… Granite Stages at Leuchars, Sat 26 May …
This Saturday’s Granite Stages Rally at Leuchars is a lock-in, i.e. a non spectator event. Which is a pity, because the Entry List looks pretty good.
Alan Kirkaldy heads the list in his Mk2 with Gordon Morrison right behind him in the Subaru. Alistair Inglis wheels out the Lotus again at number 3 while Ian Forgan will use his Hyundai this weekend. John Rintoul should be worth a shout too, now that he is getting some reliability into the hybrid Fiesta and no doubt Ian Paterson will be up there too although there are some ‘power’ stretches at Leuchars which will suit the bigger cars.
Alan Gardiner runs at 7 in his awfy rapid Mk1 while Tom Morris will again have four wheel drive at his disposal, but not the Metro, he’s trying a Millington Fabia. Rounding off the top ten is Colin Gemmell fresh from his 2nd place o/a at the recent event at MIRA down south. Just outside the top ten, Brian Watson is still learning his new Subaru WRC and running at 12 is former Scottish champ Jimmy Christie in the first of the day’s Lancers.
There’s a full house of 13 Juniors too and they are always worth a watch – and a listen. I say ‘listen’ because even when they are out of sight, listening to them provides a good insight into how the youngsters are doing. Some of them stay on the throttle absolutely flat-out for longer than I would dare!
The first car is due to start at 08.30 hrs with the ‘Seniors’ contesting 10 stages totalling 55 miles while the Juniors will have 11 stages and 42 miles of tests all within the Army Base perimeter.
Remember, the only way to see this event is if you are competing, servicing, officiating or marshalling – so you know what to do!
Granite Stages at Leuchars 2018
1, Alan Kirkaldy/Eoghan Anderson (Ford Escort Mk2) 2499cc, 4
2, Gordon Morrison/Calum MacPherson (Subaru Impreza) 2000, 5
3, Alistair Inglis/Colin Inglis (Lotus Exige) 2150, 4
4, Ian Forgan/Sarah Forgan (Hyundai Accent) 1999, 5
5, John Rintoul/Ross Hynd (Ford Fiesta RX) 2000, 5
6, Ian Paterson/Alan Paterson (Subaru B13) 1995, 5
7, Alan Gardiner/Dave Robson (Ford Escort Mk1) 2500, 4
9, Tom Morris/Don Whyatt (Skoda Fabia) 2500, 5
10, Colin Gemmell/Derek Keir (Ford Escort Mk2) 2499, 4
11, Brian Watson/Sean Donnelly (Subaru WRC S11) 1998, 5
12, Jimmy Christie/TBA (Mitsubishi Evo9) 1998, 5
13, Alan Wallace/Darren Robertson (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6) 1998, 5
14, George Ross Auld/Richard Stewart (Ford Escort) 1998, 3
15, William Beattie/Steven Beattie (Ford Mk2 Escort) 1998, 3
16, Richard Sutherland/Jack Sutherland (Opel Manta) 1998, 3
17, Ross McCallum/James Ralph (MG Maestro) 1998, 3
18, Kenny Moore/Dick Wardle (Hillman Avenger) 2000, 3
19, Des Campbell/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206) 1600, 2
20, Stevie Irwin/Neil Bye (Vauxhall Nova) 1600, 2
21, Finlay Retson/Harry Chalmers (Ford Fiesta R2) 1598, 2
22, Michael Harbour/Ian MacDougall (Citroen C2 R2 Max) 1600, 2
23, Scott McMinn/Mary Pierotti (Subaru Impreza) 1998, 5
24, Graeme Rintoul/Jim Rintoul (Ford Fiesta) 1999, 3
25, Hamish Grant/Stewart Hurst (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, 3
26, Martin Page/Michael Anderson (BMW Mini) 1600, 4
27, Graham Mutch/John McDonald (Subaru Impreza GC8) 1990, 5
28, Kyle Adam/Connor Adam (Ford Escort Mk2) 1600, 2
29, Steven Bellshaw/Callum Shanks (Citroen C2 VTS) 1600, 2
30, Martin Watterston/Kenny Anderson (Subaru Impreza) 1999, 5
31, Ewan Stanhope/Martin Forrest (Renault Clio) 1998, 3
32, Ron Walker/Dean Ross (Ford Ka) 1600, 2
33, Fraser Smith/Ian Parker (Honda Civic) 1600, 2
34, Peter Oag/Sinclair Young (Citroen C2 VTS) 1598, 2
35, Lindsay Taylor/Keith Fair (Ford Fiesta ST150) 1999, 3
36, Alan Stark/Greg Stark (Peugeot 205 GTI) 1900, 3
37, Kevin Stout/Cameron Stout (Prodrive Impreza) 2000, 5
38, James Munro/Nikki Addison (Subaru Impreza) 1994, 5
39, David McIntyre/Shona Hale (Vauxhall Nova) 1598, 2
40, Martyn Douglas/Brian Pringle (Volksagen Polo Cup Car) 1398, 1
41, Leonard Jones/Daniel Langford (Vauxhall Chevette) 1998, 3
42, David Cranston/TBC (Opel Astra) 1998, 3
43, James Strachan/Kayleigh Strachan (Peugeot 106) 1400, 1
44, Gary McDermaid/Douglas Orr (Peugeot 106) 1587, 2
45, Roy Ness/Drew Forbes (Ford Fiesta) 1998, 3
46, Stuart Millar/Alex Burns (Vauxhall Astra) 1998, 3
47, Cameron Craig/Ewan Lees (Peugeot 205) 1360, 1
48, Brian Beefy Fraser/Fiona Moir (Hillman Avenger Tiger) 1500, 2
49, Willie Beattie/Phil Sandham (Ford Escort Mk2) 1998, 3
50, James Clark/Paul Orchiston (Audi TT) 1898, 5
51, Garry Coutts/Paul Tonner (Ford Fiesta) 1596, 2
52, Martin Farquhar/Aiden Henderson (Peugeot 106) 1360, 1
53, Jonathan MacDonald/Chris Wareham (Peugeot 306 GTi-6) 1998, 3
54, James Rae/Graeme Brown (Peugeot 205GTI) 1900, 3
55, Malcolm MacDougall/Kyle Livingstone (Vaxhuall Nova) 1300, 1
Granite Stages at Leuchars Juniors 2018
1, Johnnie MacKay/Gordon Reid (Suzuki Alto) 996, 1
2, Lewis Haining/George Myatt (Skoda Citigo) 1000, 1
3, Andrew Blackwood/Tom Middlemiss (Citroen C1) 999, 1
4, Oliver Hunter/Tom Hynd (Peugeot 107) 1000, 1
5, Peter Beaton/TBA (Peugeot 107) 998, 1
6, Fraser Anderson/Ian McRae (Citroen C1) 998, 1
7, Amy McCubbin/Jane Nicol (Skoda Citigo) 999, 1
8, Alice Paterson/Ian Crosbie (Peugeot 107) 998, 1
9, Jack Hall/Robin Nicolson (Nissan Micra) 998, 1
10, Cameron Davidson/Steven Brown (Nissan Micra) 1000, 1
11, Archie Swinscoe/Jim Brindle (Skoda Citigo) 999, 1
12, Erica Winning/Mark Runciman (Nissan Micra) 999, 1
13, Aaron Webster/Colin Baxter (Nissan Micra) 998, 1