Press Matters … Or do they? …. The news that the BBC has been banned from Ibrox (again) set me thinking. Dangerous stuff I know, but having recently attended the DCC Ingliston Stages rally, the Pirelli Richard Burns Foundation Rally and the Fort Augustus Rally Sprint, I can’t help re-thinking […] Read more »
15 May: Jim Clark Rally
The Legend Lives on …. It’s not just the local folks of Berwickshire who revere the name and celebrate the success of Jim Clark, the Duns farmer and twice world Formula 1 Motor Racing Champion. His appeal is universal, even 45 years after his untimely passing. He wasn’t the first […] Read more »
14 May: Quintin’s Sprint Finish
Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint …. What a belter of a day out at Fort Augustus. It rained all the way up there from Lanarkshire to Inchnacardoch, and then it stopped. That meant the first runs were slippery and although the corners cut up a wee bit during the […] Read more »
13 May: The Domfather
Dom Buckley III for the Clark …. If the Borders of Scotland are steeped in motor sporting tradition, then there are few more so than the Buckley dynasty at Hassington. Renowned throughout British rallying as one of the foremost rally car preparation and rally team management companies in the business, […] Read more »
08 May: Gravel Sprint info
Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint, Saturday May 11 …. Highland Car Club have got an excellent entry for this weekend’s Gravel Sprint at Fort Augustus, with quantity, quality – and a dash of lunacy, as some of the Stonehaven/Aberdeen asylum residents are getting out of their padded cells for […] Read more »
06 May: Pirelli Rally roundup
News from the Pirelli – and Jim Clark preview …. “The Jim Clark Rally will be my third all-tarmac rally,” said rising Finnish rally star, Jukka Korhonen, “I’ve only done two tarmac rallies before, so I’m really looking forward to this next round of the MSA British Rally Championship.” Korhonen […] Read more »
30 April: Ingliston Gossip
News and Gossip …. Gordon Boyd missed out on the Granite City because he was in Italy helping Callum Guy and Peter Martin who had entered the Memorial Conrero Historic Rally in Callum’s Group 4 Escort MkII. After 120 kms of stages, Callum finished 5 seconds behind the Talbot Sunbeam […] Read more »
30 April: Anderson wins Ingliston
2013 Blue Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship …. Rd03 – DCC Stages Rally, Saturday 27th April …. The Count of Monte Chris-Two …. At the conclusion of Saturday’s DCC Stages Rally at Ingliston, Chris Anderson was delighted, and surprised: “I really didn’t expect this today when I saw the entry with […] Read more »
29 April: From Down Under to Duns
Aussies head to Scotland …. With 4 weeks to go, the entries are now starting to roll in for the biggest and most prestigious motor rally in Scotland, and one of the most unique motor sporting events on the British mainland. Over the weekend of May 31st to June 2nd, […] Read more »
28 April: Granite Gossip
News and Gossip from the Granite …. Ollie Mellors confirmed that he intends to do the full Scottish Rally Championship series in the ex-works Proton Satria Neo S2000 car this year: “It’s not just David Bogie and Euan Thorburn,” he said, “there’s five or six more drivers up here all […] Read more »