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…
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Clark in point-scoring position in Jordan
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…
Young Scot makes World Rally debut in Jordan
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…
Edinburgh driver wins in Mexico
Edinburgh’s Robin Liddell scored his first class victory in almost two years when he steered his Pontiac to honours in the latest round of the Rolex GT Championship in Mexico at the weekend. Co-driver Andrew Davis qualified fourth and ran sixth in the 250-mile race before handing over to Liddell after 30minutes…
Dario scores second-best Nascar finish
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti scored his second-best result in the Nascar Nationwide Series when he powered his Ganassi Dodge to 11th at the Texas Motor Speedway. But the 34-year-old Scot was frustrated not to qualify for the Sprint Cup race on the same 1.5-mile oval, blaming a lack of front-end grip for his…
Franchitti denied second ALMS podium
Bathgate’s Marino Franchitti was denied his second American Le Mans Series podium in succession when, just 10 minutes from the end of the two-and-a-half-hour race in St Petersburg, his Porsche was taken out by a rival. The 29-year-old Scot had qualified his Dyson Porsche RS fifth on the 29-car grid, and fourth…
McNish fights back to fifth in Barcelona
Scot Allan McNish drove like a man possessed as he and team-mate Dindo Capello recovered from 17th to finish fifth in the opening round of the Le Mans Series in Barcelona. The 38-year-old from Dumfries, who started yesterday’s (Sun) 1000km race from third on the grid, had moved his diesel-powered Audi R10TDI…
Double delight for Musselburgh racer
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…
Adam frustrated after Seat Championship opener
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…
No love lost in Formula Ford family battle
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…
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