Musselburgh’s Graham Carroll dominated the opening double-header of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship when he won both rounds at Knockhill. Carroll, piloting his Van Diemen racer, finished ahead of Glasgow’s David Brown in both races to establish a healthy lead in the title race. In the ‘Battle of the Butchers’, 21-year-old Rory Butcher finished [...]
Fifer Jonathan Adam defence of his British Seat Cupra Championship got off to a frustrating start at Brands Hatch when a wrong tyre choice saw him slip from third on the grid to eventually finish ninth in the opening race. The 23-year-old gambled on wet tyres for the opening race of the season at the [...]
The 14 race programme on SUNDAY 6th APRIL marks the start of the 2008 Scottish Championships. Organised by Kirkcaldy and District Motor Club it is shaping up to be a cracker, with packed entry lists the order of the day. Races will include all classes of racing machines from noisy ‘Classics’ all the way to [...]
There was friendly but competitive family rivalry between a brother and sister at the opening race car meeting of 2008 today, (30th March) at Knockhill Racing Circuit. In the Scottish Formula Ford 1600 Championship for single seater racing cars, 21 year old Rory Butcher and big sister Jillian Shedden battled it out over 2 races [...]
Knockhill hosts the opening round of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship this weekend and much of the attention on the 20-odd car grid will be focused on brother and sister, Rory and Jillian Butcher. Ok, so Jillian now masquerades under her married name of Shedden – something to do with that guy Gordon who [...]
It seems to have taken an eternity, but finally the world’s worst kept secret is out: Indian-based Tata Group has bought Land rover and Jaguar. Tata chairman Ratan Tata has borrowed around £1.5 billion to buy the remaining two shining stars in the British automotive firmament, and there are many who would argue he’s got [...]
Scotland’s fastest young saloon car racer, Kirkcaldy’s Jonathan Adam, has sealed a last-minute deal which will see him begin the defence of his British Seat Cupra Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend. Despite dominating the championship last season, the 23-year-old Fifer has struggled – like so many talented young Scots – to raise the necessary [...]
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti survived racing 400 laps on Bristol’s notoriously tight half-mile oval, where he regularly hit speeds approaching 180mph in the latest round of the Nascar Sprint Cup, without any brakes. But after finishing 36th, the 34-year-old discovered he’d dropped out of the championship’s top 35 drivers and now has to qualify on speed [...]
Bathgate’s Marino Franchitti recorded the best result of his career when he finished second in the Sebring 12-Hour race, the opening round of the American Le Mans Series, in his first outing with the Dyson Porsche team. The 29-year-old, partnered by Butch Leitzinger and Andy Lally, started from seventh on the 34-car grid and battled [...]
Spoke with Oli Mortimer, current British Mini champ having dominated the series last year after winning back-to-back titles in Scotland. You’d expect on the back of national success that he’d be a dead cert to move further through the racing ranks and develop his career further. You couldn’t be further from the truth. “We’ve just [...]