was the number of current rally drivers and co-drivers who were out marshalling and officiating. Even those who have […] Read more »