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Galloway Hills 2009

Sunday 6th Dec was the Galloway Hills Rally, based out of Castle Douglas. Another great day – the rain stayed off at least! Lots of action, and some familiar faces…

Focus WRC

First time down in Englandshire for a rally – the Coppermine Grizedale Stages 2009 in Cumbria. Some cracking action, great cars, and a really good mix of cold, rain and sunshine! Click the pic for the gallery…

Kris Meeke - 2009 IRC Champion

The IRC Rally Scotland had Kris Meeke soundly stamped all over it, but was later excluded from the event for running with an underweight subframe. A very credible 4th place overall then for Jock Armstrong & Kirsty Riddick. Bad luck for David Bogie though – running in 5th place OA, ahead of Jock & Kirsty going into the final stage, SS13 Loch Ad 2 was to prove his downfall. Bit of  a shame that more of the works teams didn’t make the trip, but a very enjoyable rally nonetheless.

Two-Stroke!

I caught up with the RAC Rally on Sunday, in the Forest of Ae for SS16 & SS19 – and it rained on and off the whole day! Spectacular action, from I-don’t-know-how-many-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds-worth of classic rally machinery hurtling through a greasy forest at breakneck speed… I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves!

Jim & John Rintoul

A sunny 7th November saw the Rintouls win at Crail, narrowly edging out Morris/Harkness in the Metro 6R4, and Grant/Carstairs in the Impreza. Full results available over on the Glenrothes Motorsport Club website. It was a long day – ended up with nearly 5000 images, of which a mere 200 are up in the gallery (click the pic!) – if you would like further proofs, and I have plenty of photos of everyone – please use the “Contact Me” form, and drop me a line…

2009 Winner - Calum Duffy

Hot off the press – photographs from the 40th Anniversary running of the Tour of Mull. A magnificent win for Calum Duffy this year – Top 3 cars were Mk2 Escort, Mk2 Escort, BMW Mini! Not a 4WD or a turbo in sight! (well, there was one in 4th!)

40TH ANNIVERSARY OFFER – Buy a framed 12″x8″ print from this years Tour of Mull – it’s cheaper than you think – and get a free 12″x8″ (unframed) print of your choice from ANY of our galleries. Simply add the image ID# of your free print to the notes on your order. If you’ve any problems ordering, please drop me a note using the “Contact Me” page, and I’ll sort it out…

I’m writing this at 2AM on Saturday morning – today sees me with an emergency dental appointment at 10AM – meaning I will be unable to make Perthshire in time to catch any of the Rally.

HOWEVER, all is not lost – if you’re looking for photos from the rally (give him a day or two to get them up though!!), I can highly recommend Dan Forsyth as the chap to go visit. His website is at  http://www.drfrallyphotos.co.nr/

I will get to Perthshire again this year though – the IRC Rally Scotland is in November!

Euan Thorburn - SS5

After s slight hiccup, photos are now up!  5th September saw the penultimate round of the SRC, the Merrick. A very soggy morning was followed, as usual, by a dry, and even sunny afternoon! Jock Armstrong & Kirsty Riddick took the honours, with Greer/Crawford 40 seconds behind, and Bogie/Rae another 24 seconds adrift. Click the pic to go through to the gallery!

Steve Bannister - SS1 Cooper Park

The Speyside Stages hosted round 6 of the Scottish Rally Championship, and with the overall title still wide open, it proved to be a hard-fought rally. Photographs from SS1 & SS2 Coopers Park, and SS6 Gartly Moor are now up in the gallery – 2 images of each car (well, 3 of Steve Bannister just because he thrashed everyone else round Cooper Park, twice!) from a pool of over 2800…