31 Jan: Obituary – John Morrison

… John Morrison, 1925 – 2014 … A wee bit of sad news. John Morrison passed away last month. Many of you won’t know the name, but old timers will recall the man and his cars. I only found out about this a couple of weeks back, hence this rather […] Read more »

30 Jan: New Toyota Auris WRC

… WRC RETURN FOR TOYOTA … Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) will return to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2017 with a car developed and built entirely at its technical centre in Cologne. Over the next two years TMG will continue its test programme with the Yaris WRC in preparation […] Read more »

28 Jan: Rally Time Trials 2015

… Scottish Rally Time Trial Championship … The 2015 S. A. C. C. Rally time Trial championship will consist of four Rally Time Trials (or Gravel Sprints, if you like), each round run on a gravel special stage, and open to drivers with National B or above Special Stage licences, […] Read more »

26 Jan: New Toyota Rally Car

… TOYOTA MOTORSPORT FINALISES SPECIFICATIONS FOR GT86 CS-R3 RALLY CAR … The GT86 CS-R3 moved closer to its full-blooded rally competition debut later this year with Toyota Motorsport confirming final specification details. The CS-R3 was launched in prototype form last August, since when it has undergone an extensive test programme […] Read more »

20 Jan: Knockhill Stages report

… 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 »

14 Jan: 2014 Quiz – The Answers

… Answers to the great big, lean mean, non celebrity Pictorial Quiz of 2104 … 01. Who and where, and whit the hell urr they dae-in? Rab MacDonald, Peter Grant and Neil Moir at the Border Counties attempting to establish basic inter-planetary communications for field results between Rally HQ and […] Read more »

12 Jan: 2015 Jim Clark Rally

… New Look for 2015 Jim Clark Rally … The organisers of the annual Jim Clark Rally have confirmed that they will run a Special Stage Rally on Sunday the 31st of May 2015. However, this year’s Jim Clark Reivers Rally will be rather different from recent events. It will […] Read more »

08 Jan: 2015 ARR Craib SRC News

… 2015 ARR Craib Scottish Championship … Organisers of the ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship have revealed details of the 2015 series, which kicks off in less than 7 weeks with the traditional season opening Arnold Clark Thistle Hotels Snowman rally, based in Inverness. Championship Calendar The programme of events […] Read more »

08 Jan: MSA Reveals BRC Plans

… IMS confirms 4WD for 2016 MSA British Rally Championship … The promoters of the new-for-2016 MSA British Rally Championship have confirmed that when the series returns to action next year it will feature 4-wheel drive machinery in its leading classes, supported by a strong 2-wheel drive class structure for […] Read more »

06 Jan: Rally Safety/MSA Response

… MSA welcomes Scottish Government Safety Review Group recommendations … The Motor Sports Association (MSA) welcomes the final recommendations of the Scottish Government’s Motor Sport Event Safety Review Group regarding spectator safety at multi-venue stage rallies in Scotland. Rob Jones, MSA Chief Executive, said: “We value this report and endorse […] Read more »