… Merrick Class Roundup … Class 2 Scott MacBeth won the 1450cc class in his Nova by 4 minutes from the similar car of Angus Lawrie. It wouldn’t have been such a big gap for the winner had Lawrie not punctured a tyre in the final stage but MacBeth was […] Read more »
14 Sep: Thorburn takes Merrick
… GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally, Sat 6 Sept … … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship, Rd 6 … The outcome of last weekend’s GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally decided nothing. If anything, it only made the 2014 ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship title predictions much more difficult. Euan Thorburn […] Read more »
04 Sep: Knockhill Junior report
… Weston Transport/Branston Knockhill Stages Junior Rally (Sat 30 Aug) … The ‘Juniors’ put on a stirring show at Knockhill last weekend on the fifth round of the Brick & Steel Ecosse Junior Championship where victory was decided by ONE second. But here’s a thought, given the closeness of the […] Read more »
16 Aug: Vassallo wins Jnr Solway
… usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally … In his final year of Junior 1000 rallying, Alex Vassallo dominated last weekend’s www.usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Junior Rally. With Michael Gilbey alongside in the Citroen C1, the were fastest over each of the day’s ten stages, winning by damn close to 2 minutes […] Read more »
14 Aug: McCulloch wins Solway
… Second Solway Victory for McCulloch … Mark McCulloch, the winner of the www.usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally last year did it again this year and provided new co-driver Jim Haugh with his first ever rally victory, but it was a close run thing. Although he was the fastest driver over […] Read more »
07 Aug: Speyside Classes roundup
… Speyside Classes … Class 2 Things were even closer in the 1450cc class battle as they were overall, with Scott Macbeth beating Angus Lawrie by 3 seconds at the Elgin finish. Both had their troubles too. Scott’s Nova punctured a rear tyre on the penultimate test, but Angus was […] Read more »
06 Aug: Speyside Rally main report
… McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, Saturday 2nd August 2014 … … Rd05 (of 8) – ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … Fordomination After five stages on last weekend’s McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages Rally, David Bogie and Euan Thorburn were level pegging on identical total times. There was […] Read more »
30 Jul: JC Award for Doc Harrington
… Jim Clark Memorial Award for Dr John Harrington … Doctor John Harrington was presented with the 2014 Jim Clark Memorial Award at the weekend in recognition of his contribution to raising medical standards and improving safety at special stage rallies throughout Scotland. This award also recognised his ongoing commitment […] Read more »
15 Jul: Albar Trophy Rally report
… Albar Kames Trophy Rally and Junior Rally, 13 July … Chris and Peter McCallum won the Albar Kames trophy Rally on Sunday, but they were having a rare old tussle with the 1400cc Corsa of Derek Connell and Laura Marshall until the Vauxhall struck trouble on the 13th of […] Read more »
09 Jul: Mach1 Stages Rally report
… Mach1 Stages Rally, 5/6 July 2014 … Tommy Morris and Colin Harkness won the inaugural Mach1 Stages Rally at the former Machrihanish airbase near Campbeltown at the weekend. This was the fourth round of the BLUE Scottish Tarmack Championship, but the real star of the show was the new […] Read more »