… 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 »
20 Apr: McKnight’s Condor moment
… Memorial Garden Stages Rally, 15 April … Strong sunshine and bitterly cold winds greeted a smaller than hoped for band of rallyistas to Arbroath for Glenrothes MSC’s Memorial Garden Stages Rally, but the rewards included some pretty close competition all day. Having said that, there was no catching Greg […] Read more »
18 Apr: Speyside Stages Entry List
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat 22 April … Entry List: ( Number / Entrant / Driver / Co-driver / Home Towns / Car / Class ) 1,North East Fallen Stock David Bogie/Andrew Roughead (Dumfries/Newcastle Upon Tyne) Skoda Fabia R5, Class 12 2, Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Castle Douglas/Chorley) […] Read more »
18 Apr: Speyside Spectator Info
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages, Sat 22 April … Crikey what an entry. Saturday’s McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages has attracted quality and quantity to the third round of the ARR Craib Scottish Championship. There’s more R5s than fingers in a car dealer’s handshake at this event with David […] Read more »
14 Apr: DCC Stages News & Gossip
… News & Gossip from the DCC Stages … Off his trolley … Let’s start with a tale that will fill you with horror and cause panic in the fine dining rooms of cafes and chip shops across the south west of Scotland. The location was the main Marchbank Bakery […] Read more »