RALLY OF SCOTLAND: MEEKE DETERMINED TO WIN ‘HOME’ EVENT

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RALLYSCOTLAND: McRAE PROTEGEE MEEKE DETERMINED TO WIN ‘HOME’ EVENT: Jim McGill

Colin McRae protegee Kris Meeke has vowed to do everything he can to win his adopted ‘home’ event, the inaugural RallyScotland, when both Perth and Stirling host the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in November.

While organisers confirmed the 500-mile route, which gets underway in the winter darkness at Scone Palace on November 19, Meeke… Continue reading

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IRC – Rally Scotland 2009 – route details

SCONE PALACE START FOR RALLYSCOTLAND: From Jim McGill

Six months before the quiet forest tracks near Pitlochry, Blair Atholl and the Trossachs are shattered by the piercing cackle of modern Super2000 rally cars, the organisers of the inaugural RallyScotland will gather at Stirling Castle today to confirm the event’s route.

 RallyScotland, the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge — which sees crews tackle 12 events in countries including… Continue reading

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Colin McRae Stages Rally 08 YouTube video of the BBC Scotland television coverage

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The McRae Stages 2008 will be remembered as one of the most fantastic rallying occassions ever witnessed.

BBC Scotland followed the Saab Scottish Rally Championship in 2008 and below is their coverage of the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally which attracted the biggest names in the sport. Vatanen, Mikkola, Jim McRae, Buffum, Brookes, Waldegard, Wilson, Pastrana etc etc,  were all present to honour the memory of their friend and… Continue reading

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