… Beatson’s Mull Rally – Class Roundup … Class A It was a Proton 1-2 in Class A for the 1400cc cars with James Hall taking the honours in his Proton Compact from the Satria of Chris Woodcock. Newcomer Stewart Dodds had been having a rare old tussle with Hall […] Read more »
03 Nov: Kingdom Stages Entry List
… Champ Decider … The final round of the 2016 Blackwood Plant Hire Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship takes place this Saturday at Crail when Glenrothes MSC host the Kingdom Stages. They’ve got a full entry of 100 cars and crews who will contest 6 Special Stages the first of which […] Read more »
02 Nov: VW Bows out of WRC
… Volkswagen realigns motorsport programme … New technologies and customer sport activities get top priority Commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) ends after winning twelve world championship titles in a row Employment guarantee for employees The Volkswagen brand is to realign its motorsport programme. From 2017, Volkswagen will […] Read more »
02 Nov: Obituary – Bill Henderson
… Bill Henderson, 1924 – 2016 … Another sad day for Scottish motor sport. Bill Henderson has passed away at the age of 92. Many of you won’t know the name or the man, but he was an influential figure on an impressionable young motor sport writer’s early ‘career’. In […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 3 Report
… Mull Rally – Leg 3 … It was almost dry for the start of the final Leg with MacCrone’s lead having been reduced to 36 seconds, and still 50 miles to go, but there was no sign of Jonathan Mounsey. Lying fifth after the afternoon run, the Mitsubishi failed […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 2 Report
… Mull Rally – Leg 2 … Saturday featured a longer run than usual in daylight with a total of 9 stages, and it was dry, mostly! It also suited McGeehan: “I don’t mind the dark, but the local boys can get away from me – they don’t get as […] Read more »
26 Oct: Mull Rally – Leg 1 Report
… Beatson’s Mull Rally, 14-16 October 2016 … A mere ten seconds separated the winners from the runners-up after 150 miles of stages on the Beatson’s Mull Rally, and the result was in doubt till the end of the final 18th stage. Repeating their 2013 victory, the Ford Fiesta R5 […] Read more »
24 Oct: Citroen’s Rally Wales Preview
… Abu Dhabi Total WRT Rally Wales Preview… At its final event of the season, the Abu Dhabi Total WRT lines up at the start of Wales Rally GB with four cars. For their home round – or as near as they come to one on the WRC calendar – […] Read more »
21 Oct: Rally Wales Nat Entry List
… WRGB National Rally, 28-30 Oct … Scotland’s going to be almost empty next weekend as an awfy big rally invasion force heads south to Wales to do battle with the elements and all the furriners. Twice winners Mike Faulkner and Peter Foy are going for win number 3, but […] Read more »
21 Oct: Rally Wales Int. Entry List
… Dayinsure Wales Rally GB, 28-30 Oct … Kris Meeke will be hoping to put the disappointment of Spain behind him as he approaches next weekend’s Dayinsure Rally Wales GB. Despite rolling their Abu Dhabi Total WRT DS3 on the second stage of a very wet Rally Spain last weekend, […] Read more »