Scotland’s brightest young rally ace, Dumfries 22-year-old David Bogie, heads to Jedburgh tomorrow confident he can take another significant step towards winning the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship.
McNish pipped for pole at Sebring
Scot Allan McNish, bidding to win the Sebring 12-Hours race for the third time, will start tomorrrow’s race from second on the grid after being pipped to pole position by just 0.082 seconds.
Shedden clinches BTCC drive
Fifer Gordon Shedden has sealed a last-minute deal to extend his partnership with Team Dynamics in the British Touring Car Championship. The 30-year-old from Dalgety Bay will again drive the team’s Honda Civic.
McNish fastest at Sebring; Franchitti sixth
Scot Allan McNish, bidding to win this weekend’s 57th running of the 12-Hours of Sebring in Florida for the third time, topped the timesheets after the first official practice at the 3.7-mile circuit.
David Coulthard Museum closes
Twelve days before the opening round of this year’s Formula One World Championship, and just months after his grand prix career came to an end, the David Coulthard Museum in his home town of Twynholm has closed permanently.
Fifer Adam clinches top BTCC drive
Fifer Jonathan Adam, one Scotland’s talented young breed of racing drivers, will bid to become the first Scot to win the British Touring Car Championship since John Cleland after being confirmed as a driver with the top-rated Motorbase BMW team.
McRae protegee wins in Brazil
Colin McRae protégée Kris Meeke powered his Peugeot to a dominant victory in the second round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Rally de Curitiba in Brazil.
Sir Jackie takes pay cut
Sir Jackie Stewart is set to follow the example set by Scots tennis ace Andy Murray by relinquishing part of the payment he receives from the Royal Bank of Scotland following the bank’s financially shattering problems.
Snow turns Scottish Rally opener into lottery
While the main contenders for the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship spent the day acting as high-speed snowploughs, Fort Augustus driver Reay Mackay took advantage to claim his first major win, the Inverness-based Snowman Rally.
Record entry for Scottish Rally opener
The organisers of the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship have bucked the economic downturn by attracting a record entry for the opening round, the Inverness-based Snowman Rally, on Saturday (Feb 14).