The second half of this year’s Brick & Steel Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge gets underway on Saturday 30th August with the first of two visits to Knockhill Race Circuit. The Weston Transport / Branston’s Knockhill Junior Rally starts at 3.00pm and should be all over by 8.00pm. There will be12 […] Read more »
27 Aug: More from the Merrick
… Wigtown provides the perfect stage … High-octane motorsport and the literary arts do not necessarily go hand in hand but next month Wigtown will play host to the GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally and the renowned Wigtown Book Festival. Both are supported by Dumfries & Galloway Council under its […] Read more »
26 Aug: Postcard from Solway
… Postcard from the Solway Coast … As for the planned appearance of Jim McRae in Harry Marchbank’s 1300cc Micra, that didn’t happen. Jim turned up bright eyed and bushy tailed on Sunday morning, but the car was already on a trailer home. ‘The Boy’ Harry explained why later, but […] Read more »
20 Aug: Merrick News & Regs
… Merrick Stages “shaping up well” … Competitors on next month’s GWF Energy Merrick Stages Rally are being promised an “entertaining but testing” route comprising seven classic stages centred on the Galloway Forest Park. Two of the stages are in South Ayrshire, while the other five are located around Glentrool, […] 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 »
08 Aug: Speyside News & Blethers
… Speyside News and Nonsense … Although entered in a Ford Focus WRC, Quintin Milne appeared at the Speyside with a Ford Escort MkII. “I’ve sold the Focus,” he said, “it wasn’t for me. I couldn’t relax and drive it as hard as I wanted to because I kept thinking […] 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 »
05 Aug: Solway Coast preview
Solway Coast goes from strength to strength … Last year’s winner Mark McCulloch heads an impressive line-up of more than 60 crews for Saturday’s usedcarparts.co.uk Solway Coast Rally, held at the military ranges at Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright. The Newton Stewart driver, who comes off the back of a top-fifteen finish […] Read more »