Testing Times That last weekend’s Autotest at Kames and AutoSolo at Errol went ahead is a tribute to the sheer tenacity of both East Ayrshire CC and Saltire Rally Club stalwarts. As late as the Wednesday before the events there was a phone call from the deep south saying that […] Read more »
14 Jul: Rallying Returns
M-Sport Return To Rally Stages M-Sport are delighted to announce the M-Sport Return to Rally Stages – a one-off event taking place in Greystoke Forest on Saturday 22 August 2020. Celebrating all things M-Sport, the entry will be limited to any M‑Sport manufactured Focus or Fiesta, while the event itself […] Read more »
26 Jun: Mull – 30 years ago
The organisers of the 2020 Beatson’s Mull Rally have stated that a final decision on whether this year’s event will run or not will be taken by the team and the island on the 24th of July. By that time the picture will be clearer on lockdown/isolation rules. Although it […] Read more »
21 Jun: The Rally Bulletin Service
Before the Internet Although many younger rally competitors and fans enjoy looking back at films and photographs of rallies past, featuring such historic delights as Minis, Chevettes, Sunbeams, Corollas and Escorts, they don’t know much about the working background of the sport before mobile phones and laptop computers. Indeed, 40 […] Read more »
18 Jun: Lookback to SRC 1980
The 1980 Border Counties Rally, as published in the SRC Newsletter … Comments about the Esso Border Counties ranged from the good to the bad, and from the nice to the ugly. In fact, I’ve never heard such diverse opinions about the same event. For example, one English crew took […] Read more »
08 Jun: The Origins of Rallying
How it all came about … You may think that rallying wasn’t invented until the car came along, but you’d be wrong. Long before there were cars, there were wheels. Just ask the Romans. But even before we had the wheels, we had to get the navigation bit sorted out […] Read more »