DCC Stages Rally, Saturday 27th April …. Round 3 (of 11) – BLUE Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship …. Going into the third round of this year’s Blue Scottish Tarmack Championship, Stuart Baillie leads on 47 points from Ian Forgan. Colin Gemmell has 38 pts and Lee Hastings shares 36 with […] Read more »
24 April: Granite Class Report
The Classes …. Owing to circumstances outwith and beyond my control this month’s ‘Class Roundup’ is not as comprehensive as regular readers would expect. This was down to the fact that it was sometimes difficult to get access to crews due to the fact that journalists and photographers were not […] Read more »
24 April: Bogie wins Granite
Coltel Granite City Rally, Saturday 20th April …. Round 2 (of 8) – ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship …. Well, that was a belter. The winner’s 1m 24s margin may sound very much like a one-sided fight, but after three stages David Bogie had taken two fastest times and Jock […] Read more »
18 April: Latest event news
Old Stagers – Kames – Pirelli – JC/Reivers …. Old Stagers I don’t know if Richard knows this, but I got a note from his very caring and thoughtful offspring, Peter, who sent me the enclosed copy of a mounted photograph showing his faither Richard Stewart competing on the 1971 […] Read more »
11 April: Granite Entry List
Coltel Granite City Rally …. Over 115 cars and crews will gather in Aberdeen for the Coltel Granite City Rally on Saturday 20th April, and there are a few surprises amongst them. In addition to the expected front runners comprising Davie Bogie, Euan Thorburn, Quicksilver Milne, Jock Armstrong and Mike […] Read more »
04 April: Charterhall Chatter
Charterhall Chatter …. Rallying can be such an uplifting sport one minute and then downright disheartening the next. Like Steven Hay’s debut for instance. He had owned his Vauxhall Corsa for five years and over the past 18 months had converted it into a rally car. During this time he […] Read more »
03 April: Charterhall Juniors
Charterhall Junior Stages Rally …. Even with a new co-driver Alex Vassallo continued his winning ways, with Michael Gilbey alongside in the Citroen C1, when they won the opening round of this year’s Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge at Charterhall. The reigning Champ got off to a flying […] Read more »
02 April: Buckley’s First Win
Charterhall Stages Rally …. Twelve seconds determined victory on Saturday’s PJ Planthire and Groundworks Charterhall Stages Rally, the second round of this year’s Blue Scottish Tarmack Championship. Two fastest times on the opening two tests got the job done for Dom Buckley and Barry Hogg and although Dale Robertson and […] Read more »
29 March: MacCrone and Taylor
John MacCrone and Peter Taylor ready for Wales …. Ahead of next week’s British Rally Championship opener, the Rally North Wales on the weekend of 6/7 April, John MacCrone and Peter Taylor had their first run-out in the new Culina Palletforce Racing Team Citroen DS3s. John has teamed up with […] Read more »
28 March: Border Gossip
News and Gossip from the Border Counties …. Perhaps the real heroes on the Border Counties were the Marshals. This was no day to be standing out in the open, and yet there they stood, these icicles of humanity, ensuring the rally would run. Conditions at the third stage at […] Read more »