Fifer Jonathan Adam stepped up his bid to retain the Seat Cupra Championship when he dominated the latest rounds at Oulton Park in Cheshire by claiming his second successive double victory. The talented youngster from Kirkcaldy, who won the championship last season, dominated the weekend starting both races from pole position and…
Di Resta shines in the Nurburgring rain
Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta delivered a masterful display of driving in atrocious conditions to power from 12th on the grid to finish second in the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship at the Nurburgring. In pouring rain, the 22-year-old Scot — now only seven points behind the Audi of Timo…
McNish reflects on Le Mans 24-Hour victory
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…
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…