… Summer Sages Rally, Crail, Sat 15th June …
With 4 rounds gone in this year’s Cobble Shop Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship, Colin Gemmell tops the points tables in his Mk2, but by only 2 points. Sharing second place are Kyle Adam and Michael Robertson. A further 9 points behind is Willie Paterson followed by Alan Wallace and Graeme Rintoul. But here’s the thing, holding 9th place overall is perhaps the most standard car of the lot, Stuart Waite’s Peugeot 206 which he drives to and from each round of the series!
On that basis there is much to see this weekend at Round 5 which takes place this Saturday at Crail and spectators are welcome. Makes a change, eh? Anyway, for those who do turn up to watch they are in for a treat. The top 20 is the best this year.
Andrew Kirkaldy will be hoping to make amends from his Granite Rally outing when the Escort let him down while the Lotus Exige of Alistair Inglis is behaving itself a lot better this season. Two maximum points scores from two finishes proves it. The Subarus of John Marshall and ‘The Sheriff’ are due to make an appearance at number 3 and 4, and John Rintoul will wheel out his R5 at number 5. There’s no number 6 in the entry list so maybe we’re in for a surprise on Saturday!
The ‘Senior’ Rally will get underway at 08.30 Hrs with the first of 5 stages totalling some 57 miles of stages while the ‘Junior 1000’ event will start at 14:15 Hrs with its own 5 stages totalling 49 miles. All we need now is the weather – tee shirts or padded jackets?
Entry List
1, Andrew Kirkaldy/Peter Carstairs (Ford Escort Mk 2) 2500cc, Cl4
2, Alistair Inglis/Colin Inglis (Lotus Exige) 2150, 4
3, John Marshall/Scott Crawford (Subaru Impreza) 2000, 5
4, Brian Watson/Sean Donnelly (Subaru Impreza S11 WRC) 1998, 5
5, John Rintoul/Ross Hynd (Ford Fiesta R5) 1600, 5
7, Alan Gardiner/Dave Robson (Ford Escort MkI) 2500, 4
8, Colin Gemmell/Pete McCallum (Ford Escort Mk2) 2500, 4
9, Tom Blackwood/Gordon Winning (Ford Escort Mk2) 2499, 4
10, Richard Sutherland/Jack Sutherland (Opel Manta) 1998, 3
11, Greg Inglis/Colin Harkness (Lotus Exige) 2000, 3
12, Michael Robertson/Murray Milne (Honda Civic Type R) 1998, 3
13, Andy Horne/Alison Horne (Darrian T90) 2000, 3
14, Michael Harbour/Ian MacDougall (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, 3
15, Jamie Stewart/Kevin Mollison (Peugeot 205) 2000, 3
16, Des Campbell/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206) 1600, 2
17, Kyle Adam/Fiona Moir (Ford Escort Mk2) 1600, 2
18, Steven Hay/Steven Brown (Vauxhall Corsa) 1598, 2
19, Alan Wallace/Darren Robertson (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6) 1998, 5
20, Phil Jobson/Mark Casey (Ford Escort RS) 2400, 4
21, George Ross Auld/Richard Stewart (Ford Escort Mk2) 2400, 4
22, Joe McKeand/David Crosbie (Subaru Impreza) 2000, 5
23, Robert Ness/Julie McGuire (Subaru Impreza) 2495, 5
24, Harry Chalmers/Michael Moates (Subaru Impreza) 2000, 5
25, Jamie Miller/Ian McCulloch (Citroën C2-R2 MAX) 1598, 2
26, Martin Watterston/Kenny Anderson (Subaru Impreza) 1999, 5
