HERO – the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation … Land’s End to John o’Groats Reliability Trial & Touring Trial 7-10 Dec 2013 … Over 60 cars and crews from all over the UK and Europeland have entered this coming weekend’s 20th anniversary LE JOG endurance rally which runs from Land’s End […] Read more »
20 Nov: Wales Rally GB – An apology
Wales Rally GB National Timing – a statement from International Motor Sports Ltd … International Motor Sports Ltd. who organise Wales Rally GB have issued a letter of apology to all of the national entries for the delay in delivering the final results to last weekend’s event. IMS will be […] Read more »
12 Nov. Nat. Dev. Officer role
National Development Officer, Scottish Motor Sports … I didn’t think the appointment of a new Motor Sports Development Officer for Scotland would have aroused quite so much interest and curiosity, but it would appear that it has, going by the questions and emails received since the appointment was publicised here. […] Read more »
11 Nov: Toyota returns to WRC?
TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG) could make a return to the World Rally Championship in 2015 with plans for a rallying version of its GT86 sports car. The rear wheel drive TMG GT86 CS-R3, will be built to R3 regulations, with a six-speed sequential gearbox, limited slip differential, modified 2 litre […] Read more »
08 Nov: MSA, tracking rally cars
Rallies Committee considers vehicle tracking … The MSA Rallies Committee is researching live vehicle tracking systems and suppliers for potential introduction on UK stage rallies. Live tracking systems enable the locations and movements of cars, as well as, critically, any incidents, to be alerted to the event HQ and the […] Read more »
07 Nov: Inglis takes Kingdom
The Kingdom Stages Rally, Saturday 2 Nov … Rd 11 (of 11) BLUE Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship … Crail provided the perfect ‘calm before the storm’ welcome last weekend for the final round of this year’s BLUE Scottish Tarmack Championship. We were almost fooled. Cold, dry-ish, almost sunny conditions gave […] Read more »
06 Nov: Sports Development Officer
Scottish Motor Sports Development Officer appointment … Rory Bryant has been appointed the new full-time National Development Officer for all forms of motor sport in Scotland by the relatively new body, Scottish Motor Sports. SMS was created originally to enable the sport to communicate with the Scottish Government and its […] Read more »
04 Nov: The ‘Real’ RAC Rally
ROGER ALBERT CLARK RALLY 2013 … The ‘real’ RAC Rally gets underway this Friday (8th Nov.) in North Yorkshire before heading not east and west on Saturday and Sunday. There’s over 110 cars in an entry list dominated by Escorts, but very few Scots amongst them. Neil Shanks co-driving for […] Read more »
01 Nov: Galloway Hills Class roundup
Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally, Sunday 27 October … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship, Round 8 (of 8) … Classes Roundup Class 2 Mark McCaffrey won Class 2 in his MkII: “A good run, I fair enjoyed it” from Angus Lawrie in the Nova who was just delighted to finish after […] Read more »
31 Oct: Galloway Hills report
Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally, Sunday 27 October … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship, Round 8 (of 8) … There we were, all standing about the in the wind and rain waiting for the winners of the 2013 Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally. The TV crew and presenters were primed, the photographers […] Read more »