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RALLY NEWS
ARGYLL RALLYCANCELLED
Popular Scottish event won’t take place in 2020, SRC to include the Carlisle Stages instead
Photos: Eddie Kelly, William Neill
ByStephenBrunsdon forcedtheeventtobecancelled. “Theplanswerelooking
Thechampionship’sreserve tremendouslyexciting,but
TheScottishRally round,theCarlisleStages,will weremainoptimisticthatthe
Championshipwillnot takeitsplaceonthe2020calendar eventcancomebackstronger
competeontheArgyllRally withorganisersconfidentof a thaneverin2021.
thisyearafterorganisers returnforArgyllnextseason. “Wearedelightedtobeheading
announcedtheevent’s “Thetimescalesforobtaining totheCarlisleStages,whichis
cancellationlastweek, theMotorsportOrderwereshort morethanworthyof asloton
afterbeingunabletoobtain andithasnotprovedpossibleto theSRCcalendar.”
thenecessarypermission completetherequiredprocedures Argyll’sdemisemeansthere
forroadclosures. withinthetimerequired,”read willbeatwo-monthgapin
OperatedbytheMullCarClub, astatementfromtheclub. thecalendarbetweentheRSAC
theeventwassettoberunasa SRCchairmanGordon ScottishRallyandtheGrampian
Tarmacrallyforthefirsttime Adamadded:“It’sobviouslya ForestRally,withCarlislebeing
initshistory,butdifficulty hugeshamefornotjusttheSRC, thefinalroundonOctober24.
insecuringtherelevant butfortheMullCarClubandthe Theopeningroundof the
authorisation–whichwouldallow localDunoonresidentsthatthe SRC,theSnowmanRally,
ittorunonclosedroads–intime ArgyllRallywillnotrunin2020. takesplaceonMarch7.
New stages for Jim Clark Rally will go outside Berwickshire
The Jim Clark Rally will deviate from Bathans and Blackadder have made events are just using short stages
Berwickshire for the first time in its the cut but both have been extended but the Jim Clark is quite different
history this year with the introduction and renamed as Longformacus and as we have longer stages. We have
of a brand new stage – Scott’s View. Andrew Cowan Whitsome; a nod two 12-mile stages in Longformacus
The 2020 route has been unveiled to the late Mitsubishi World Rally and Eccles. [But] we’re trying to
and comprises of four stages on team principal who resided there. make the route every year slightly
Saturday which will each run twice – Service and Rally HQ remain different so that competitors are
Westruther, Scott’s View, Eccles and in Duns but have moved from not getting bored with the event.”
Longformacus – with three stages Berwickshire High School to The Jim Clark Rally is a round of
in Edrom, Ayton and Whitsome the town’s industrial estate the Asphalt Championship, Scottish
on Sunday completing the for more space. Rally Championship and British
Deputy clerk of the course Colin
Euan Thorburn won 14-stage event. Smith said: “A lot of closed-road Historic Rally Championship and
Of the 2019 stages, only Abbey St
will take place on May 31.
the event last year
LOUGHRAN HOLDS ON... JUST
DonegalMiniStages stagewithmechanicalwoes. itwasnothisdaysodidnotpush
ByWilliamNeill Expectinggravelontheroad, overtheclosingmiles.Seventh,
GallaghertookcareonSS1and though,wastheresultwith
Organiser:DonegalMotorClubWhen:January25Where:
Termon,CountyDonegalStarters:75Stages:Six reported“moments”onSS2tosit EamonnDoherty,followedby
fifth,almost20soff topspot. anotherEscortMk2drivenby
RyanLoughransaidhehadnever Onthesecondloopandwitha PaddyMcDaidandTimmyLunn
beenforcedtodriveashardas hardertyretheEscortMk2driver whohadacostlySS4spin,with
lastweekendonhiswaytovictory movedintocontention,just3.3s just0.3sseparatingthetwocrews.
ontheDonegalMiniStagesby behindLoughranwithonestage StarletcrewChristyGallagher
4.1secondsatthewheela remaining.Hewasunabletomake andLeeCullenwontheirclassin
FordEscortMk2. furtherinroadsonthefinalstage ninth,movingfrom17thafterSS1.
