Tyre manufacturers in agreement over rally tread patterns …. Three leading tyre manufacturers have voluntarily agreed not to propose certain tread patterns for forest rally use after they were deemed too ‘aggressive’ during a recent meeting of the Stage Rally Tyre Working Group at the Motor Sports Association’s offices in Colnbrook. DMACK, Dunlop […] Read more »
15 May: Press Matters ??
Press Matters … Or do they? …. The news that the BBC has been banned from Ibrox (again) set me thinking. Dangerous stuff I know, but having recently attended the DCC Ingliston Stages rally, the Pirelli Richard Burns Foundation Rally and the Fort Augustus Rally Sprint, I can’t help re-thinking […] Read more »
15 May: Jim Clark Rally
The Legend Lives on …. It’s not just the local folks of Berwickshire who revere the name and celebrate the success of Jim Clark, the Duns farmer and twice world Formula 1 Motor Racing Champion. His appeal is universal, even 45 years after his untimely passing. He wasn’t the first […] Read more »
14 May: Quintin’s Sprint Finish
Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint …. What a belter of a day out at Fort Augustus. It rained all the way up there from Lanarkshire to Inchnacardoch, and then it stopped. That meant the first runs were slippery and although the corners cut up a wee bit during the […] Read more »
13 May: The Domfather
Dom Buckley III for the Clark …. If the Borders of Scotland are steeped in motor sporting tradition, then there are few more so than the Buckley dynasty at Hassington. Renowned throughout British rallying as one of the foremost rally car preparation and rally team management companies in the business, […] Read more »
08 May: Gravel Sprint info
Stravaigers Lodge Fort Augustus Gravel Sprint, Saturday May 11 …. Highland Car Club have got an excellent entry for this weekend’s Gravel Sprint at Fort Augustus, with quantity, quality – and a dash of lunacy, as some of the Stonehaven/Aberdeen asylum residents are getting out of their padded cells for […] Read more »
06 May: Pirelli Rally roundup
News from the Pirelli – and Jim Clark preview …. “The Jim Clark Rally will be my third all-tarmac rally,” said rising Finnish rally star, Jukka Korhonen, “I’ve only done two tarmac rallies before, so I’m really looking forward to this next round of the MSA British Rally Championship.” Korhonen […] Read more »