The official 2013 Arnold Clark/Thistle Hotel Snowman Rally event programme will be available to buy from 11th February 2013 at the following outlets: Arnold Clark Peugeot, Harbour Road, Inverness Autosave, 8-9 Tyock Industrial Estate, Elgin IV30 1XY Autosave, 35H Harbour Rd, Inverness IV1 1UA Bitz, Balmakeith Park, Nairn IV12 5QW Charlie’s […] Read more »

Mike’s New Motor …. Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy will turn up at the Arnold Clark Thistle Hotel Snowman Rally in two weeks time in a new car, but the car will be no stranger to the area! Mike has bought the ex David Wilson Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 to replace […] Read more »

The countdown to the 2013 ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship has begun and what a prospect lies ahead. Reigning Scottish Champion David Bogie is hellbent on claiming a world record five Scottish titles in a row. And as he announced at the end of last season, the Mitsubishi has been […] Read more »

The big story at Knockhill last weekend centred on the exploits surrounding Ross Hunter’s 2 litre Peugeot. When the engine tightened on the 4th of the day’s 8 stages, the crew was faced with retiremend until some bright spark had the idea of replacing the engine. Apparently the old original […] Read more »

Grant Construction Knockhill Stages Rally Saturday, 29th December 2012 The first of the day’s 8 Special Stages starts at 8:30 am and with daylight officially coming to a close at 4.00 pm, the last stage should be under way by then! Fingers crossed Entry List: 1, John Rintoul/Bobby Rintoul (Mitsubishi […] Read more »

Good news on the home rallying front this morning. The Scottish Rally Championship has a new title sponsor going into a new season. Aberdeen based ARR Craib Transport Ltd has confirmed its commitment to the national series following an initial positive experience sponsoring a stage on the Granite City Rally […] Read more »

Tall Tales from Mull …. It’s 26 years since Assistant Clerk of the Course, Andrew Kellitt was last on the island, when he competed as a co-driver, but when he walked into the MacDonald Arms on Thursday night, he looked around the room, saw who was leaning on the bar, […] Read more »

McRae Musings …. There was a touch of old-style rallying on the McRae this year when the organisers had no choice but to use two separate service areas. In other words, crews couldn’t park up for the day as they had to set up first in Aberfeldy then de-camp and […] Read more »

Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, 06 October …. Preview …. Although David Bogie (Dumfries) has already clinched a record-breaking, fourth consecutive Scottish Championship title, the race to be runner-up has yet to be decided. Mike Faulkner (from Aspatria in Cumbria) currently holds the position, but Euan Thorburn (Duns) has been […] Read more »

Events coming up shown below followed by latest News & Gossip …. I didn’t manage to get down to the Pendragon Stages at the weekend which was a pity cos there was a good turnout of our lot and some decent results, not least because this was the ninth round […] Read more »