… McRae Rally Challenge, 2nd/3rd July 2022 …
Over 80 cars and crews have entered this weekend’s McRae Rally Challenge at Knockhill. Billed as a commemoration of Colin McRae’s (and Derek Ringer was there too!) World Rally Championship title victory in 1995, it also has a competitive rally element.
Border Ecosse CC are organising a 10 stage rally spread over the two days with over 60 entries for the main event and 20 Junior 1000 entries for 14-17 year old rally drivers in their 1 litre cars.
Apparently the two day rally is also a counter in the Scottish Tarmack Stage Rally and Scottish Single Venue Rally Championships as well as BECC’s own club championship so there will be points at stake as well as prizes.
The Juniors will also be chasing points in their own respective Scottish and English championships with Tunnock’s Bakeries putting up a Challenge Trophy for the best performance by the combined Scottish or English teams.
Spread over two days, the Juniors get the wheels turning at 08.30 Hrs on Saturday morning for the first of the day’s 5 stages and again at 08.30 Hrs on Sunday for the final five stages.
And if you are wondering why the 10 stages will be spread out over two days, that’s because during each day, the action will be interspersed with other festivities and parades between stages. There will also be ‘Meet the Stars’ opportunities and a stage will be set up in the Paddock (no, not a rally stage, one for performers!) for interviews and announcements so there should be something of interest going on all day.
The event programme will contain a full Timetable.
Entry List 1, Alister McRae/Ian Grindrod (Hyundai Accent WRC) 1998cc, Class 5 2, Garry Pearson/Ross Kirk (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 1600, Class 5 3, Gordon Morrison/Hannah Mckillop (Ford Fiesta R5) 1600, Class 5 4, Andy Scott/Laura Connell (Ford Fiesta S2000T) 2000, Class 5 5, Gwyndaf Evans/Phil Mills (Ford Escort RS1800) 1975, Class 1 6, Stig Blomqvist/Luis Moya (Chevrolet Firenza Can Am) 4998, Class 1 7, Joe Cunningham/Josh Beer (Ford Fiesta) 2000, Class 5 8, Mark McCulloch/Michael Hendry (Proton Satria Evo) 1998, Class 5 9, John Marshall/Craig Wallace (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 1600, Class 5 10, Max James McRae/Macartan Kierans (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 1600, Class 5 11, Jim McRae/Andy Richardson (Ford Escort Mk2) 1998, Class 1 12, Chris Hoy/Campbell Roy (Mitsubishi Evo9) 1977, Class 5 14, Wesley Simpson/Joe Ford (Ford Fiesta R5) 1600, Class 5 15, Jonny Milner/Colin Duncan McMath (Toyota Corolla WRC) 1998, Class 5 16, Carlo Boroli/Claire Mole (Subaru Impreza) 2000, Class 5 17, Andrew Gallacher/Bailey Callaghan (Subaru Impreza) 2000, Class 5 18, John Wink/Neil Shanks (Hyundai i20 R5) 1598, Class 5 19, Bruce McCombie/Michael Coutts (Ford Focus WRC) 1998, Class 5 20, Scott Beattie/Jane Nicol (Mitsubishi Evo7) 1998, Class 5 21, Wayne Sisson/Aaron Mclure (Mitsubishi Galant VR4) 1997, Class 1 22, Robert Adamson/TBA (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 2000, Class 5 23, Tom Blackwood/Andrew Blackwood (Ford Escort Cosworth) 2000, Class 5 24, Steven Harkness/Paul Sanders (BMW M3) 2500, Class 4 25, Angus Lawrie/Paul Gribben (Mitsubishi Evo9) 2000, Class 5 26, Stephen Thompson/Larry Higton (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, Class 3 27, Barry Groundwater/Ally Shaw (Subaru S11 WRC) 2000, Class 5 28, Steve Bannister/Callum Atkinson (Ford Escort Mk2) 1998, Class 3 29, William Patterson/Tom Hynd (Ford Escort Mk2) 3 Class 4 30, Joe McKeand/TBA (Subaru Impreza) 2000, Class 