Extended route planned for Carlisle Stages

This year’s Carlisle Stages will feature 55 competitive miles with an opening leg in the darkness of Friday evening (October 20) and a full day with a further 45 stage miles on Saturday, October 21.

The event, run by Nicola Heppenstall and the team at the Roger Albert Clark Rally Motor Club, will be the final round of both the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship and the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship. The rally will be based at H and H Auctions, just off junction 43 of the M6 at Carlisle.

Armstrong survives last stage scare to secure RSAC Scottish Rally victory

Castle Douglas driver Jock Armstrong took the second RSAC Scottish Rally victory of his career on Saturday (22 July) despite putting his Subaru Impreza on its side on the final stage of the event.

Armstrong and co-driver Hannah McKillop endured a rollercoaster of a weekend, heading into the sixth and final Dalbeattie test tied on times with young charger Finlay Retson after a thrilling day-long battle for the coveted victory.

RSAC Scottish Rally welcomes sensational entry to new-look event

The RSAC Scottish Rally will see around 90 crews tackle the new-look offering next weekend, as the 22 July event is reinvigorated by its fresh new format and move to the `Granite Town` of South West Scotland, Dalbeattie.

Jim Clark Rally enjoys a blistering weekend in the Borders

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally brought some of the best drivers in the business to the Scottish Borders this weekend [26-28 May], as the three-day motorsport event took place on the closed roads around Duns.

The market town offered a fantastic backdrop for the rally, hosting the event service area and the centre itself seeing the cars assemble for the start and finish celebrations throughout the weekend. A big screen played live coverage of the rally to the fans who were able to get up close to the cars as they passed through Market Square.

World-class drivers head to Duns for the Jim Clark Rally

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally has attracted a world-class entry ahead of this weekend’s event [26-28 May] as around 240 drivers get set to tackle the highly acclaimed three-day closed road motorsport event.

Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally introduces Carbon Contribution Programme

The Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally has introduced a Carbon Contribution Programme for the 2023 event which kickstarts an ongoing commitment to aim to reduce the carbon footprint of the prestigious annual motorsport event [26-28 May].

The closed-road stage rally, based in Duns in the Scottish Borders attracts some of the best drivers in the world to the region throughout the weekend as competitors in the Motorsport UK British Rally Championship, Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship and KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship tackle some of the most highly regarded stages in the country.

RSAC Scottish Rally is on the move as Dalbeattie becomes new host town

The `Granite Town` of South West Scotland, Dalbeattie will become hosts of the RSAC Scottish Rally on 22 July, in an exciting move for the highly regarded motorsport event.

The esteemed rally, which will run for the 77th time this summer, is one of the longest-running motorsport events in the country, steeped in history and backed with a rich heritage throughout the years. And now, the all-gravel stage rally will make the switch to the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire for 2023, giving a fresh, bold new look to its offering for fans and competitors.

Debut 4wd outing in the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship

Our first time competing on gravel in a 4wd car.. we were seeded car 20 of a strong field of 100+ cars, we started SS1 & SS2 at a steady pace to bed ourselves in as the aim of the day was to complete the event and bag as much Championship points as we could.

Towards the end of SS2 we caught the car in front and boy do those 4wd cars throw up some stones, a cracked windscreen was recieved so we had to back off to avoid further damage from the flying stones until we could pass safely.

Carlisle Stages Rally offers classic Kielder Forest tests

The Carlisle Stages Rally, in association with Kielder Water and Forest Park Development Trust has opened entries for the 22 October event as organisers reveal an exciting mix of forests tests on offer in the one-day gravel event.

Braveheart Binnie takes sensational RSAC Scottish Rally win

Michael Binnie hauled his Mitsubishi Evo IX to a blistering RSAC Scottish Rally win on Saturday [23 July], beating a plethora of modern machinery to ensure his hopes of a KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship title remain firmly alive.

Co-driven by the experienced Claire Mole, Binnie stormed to fastest time on half of the event’s eight special stages in the Dumfries and Galloway forests, to seal a stellar 45 second win over the chasing Hugh Brunton in his Ford Fiesta R5, whilst David Henderson snatched a last-gasp podium with third in his Fiesta Rally2.