… Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally, 9-11 Oct 2015 … In the weeks running up to this year’s Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally many pundits were predicting the closest competition for many years. Some of the more successful drivers were in new and unfamiliar cars while others had returned with […] Read more »
04 Oct: Mull Preview and Entry List
… Mullticipation … Could this be the closest Mull Rally since the 2008 event when Paul MacKinnon clinched victory from Calum Duffy by just 9 seconds? The top five seeds this year are all in Subaru Imprezas which should even things up a wee bit. Now I know that each […] Read more »
10 Sep: FIA acts on Rally safety
… FIA to introduce Rally Safety Action Plan … Jean Todt, FIA President, yesterday chaired an extraordinary meeting with the Presidents of the FIA Commissions involved in rally safety. Those in attendance included: – Gérard Saillant, Medical Commission – Ari Vatanen, Closed Road Commission – Carlos Barbosa, WRC Commission – […] Read more »
03 Sep: Rally Safety – MSA Update
… MSA issues rally safety progress report … The Motor Sports Association (MSA) can report significant progress in its response to the Scottish Government’s Motorsport Event Safety Review (MESR), which published 29 recommendations for UK stage rallying in January. The MSA committed to implementing the recommendations in a staged manner […] Read more »
27 Aug: Solway News & Blethers
… News & Gossip … Despite the on-stage rivalry, Mark McCulloch and David Hardie are really good friends. In fact David regularly helps mark out with tyres. Having ‘borrowed’ tyres from David on Wednesday, Mark had a good look at them, and then went to visit Jim Sharp to see […] Read more »
26 Aug: Solway Coast Junior Rally
… Usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally, 9 August 2015 … The ‘usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally’ was every bit as competitive as the previous day’s senior event with Peter Bennett and Arthur Kierans clinching victory over the final 4 (of 10) stages by 14 seconds from Finlay Retson and Andrew […] Read more »
25 Aug: McCulloch wins Solway
… Usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally, 8/9 August 2015 … Mark McCulloch and Mairi Riddick won an epic duel with local rivals David Hardie and John McCulloch after an evenly matched battle on this year’s ‘usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally’. McCulloch got off to the best start of the day snatching a […] Read more »
19 Aug: Speyside Blethers
… Speyside News & Blethers … Sad to report, but I bumped into Dave Tennant at the Speyside who was looking after Kris running Course Car in the family BITZ Subaru Impreza. Apparently the car had been prepped for Annabelle to have a run, probably her final rally outing. Dave […] Read more »
11 Aug: Speyside classes roundup
… Speyside Rally Class Roundup … Class 1 Alex Pirie won Class 1 first time out in a hired Rally First Citroen C2 and finished 40thoverall beating quite a few more powerful cars on the way which shows the potential of the wee beastie. Sue Hynd didn’t finish, ending her […] Read more »
07 Aug: Bogie wins Speyside
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat. 1st August … Bogie Wins, but McCombie Leads … David Bogie and Kevin Rae scored their fourth victory of the season on the McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally. Even so, that is not enough for the five times Scottish Champions to […] Read more »