5 31, John Crawford/Karen MacLeod (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, Class 3 32, Ian Forgan/Chris Lees (Ford Ka) 1999, Class 5 33, Ian Baumgart/Jim Kinloch (Subaru Impreza) 1998, Class 5 34, Des Campbell/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206) 1600, Class 2 35, Ian Paterson/Owen Paterson (Subaru B13) 2000, Class 5 36, Billy McLelland/Gerry Bryden (Mitsubishi Evo) 1998, Class 5 37, Finlay Retson/Rhys Stoneman (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 2000, Class 5 38, Steven Hay/Scott Smith (Vauxhall Corsa) 1598, Class 2 39, Chris Collie/Gary McDonald (Mitsubishi Evo) 2000, Class 5 40, Oliver Benton/Steve Benton (Ford Escort Mk2) 2000, Class 3 41, Stuart Paterson/Alice Paterson (Subaru Impreza GC8) 2000, Class 5 42, Archie Swinscoe/Barry Young (Vauxhall Adam) 1598, Class 2 43, Iain Wilson/Mark Roberts (Ford Escort) 2100, Class 4 44, John Paterson/TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) 2500, Class 4 45, Justin Gunning/Keir Beaton (Ford Fiesta R2) 1600, Class 2 46, Brian Watson/Sean Donnelly (Audi Quattro S1) 2100, Class 5 47, Stuart Irvine/Marc Irvine (Hyundai Accent WRC) 1998, Class 5 48, Dougal Brown/Lewis Rochford (Ford Escort Mk2)1998, Class 3 49, Drew Gallagher/David Crosbie (Skoda Fabia) 1998, Class 5 50, Allan Smith/Sam Smith (Honda Civic) 1999, Class 3 51, James Gibb/John Bennie (BMW E30) 2993, Class 4 52, Alex Jim Adams/Ian Parker (Honda Civic) 1998, Class 3 53, Martin Watterston/Stuart Millar (Subaru Impreza) 2000, Class 5 54, Ashleigh Morris/Marc Fowler (Ford Fiesta R200) 1598, Class 2 55, Johnnie Mackay/Michael Cruickshank (Ford Fiesta ST) 1996, Class 3 56, Kenneth Blair/Jessica Jamieson (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo7) 1997, Class 5 57, Larry Carter/Tom Constantine (Peugeot 206 Super Cup)1600, Class 2 58, Graeme Sherry/Ewan Lees (Subaru Impreza) 2000, Class 5 59, Kenny Moore/Eoghan Anderson (Hillman Avenger) 1599, Class 1 60, Willie Bonniwell/Allan MacDougall (Subaru Impreza 555) 2000, Class 5 61, John Gray/Jordan Black (Opel Manta) 1995, Class 3 62, David Hugh Steel/Shannon Turnbull (Subaru Impreza WRX) 1998, Class 5 63, Tom Johnstone/Mark Runciman (Skoda Citigo) 999, Class 2 64, Ron Walker/Amy McCubbin (MG Bit-Tech) 1400, Class 2 65, Craig Ritchie/Fiona Moir (Toyota Celica) 1990, Class 3 Classes Class 1 Historic Class 2 1401cc to 1600cc Class 3 1601cc to 2000cc Class 4 2001cc and over Class 5 All 4 wheel drive cars Junior 1000 Entry List 101, Sam Pattison/Paula Swinscoe (Ecosse) Škoda Citigo 102, Kalum Graffin/Richard Morton Crozier (Ecosse) Škoda Citigo 103, David Burden/Peter Williams (Rally) Citroen C1 104, Oliver Phillips/Emma Morrison (Ecosse, Rally) VW Up! 105, Max Speed/Alan Gilbert (Rally) Peugeot 107 106, Letisha Conn/Richard Stewart (Ecosse) Skoda Citigo 107, Rian Walker/Stuart McBride (Ecosse, Rally) Skoda Citigo 108, Rhys Jones/Steven Brown, Citroen C1 109, Jack Ryan/Robin Nicolson (Ecosse) VW Up! 110, Thomas Milne/Neil Jeffrey (Ecosse) Nissan Micra 111, Oliver Waggett/Paul Hudson (Rally) Citroen C1 112, Bobby Conn/Tom Middlemiss (Ecosse) Citroen C1 114, Jack Birch/Mike Jode (Rally) Nissan Micra K11 115, Charlie Mathewson/Ian Bass (Rally) Peugeot 107 116, Evan Graham Findlay/Paul Tonner (Ecosse) Peugeot 107 117, Ruan Lowry/Ian McRae (Ecosse) Nissan Micra 118, Daniel Taylor/Cat Lund (Rally) Citroen C1 119, Fraser Mack/Edward Runciman (Ecosse) Peugeot 107 120, Lucy Anne Cree/Chloe Fleming (Ecosse) TBC Championships Ecosse - 2022 Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge Rally - 2022 Junior 1000 Rally Challenge