Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta bagged his best result of the season when he finished second behind his HWA Mercedes in the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who replaced double Formula One world champ Mika Hakkinen in the team, found himself following team…
Shedden fifth on Donington BTCC grid
Fifer Gordon Shedden had to make do with qualifying his Team Halfords Honda fifth for the first of tomorrow’s (Sun) British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Donington. The Dalgety Bay racer, who won last time out at Rockingham, lapped the 1.95-mile Leicestershire track in 1min 12.601secs just missing out on the fourth-place…
Franchitti hints at early Nascar return
Seven days after fracturing his left ankle in a 180mph smash in the Nascar race at Talladega, Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti has spoken publicly about the injury for the first time, and hinted it won’t be long before he’s racing again. “I feel good,” the 34-year-old said at Richmond International Raceway, where…
Di Resta lines up fifth at Mugello
Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta maintained his excellent start to the German Touring Car Championship by qualifying fifth for Sunday’s 60-minute race at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who topped the timesheets during Friday’s free-practice session, lapped the tortuously undulating 3.2-mile circuit in 1min 43.487secs, 0.408s off the pole time of Audi’s Timo…
Diesel TT a winner for Audi
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…
Liddell storms to GT win in Virginia
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…
Tv Presenter Beaming After Motor Racing Debut
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…
Bogie blitzes stages in forest fightback
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…
NE rally ace Clark impresses in WRC debut
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…
Mixed fortunes for Franchitti brothers
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…