27, Graeme Rintoul/Jim Rintoul (Ford Fiesta) 1999, 3
28, Grum Willcock/Donna Harper (Opel Manta) 1998, 3
29, Graham Bruce/David Aitken (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, 3
30, James Brims/Iain MacDonald (BMW Compact) 2995, 4
31, Hamish Grant/Stewart Hurst (Ford Escort Mk 2) 2500, 4
32, Robert Marshall/Lewis MacDougall (Ford Escort Mk2) 2500, 4
33, Alan Stark/Greg Stark (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9) 1998, 5
34, Gregg Lithgow/Chloe Fleming (Ford Escort Mk2) 1998, 3
35, John Paterson/Scott Paterson (Vauxhall Corsa) 1600, 2
36, Stephen Bethwaite/Ann Forster (Vauxhall Nova Sport) 1400, 1
37, Lewis Haining/Johnnie Mackay (BMW E30) 2800, 4
38, Jonathan MacDonald/Chris Wareham (Peugeot 306 GTi-6) 1998, 3
39, Alistair Haw/Russell Smith (Peugeot 205 GTi) 2000, 3
40, Sandy Arbuthnott/James Ralph (Ford Focus) 2000, 5
41, Ewan Stanhope/Cameron Dunn (Renault Clio) 1998, 3
42, Andrew Plunkett/Neil Prior (Ford Escort) 2000, 3
43, Dave Cranston/Shannon Blaney (Opel Astra) 1998, 3
44, James Munro/Emma Muir (Subaru Impreza) 1994, 5
45, Peter Oag/Jennifer Oag (Citroën C2 VTS) 1598, 2
46, Andrew Blackwood/Robin Nicolson (Ford Fiesta ST) 1998, 3
47, Martin Murray/Eoghan Anderson (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, 3
48, Andrew Hutchinson/Joe Hutchinson (Renault Clio) 1997, 3
49, Tom Pearson/Jim Stairs (Ford Escort Mk2) 1975, 3
50, John Nicholson/Kari Bates (Ford Escort Mk2) RS2000, 1998, 3
51, James Rae/Louis Ford (Honda S2000) 1997, 3
52, Sandy Coghill/Billy Hamilton (Rover 100) 1800, 3
53, Colin Blake/Pauline Blake (MINI One) 1598, 2
54, James Clark/Paul Orchiston (Audi TT) 1800, 3
55, Alister Watson/Stuart McBride (Ford Escort) 2000, 3
56, James Strachan/Louise Strachan (Peugeot 106) 1400, 1
57, Hector MacInnes/Jenny O’Kane (Subaru Impreza WRX) 2000, 5
58, Garry Coutts/Curtis Fraser (Ford Fiesta) 1596, 2
59, Robert Wood/Ryan Griffiths (Ford Fiesta) 1596, 2
60, Drew Barker/Shona Hale (Vauxhall Corsa) 1600, 2
61, Stuart Waite/Lisa Demirkoc (Peugeot 206) 1587, 2
62, Robert Cumming/Robert Irvine (Vauxhall Astra) 1998, 3
63, Niall Thomson/Jack Hall (Toyota Yaris) 998, 1
64, Martin Farquhar/Aiden Henderson (Peugeot 106) 1360, 1
65, Meghan O’Kane/John O’Kane (Vauxhall Nova) 1400, 1
66, Chris Rock/Phil Rock (Austin Mini Cooper S) 1275, 1
67, Campbell McColm/Donald McColm (Peugeot 106) 1600, 2
68, Kayleigh Strachan/Allan Watt (Citroën Saxo) 1600, 2
69, Nathan Hogg/Harry Marchbank (Vauxhall Nova) 1400, 1
70, Claire Kilmurray/Eamonn Kilmurray (Suzuki Swift GTi) 1312, 1
Junior 1000 Entry List
1, Oliver Hunter/Michael Cruickshank (Peugeot 107) 1000cc
2, Cameron Davidson/Ian McRae (Volkswagen Up!) 999
3, Marcus McElwee/John Henderson (Škoda Citigo) 1000
4, Jack Hall/Robin Nicolson (Toyota Yaris) 998
5, Letisha Conn/Ian Crosbie (Peugeot 107) 1000
6, Justin Gunning/Stuart McBride (Škoda Citigo) 999
7, Thomas Johnstone/Ian Shiells (Nissan Micra) 998
8, Daniel Hurst/Gordon Finnie (Peugeot 107) 1000
9, Aaron Webster/Neil Jeffrey (Nissan Micra) 998
10, Erica Winning/Ellya Gold (Nissan Micra) 998