… John Cleland (President of the SACC) and John Fife (Press) were invited to a meeting yesterday (11th March) at the Scottish Government’s offices in Leith. It was enlightening, positive and upbeat. It was also decidedly scary! … Be fearful, be very fearful … The sport of rallying in the […] Read more »
09 Mar: The Bears have a plan!
… Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, October3-4 … Something is stirring deep in the woods of central Perthshire. The Winter hibernation period is coming to a close and it would appear that the bears have been plotting. However, the bears in this case are not the grizzly type, with big […] Read more »
02 Mar: Safety Review – Next Step
… Motor Sport Event Safety Review … Following on from the recent Scottish Government ‘Motor Sport Event Safety Review’ presentation to the Association of Car Clubs last week, the MSA issued a follow-up Press Release at 12.20 pm today. It has been announced that a senior civil servant has been […] Read more »
28 Feb: Snowman News & Gossip
… Snowman News & Gossip … Serious bit first … Although the appointed Safety Delegate for Scottish rallying had a ‘dry run’ at the Galloways Hills Rally late last year, the Snowman marked the first official appearance of said gent on a forest event this year. As such, both he […] Read more »
25 Feb: Safety Review Group report
… Safety Review Group Presentation … The following report is from last night’s (24th Feb) Scottish Association of Car Clubs meeting in Bridge of Allan. It’s quite a long report but if you have the interests of Scottish rallying at heart, then it should be of interest. As Rob Jones […] Read more »
23 Feb: Snowman Class Roundup
… Class Roundup … Class 2: 2WD cars up to 1450cc First time on gravel since he bought the Toyota Yaris, Thomas Gray won Class 2 saying: “There isn’t much power, but it has good handling.” He finished nearly 5 minutes clear of Stephen Fraser in the original BL Mini […] Read more »
22 Feb: Armstrong Wins Snowman
… Jock the Snowman … It’s five years since Jock Armstrong last won the Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally, but he did it again, this time with Paula Swinscoe alongside. Coincidentally, it was Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy who were third overall five years ago, and they were third again […] Read more »
19 Feb: Safety Plea from the MSA
… An open letter from the MSA Chief Executive regarding spectator safety on UK stage rallies … This weekend marks the second anniversary of the tragic death of a spectator on the Snowman Rally, and of course on the Jim Clark Rally in 2014 three more spectators lost their lives […] Read more »
16 Feb: Snowman Entry List
Programmes are now available from the following outlets: Arnold Clark Peugeot, Harbour Road, Inverness. Thistle Hotel Inverness Autosave, Elgin Autosave, Inverness Charlies Cafe, Margaret Street, Inverness Contin Service Station. Highland Industrial Supplies, Inverness Kingswells Service Station, Culcabock, Inverness. Skiach Service Station, Evanton. Tore Service Station. The 60th Snowman The 2015 […] Read more »
13 Feb: New Rally Safety Delegate
… Safety Delegate appointed for Scottish Rallying … Things are moving pretty quickly down in Colnbrook with another Press Release this morning announcing the interim appointment of a Safety Delegate for Scottish multi venue stage rallies – with appointments for the rest of the UK to be announced in due […] Read more »