TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER WINNING HIS SECOND LE MANS 24-HOURS RACE, SCOTS RACER ALLAN McNISH TALKED EXCLUSIVELY TO JIM McGILL Twenty-four hours after winning the world’s greatest race, the Le Mans 24-Hours, Scots racing ace Allan McNish was back behind the wheel of a car. This time though, rather than hurtling round the…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
McNish conquers Le Mans again
It may have been 10 years in the waiting, but after what he described as the “most stressful and hardest” Le Mans 24-Hours race of his career, Dumfries racer Allan McNish finally clinched his second victory in what is accepted as the world’s toughest race. After 381 laps of the 8.47-mile La…
Barry bags top 10 finish in Turkey
Aberdeenshire’s Barry Clark clinched a stunning top 10 finish in only his second outing in the World Rally Championship. And the 25-year-old from Ellon, driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07, was delighted with his performance in the Rally of Turkey. “My main target was to stay out of trouble, not damage…
Ellon’s Clark edges towards Turkey top 10
Aberdeenshire’s Barry Clark, contesting only his second World Rally Championship event, continued his education by completing the penultimate leg of the inaugural Rally of Turkey on the verge of clinching a top 10 finish. The 25-year-old from Ellon, driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07, starts tomorrow’s final three stages pushing the…
Tough test for Franchitti as rain hits qualifying
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti faces a tough outing in the latest round of the Nascar Sprint Cup in Michigan after rain washed out qualifying at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway. The 35-year-old Scot, who posted his best qualifying of the season a week ago when he started from 14th on the grid at…
Clark impresses on Turkey debut
Aberdeenshire’s Barry Clark, contesting only his second World Rally Championship event, continued his education by completing the opening leg of the inaugural Rally of Turkey in 13th place. And the 25-year-old from Ellon, driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 07, starts tomorrow’s seven stages just 18.6s behind the Suzuki SX4 WRC of…
McNish targets Le Mans glory 10 years on
Ten years after winning the world’s longest and most gruelling race — the Le Mans 24-Hours — for the first time, Allan McNish this week stood bewildered and, completely out of character, speechless. His Audi — thankfully not his diesel-powered R10TDI race car, but his road-going hired A4 — stood in front of…
Ellon ace Clark ready to tackle Turkey test
Aberdeenshire 25-year-old Barry Clark will make his second World Rally Championship appearance in four weeks when he tackles the opening stages of the inaugural Rally Turkey. The Ellon driver, who safely negotiated his way through last month’s Rally Jordan as a last-minute replacement for Argentine driver Luis Perez Companc, will again drive…
McNish fourth fastest at Le Mans
Scots racer Allan McNish continued his preparation for this weekend’s Le Mans 24-Hours race by clocking the fourth-fastest time in pre-qualifying. Piloting his diesel-powered Audi R10TDI, the 38-year-old from Dumfries lapped the 8.47-mile French circuit in 3min 24.105secs. But the Scot believes he can go a whole lot quicker. “We’re just getting…
Knockhill to Host a Round of F1 World championship!
Scotland’s National Motorsport Centre, the Famous Knockhill Racing circuit near Dunfermline in Fife, is gearing up to host what is probably the most prestigious stock car race meeting ever held in Scotland , on Sunday the 15th of June. The Tri-oval Section of the 1-3 mile British Championship circuit will be the…