… News & Gossip from the Borders … Serious Bits First … It looks like delays on rallies will be more common these days than in the past as stages will not start until the Stage Commander, CofC and Safety Delegate are all satisfied that each stage is safe to […] Read more »

… Border Counties Rally … The Classes … Class 1 Former Junior 1000 driver, Andy Struthers scored a rather lonely class win first time out in the RSAC Scholarship Citroen C2: “The objective today was just to get a finish on my first ‘senior’ event”, said Andy, “and return the […] Read more »

… Bogie wins Border Counties Rally … Saturday provided a day of mixed emotions and memories – old and new! It’s 18 years since we were last in the Tweed Valley forests. In fact I recognised some of the trees, or maybe I knew their parents. They are bigger now, […] Read more »

… Class Roundup … Class 2: 2WD cars up to 1450cc First time on gravel since he bought the Toyota Yaris, Thomas Gray won Class 2 saying: “There isn’t much power, but it has good handling.” He finished nearly 5 minutes clear of Stephen Fraser in the original BL Mini […] Read more »

… Jock the Snowman … It’s five years since Jock Armstrong last won the Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally, but he did it again, this time with Paula Swinscoe alongside. Coincidentally, it was Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy who were third overall five years ago, and they were third again […] Read more »

… Grant Construction Knockhill Stages Rally, Sunday 4th January … … Glendinning Spins to Victory … Michael Glendinning and Paul Hughes won last week’s Grant Construction Knockhill Stages Rally but with three stages to go they were dead level with Ian Paterson and Helen Brown. “The last time we did […] Read more »

… Tunnock’s Mull Rally, 10-12 October 2014 … The trouble with Final Results is the monochrome nature of print. They are black and white. They simply fail to convey the colour and depth of an event, any event. And when it comes to the Tunnock’s Mull Rally, they are woefully […] Read more »

… Colin McRae Forest Stages, Class Roundup … Historics David Stokes and Guy Weaver won the Colin McRae Historics Rally in their MkI Escort by 40 seconds from the similar car of Stanley Orr and Phil Sandham. “There was plenty of grip today – other than when you were sliding […] Read more »

… Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally … Scotland has a new rally champion and a new rally champion co-driver, but as last year’s Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally proved, nothing is ever certain in this game until the Final Time Card is stamped and collected. Last year, Euan Thorburn and […] Read more »

… A-One Interiors Knockhill Stages Junior 1000 Rally … Sat 20 Sept … Alex Vassallo made it six out of six when he won last weekend’s A-One Interiors Knockhill Stages Junior 1000 Rally in his Citroen C1. Fastest on every stage, he and Mike Gilbey finished 22 seconds clear of […] Read more »