… Grant Construction Knockhill Stages, Sun 10 Jan …
Last year’s winner, Michael Glendinning leads the 60+ entry for Sunday’s Grant Construction Knockhill Stages Rally, the first round of the 2016 Blackwood Plant Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship. Gary Adam runs at number 2 in his Escort, but which will be best at for Knockhill on Sunday, 4WD or 2WD? Last year it was pretty icy for the first few runs before the sun got up – and then went down again.
Ian Paterson is always a front runner in the Subaru and Alistair Inglis has spent the past year sorting out the Lotus. He’s now proved it’s got the pace, all it needs is a bit of reliability. Stuart Walker has got a new Skoda and Donnie MacDonald is always good value. Barry Renwick’s Proton is quite a weapon and he’s had a couple of runs out in the car already so should be match fit for Sunday while Colin Gemmell is another threat for a popium finish. Rounding off the top ten is Alan Kirkaldy in his rapid Mk2 and should give Gary a run for his money while James Gibb is entered in a Fiesta but rumour has it he has been spotted kicking wheels over the past few weeks!
An adult Ticket will cost 10 quid on the day or 6 quid for a concession while a family ticket will cost £26. There will be eight Special Stages with the first getting underway at 08.30 hrs – in the morning – on a Sunday – in the cold – and in the dark. It’s at times like this rally fans really do need to question their sanity.
First car is expected to finish around 4.30 pm, just remember to bring a flask of soup with you.
Full Entry List:
1, Michael Glendinning/Charley Sayer-Payne (Subaru Impreza) 1998cc
2, Gary Adam/Gordon Adam (Ford Escort Mk2) 2500
3, Ian Paterson/Alan Paterson (??)
4, Alistair Inglis/Colin Inglis (Lotus Exige) 2200
5, Stuart Walker/TBA (Skoda Fabia) 1995
6, Donnie MacDonald/TBA (Mitsubishi Evo) 2000
7, Barry Renwick/Steve Dargan (Proton Millington) 2500
8, Colin Gemmell/Derek Keir (Subaru Impreza) 1998
9, Alan Kirkaldy/TBC (Ford Escort Mk2) 2500
10, James Gibb/Taylor Smith (Ford Fiesta) 1998
11, Iain Wilson/David Kirkpatrick (Subaru Impreza) 2000
12, Stephen Thompson/David Crosbie (Ford Escort Mk2) 1800
14, Dougal Brown/Lewis Rochford (Ford Escort) 2000
15, Scott McCombie/Mark Fisher
16, Scott MacBeth/Andrew Falconer (Mitsubishi Evo 7) 1997
17, Ross Hunter/TBA (Peugeot 205) 1997
18, Charles Shaw/Lindsay Shaw (Subaru Impreza) 1998
19, Sean Robson/Ben Diamond (Citroen C2R2 Max) 1592
20, Tom Blackwood/Jane Nicol (Ford Escort) 1998
21, Garry Wilson/Greg Halfpenny (Mitsubishi Evo 5) 1998
22, Thomas Gray/TBA (Proton Satria) 1400
23, Neil Thompson/TBA (Vauxhall Corsa Kit Car) 1598
24, Murray Grierson/Mark Grierson (Ford Fiesta S2400) 2400
26, Chris McCallum/Peter McCallum (Subaru Impreza) 1994
27, Gerry Kilmurray/Matt Reid (Vauxhall Astra) 1998
28, Angus Lawrie/Heather Grisedale (Vauxhall Corsa) 1389
29, Ian Archer/Serena Archer (Ford Escort Mk2) 1998
30, Nick Rintoul/John Rintoul (Skoda Fabia R2) 1598
31, Michael Robertson/ Nick Young (Peugeot 106) 1360
32, Scott Grant/Stewart Hurst (Ford Escort Mk2) 0
33, Gordon Halley/Jeff Horne (Ford Escort Mk2) 1988
34, Billy McLelland/TBA
35, Alan Wallace/Darren Robertson (Mitsubishi Evo 6) 1998
36, Graeme Rintoul/Jim Rintoul
37, Tom Hynd/Sue Hynd (Renault Clio) 1998
38, Donald Bowness/Ian Parker (Vauxhall Bowyer Nova) 1598
39, Ross Carbry/TBA (Vauxhall Corsa) 1400
40, Erle Strachan/Amanda Morrison (Mitsubishi Evo 6) 1998
41, James Thomson/Martyn Scott (Vauxhall Nova) 1398
42, Drew Barker/TBA (Vauxhall Corsa) 1389
43, Kenneth Moore/Richard Wardle (Hillman Avenger) 2000
44, Steven Hay/Steven Brown (Vauxhall Corsa) 1389
45, Stewart Dodds/Murray Coulthard (Vauxhall Nova) 1398
46, Archie MacCallum/TBA (Vauxhall Corsa) 1400
47, Kevin Burns/Peter Robertson (Subaru Impreza) 1998
48, Greg Inglis/Cammy Reid (Citroen Saxo) 1600
49, Steven Paterson/Scott Paterson (Opel Corsa Kit Car) 1598
50, Sandy Fairbairn/Derek Miller (Ford Fiesta) 2000
52, Iain Findlay/Ronnie Bowie (Vauxhall Astra) 1998
53, Colin Baxter/Donald John Campbell (Peugeot 205) 1600
54, Gary McDonald/Geoff Goudie (Subaru Impreza) 2
55, Kevin Mathers/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 205) 1905
56, Gordon Morrison/Calum MacPherson (Subaru Impreza) 2000
57, Graham MacDonald/Peter MacInnes (Peugeot 306) 1994
58, Robert Cumming/Bob Irvine (Vauxhall Astra) 1998
59, Eamonn Kilmurray/Derek Cassells (Suzuki Swift GTi) 1316
60, Brian Pringle/TBC (Subaru Impreza) 1998
61, Chris Kemp/Stephen Kemp (Peugeot 205 GTI) 1598
62, Oliver Harlington/Jacob Harlington (VW Polo) 1340
63, Greg Alexander Turner/David Hunter (Peugeot 206) 1598
64, Kenneth McRae/Craig Horsburgh (Peugeot 205 GTi) 1901
65, Donald Carslaw/Caroline Carslaw (Ford Fiesta ST) 1999
66, David Hunter/Alasdair McIlroy (Peugeot 205 GTI) 1580
67, Richard Crozier/TBC (Ford Escort)
68, Taylor J Gibb/Robin Laird (Ford Fiesta ST) 1998
71, Gareth White/Harry Marchbank (Citroen DS3 R3T) 1598
72, Gina Walker/TBC (Citroen C2) 1598
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