You know, there seems to be something about me attending car launches, and the weather. Take a few weeks ago; I fly into Jerez in the south of Spain for the Ford Kuga launch, and what do I get — torrential rain. So, it should come as no surprise that, having left a gloriously sunny [...]

Edinburgh’s Robin Liddell scored his second consecutive class victory in eight days when he steered his Pontiac home to GT honours in the fourth round of the Grand-Am series at the Virginia International Raceway.  Co-driver Andrew Davis started from second place on the GT grid and held position before pitting during a full course caution [...]

Stephen Jardine, the well known presenter of Scottish Television’s ‘The Five Thirty Show’ managed to survive unscathed when he made his motor racing debut today (Sunday) at Knockhill Racing Circuit. It was a case of ‘in at the deep end’ for the likable 44 year old Dad who succeeded in bringing the ‘celebrity’ entered Mini [...]

Fast-charging young gun David Bogie from Dumfries clawed back 20 seconds in the closing two stages of the Aberdeen-based Granite City Rally to bag maximum points in the race for the County Saab Scottish Rally Championship. But the talented youngster, who dropped almost a minute when his Toyota Corolla World Rally Car suffered a puncture [...]

Finland’s Mikko Hirvonen may have won the inaugural World Rally Championship event in Jordan, but the happiest man at the end of the three-day desert battle was Aberdeenshire’s Barry Clark. Driving a similar Ford Focus World Rally Car to works’ driver Hirvonen, the 25-year-old from Ellon not only finished his debut WRC event in a [...]

It was a weekend of conflicting fortunes for the Franchitti brothers from Bathgate. While younger brother Marino was powering his Porsche to victory in Germany, 34-year-old Dario fractured his ankle in Talladega. The 2007 IndyCar champ and Indy500 winner  will be out of Nascar action for a few weeks after fracturing his ankle in the [...]

The world of motorsport was shocked at the accident that claimed the life of Scottish Motor Racing star, David Leslie. David had been involved with Scotland and Knockhill for almost 30 years and even based his business here, together with his father, David.  We all paid tribute to David at the recent British GT Meeting, [...]

North-east rally ace Barry Clark ended his first day of World Rally Championship action in a point-scoring position after safely negotiating the opening eight stages of the inaugural Jordan Rally. The 25-year-old from Ellon, driving his Ford Focus WRC and the first Scot to contest a world event since Colin McRae, kept his cool in [...]

As his home city of Aberdeen prepares to host the latest round of the Scottish Rally Championship, the Granite City Rally, Barry Clark will today (Fri) become the first Scot since Colin McRae to contest a round of the World Rally Championship. The 25-year-old Ellon-born driver has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime by [...]

A superb Jaguar XJS Cabriolet is to feature at this years Scottish Classic SpeedFair on June 8th. The car, featuring its orginal Marachino Black paintwork will take pride of place in a special Jaguar stand, more details to follow.