… Blackwood Plant Hire DCC Stages, Sat. 2nd April … Rd02, Blackwood Plant Hire Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship … Dunfermline Car Club have got a corker of an entry for this weekend’s second round of the 2016 Blackwood Plant Hire Scottish Tarmack series on Saturday, plus reserves! There are no […] Read more »
30 Mar: Border Blethers
… Border Blethers … The barter system is alive and well in rallying. Apparently, Barrie Lochhead did a deal with Jordan Black in the run up to the Border Counties Rally. Jordan was needing a hand with some jobs on his Citroen C2 and Barrie had a problem with his […] Read more »
29 Mar: Border Counties classes
… Brick & Steel Border Counties … Class Roundup … Class 2 Angus Lawrie took the 1450cc class in his Vauxhall Corsa while Ross Carbry’s Corsa ended its day in the first stage with a broken driveshaft. Niall Cowan finished second in his MG ZR but admitted: “I’ll need to […] Read more »
29 Mar: Armstrong’s First Border
… Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally, Sat 19 March 2016 … Rd 2 (of 7) ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship … From uncertainty in the Highlands to a dead heat in the Borders, what a difference a month makes in this year’s ARR Craib Scottish Championship. Whereas wintry conditions […] Read more »
17 Mar: Obituary – Drew Murray
… Obituary … Drew Murray … March 13, 1943 – March 11, 2016 Scottish motor sport lost another popular character on Friday 11th March when Drew Murray passed away, two days before his 73rd birthday, after a long and arduous fight with cancer. Drew was an absolute gem of a […] Read more »
17 Mar: RSAC Scholarship awarded
… RSAC Motorsport New Talent Scholarship 2016 … In the year that the MSA launches its initiative, “Dare to be Different”, designed to encourage more female participation in all aspects of motorsport, RSAC Motorsport Ltd is pleased to announce that Berwickshire rally driver, Gina Walker (21) has been awarded its […] Read more »
15 Mar: Border Counties Preview
… Brick & Steel Border Counties … Sat. 19th March … “If I win this weekend, then I’ll buy it,” so said an upbeat Shaun Sinclair. The number 8 seed on Saturday’s Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally is entered in a Ford Focus WRC08. The Subaru Impreza is awaiting […] Read more »
13 Mar: Scots in Cumbria
… News Roundup … Malcolm Wilson Rally … 12 March … Charlie Payne in his Fiesta S2000 won yesterday’s Malcolm Wilson Rally in Cumbria by 23 seconds but only after David Wright broke a driveshaft on his Focus WRC on the final test which cost him 36 seconds and the […] Read more »
09 Mar: Stig coming to Glasgow
… IGNITION: THE ALL-NEW MOTORING FESTIVAL BRINGS FORMULA 1 TO THE STREETS OF GLASGOW … The sight – and awesome sound – of the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car plus power laps by Top Gear’s tame racing driver The Stig are just some of the highlights of a high […] Read more »
04 Mar: Snowman blethers
… Snowman News and Blethers … Running the most northerly stage rally in the UK presents organisers with challenges that few other events will ever experience. This year was no exception. On the Sunday before the Snowman rally, it snowed, and was all gone on Monday. It snowed again on […] Read more »