… Motor Sports Safety Review … October 7th. Changes outlined to keep motor sport spectators in Scotland safe A statement setting out some initial proposals to improve safety at multi-venue stage rallies has been published today. Cabinet Secretary for Sport Shona Robison, updated Parliament on the emerging findings of the […] Read more »

… What Price British Justice? … British justice is the envy of the world, so it has been said. But if this is truly the case, then the rest of the world must be in a dire legal mess. Recent experience has led me to believe that real ‘justice’ is […] Read more »

… ‘Closed Roads’ take a step closer … The Prime Minister officially opened Williams’ new F1 engineering facility in Oxfordshire last week and hailed F1 as an “an amazing success story” for the UK, with eight of the 11 teams based here and tens of thousands of people working in […] Read more »

… 20 Questions – with Quintin Milne … Quintin Milne is a quiet, shy, retiring, modest, clean living, non-swearing young bloke who appeared on the Scottish rallying scene like a wee timid candle amongst a battery of 9 inch Cibie Super Oscars – Ooops, sorry, wrong introduction. I’m thinking of […] Read more »

… 20 Questions with Jock Armstrong … Nothing is ever straightforward with Jock Armstrong. Not for him a simple quiz with short answers, get him talking about rallying and he just doesn’t shut up. And that’s what we all love, the passion spills over whenever Jock’s around. Yes, he gets […] Read more »

… 2014 Budget Review … Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his fifth Budget speech on Wednesday, and I’m grateful to Newspress (an automotive service for journalists) for this comprehensive review of how it will affect private and company motorists and van drivers. Company car tax The Budget papers […] Read more »

… 20 (15!) Questions with – Colin McRae … Whilst raiding the archives the other night I came across this chat I had with Colin McRae in 1998, and since you lot seem to like a bit of nostalgia I thought I would reprint the interview here. I chatted to […] Read more »

… 20 Questions with – Mike Faulkner … Mike Faulkner is one of the most prolific rallyists in the country, contesting more events and driving more stage miles than just about anyone else currently competing. He won the Scottish Junior Championship in 1994 for which part of the prize was […] Read more »

Managing the Multitudes … I almost didn’t notice the Snowman Rally report in the 32 page sports section of one of Scotland’s leading Sunday newspapers. The total report ran to 20 words. Mind you, it was easier to spot the 177 word ‘news’ item and photograph in the news section. […] Read more »

20 Questions with – David Bogie … David Bogie is the most successful Scottish national rally driver – ever. He has won five Scottish titles, the British Rally Championship and the Evo Challenge. So far a ‘works’ drive has eluded him, but then he hasn’t been chasing one. Rallying is […] Read more »