16 Jun: Kirkaldy’s Granite victory

… Granite Stages at Leuchars Rally, 27 May 2017 … Alan Kirkaldy scored his second victory on successive events when he won the Granite Stages at Leuchars Rally in his Ford Escort Mk2. It was a dominant display. Kirkaldy with Richard Crozier this time was fastest or equal fastest on […] Read more »

31 May: RSAC Rally – Class Roundup

… RSAC Scottish Rally, Class Roundup … Class 1, 2WD up to 1450cc Just two finishers in the 1400 class with John and Bridget Rowan taking the class win in their Talbot Sunbeam ahead of James Johns and Paul Watkins in their standard looking Skoda Felicia. Expected front runner Neil […] Read more »

25 May: RSAC Rally – Main Report

… RSAC Scottish Stages Rally, Sat 20 May, Rd04, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Who’d have thought it, from stoor to glaur in 24 hours, but then again, this is Scotland. In all its natural majesty and glory. Having tested in dry and stoory conditions on Thursday afternoon and […] Read more »

25 May: RSAC Rally top stage times

… RSAC Scottish Stages Rally, Sat 20 May, Rd04, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Top Six Fastest Times on each Stage: SS3, Twiglees 1 (8.92 miles) 1, Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) 8m 45s 2, Shaun Sinclair/Jamie Edwards (Subaru Impreza WRC) 8m 50.5s 3, Greg McKnight/Laura Marshall (Mitsubishi Lancer […] Read more »

10 May: 5 Star Auld at Kames

… 5 Star Stages Rally, Kames, 7 May … Kames was the ‘Monaco of the North’ last weekend. All it lacked was the sea and the millionaire’s yachts, the multi-coloured tower blocks and their extortionate penthouses, not to mention the odd billionaire or two. The weather was nice on arrival […] Read more »

01 May: Speyside Classes roundup

… Speyside … The Classes … Class 1 Neil Coalter and Hannah Cessford had a relatively easy run to the Class 1 victory in their Suzuki Ignis despite the handbrake seizing on mid-stage 4 with Neil eventually managing to wrestle it free. He did admit to one other hiccup on […] Read more »

27 Apr: Speyside Stage Times

… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat 22 April … Rd03, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Top Six Fastest Times on each Stage: SS1, McDonald &Munro Cooper Park 1 (0.60 miles – tarmac) 1= David Bogie/Andrew Roughead (Skoda Fabia R5) 0m 44s 1= Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) […] Read more »

27 Apr: Bogie Bags Speyside

… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Sat 22 April … Rd03, ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … David Bogie and Andrew Roughead made it look easy on the McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally. Fastest or equal fastest on 8 out of the 10 stages, they sped to victory […] Read more »

20 Apr: McKnight’s Condor moment

… Memorial Garden Stages Rally, 15 April … Strong sunshine and bitterly cold winds greeted a smaller than hoped for band of rallyistas to Arbroath for Glenrothes MSC’s Memorial Garden Stages Rally, but the rewards included some pretty close competition all day. Having said that, there was no catching Greg […] Read more »

08 Apr: DCC Classes & Juniors

… DCC Stages Rally … The Classes … Class 1 Stuart McBride and Shona Hale won the 1400cc class in their Vauxhall Nova although it needed a bit of tie-wrapping during the day: “I hit a bale,” explained Stuart, “I was passing Beefy at the time and clipped it. It […] Read more »