Loughranandco-driverGareth andhadtosettleforsecond. AlexanderCochraneandChris
Dohertylostbrakesonthe10-mile JohnnyJordanhadagood Johnstonclimbedupthe
openingstageandsufferedonfast starttotheseasonwithan leaderboardinasimilar
sectionsof SS2withtheirwettyre “unexpected”thirdafterabig fashiontocompletethetop10.
choice,whichmeanttheysat7.1 momentonthepenultimatestage. Pinto-poweredJamesCassidy
secondsbehindKevinGallagher’s TheToyotaStarlet,withPaddy hadthoughthisseedingat10was
DarrianT90GTRatthefirstservice. McCruddenonthenotes,was ambitiousbutfinishing11thhe
Gallagherthenretiredonthe sixthafterthefirstloopand wasnotfarfromtheprediction
followingstageduetoanaccident, madetwoplacesontheLough followingamistakeatachicane
promotingLoughranintothelead. Keelrepeatbeforetakingthe forcingtheMeathmantoreverse
PaulReidmovedintosecond finalpodiumplace,1m4s hisEscortMk2.
despitehittingarockonSS1, behindGallagher. Results
whichhadadetrimentaleffect TurkeyRunandDogleap 1 Ryan Loughran/Gareth Doherty (Ford Escort Mk2)
onthesteeringof hisEscort. winnerAaronMcLaughlinwas 50m14s; 2 Damian Gallagher/Mac Walsh (Escort Mk2)
+4.1s; 3 Johnny Jordan/Paddy McCrudden (Toyota
Reidfinallyhadan inaMitsubishiLancerE9andtook Starlet); 4 Aaron McLaughlin/Darren Curran (Mitsubishi
uninterruptedpassoverthe fourthalongsideDarrenCurran. Lancer E9); 5 Marty Toner/Sharon Clarke Moore (Escort
LoughKeelstageonthethird MartyTonerandSharonClarke Mk2); 6 William/Demi McFadden (Ford Escort G3);
attempt(SS5),havingbeenstopped Moorehadasteadyperformance 7 JR McDaid/Eamonn Doherty (Escort Mk2); 8 Paddy
McDaid/Timmy Lunn (Escort Mk2); 9 Christy Gallagher/
byblockagesonthepreviousruns. tofifthintheirEscortMk2,ahead Lee Cullen (Starlet); 10 Alexander Cochrane/Chris
However,hislackof experience of WilliamandDemiMcFaddenin Johnston (Escort Mk2).
thereprovedcostly. aG3-versionEscort.TheRamelton Class winners: Eamonn Sweeney/John Coll (Honda
Civc); Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan (Ford Fiesta); Patrick
Helostouttoeventualrunners- driverfoundhistyrechoicedidnot Fitzpatrick/James McEneaney (Escort Mk2); Kevin
upDamianGallagherandMac suitSS2,stalledonSS3andcould McLaughlin/Conal McNulty (Civic); Gallagher/Cullen;
WalshintheirEscortMk2. notreversebeforesuffering James Cassidy/Domhnall Lennon (Escort Mk2); Toner/
ItwastogetworseforReid, throttleissuesatthefinishof SS5. Clarke Moore; McDaid/Lunn; Neil Brogan/Danny Cannon
(Civic); McLaughlin/Curran.
whoretiredontheclosing JRMcDaidwascautiousandsaid Ford EscortMk2 crew of Loughran/Doherty managed to take the victory byjust four seconds
ROAD RALLY ROUND-UP
TheRyemoorTrophyRallywas Sedgwick/SamAmblertook Thefather-and-sonteamofMalcolm (FordFiesta).However,theymissed damagetotheirBMWafteranoff. +5m17s; 3 Kris Coombes/Louis Baines (Nissan
Micra); 4 Colin Ladley/Beth Blythe (Peugeot 106 XS);
dominated by Richard Hunter/Gary the runner-up spot in their Peugeot and Richard Holdsworth were in a route check in the second half and Ian Mills 5 Steven Featherstone/Kevin Bardon (Ford Fiesta);
Evans as, after being fastest by two 106 Rallye. second at the halfway point, but the additional five-minute penalty Ryemoor Trophy Rally 6 Thomas Hick/Amy Henchoz (Citroen Saxo); 7 Ali/
minutes on the opening section, The Ryemoor was a classic Yorkshire retired soon afterwards with a dropped them to fifth at the end. Organiser: Malton Motor Club When: January 25-26 Lynsey Procter (Peugeot 205 GTi); 8 Chris Dodds/
Where: North Yorkshire Championships: ANCC &
the Ford Escort crew were over five Moor rally; challenging navigators damaged exhaust on their Honda Clint Eade/Sam Collis started ANEMMC Route: 130 miles Starters: 30 Josh Davison (Proton Satria GTi); 9 Neil Paylor/
James Greenhough (Satria); 10 Stephen Holmes/
minutes clear of the field by the finish. with a plot-and-bash format Civic. Third at Petrol were top seeds at number three, but were an early Results Dave Boyes (Satria).
Relative rally newcomers Dan throughout its 130 miles. Steve Featherstone/Kevin Bardon retirement after causing substantial 1 Richard Hunter/Gary Evans (Ford Escort) 5m30s; Class winners: Semi-experts: Ladley/Blythe;
2 Dan Sedgwick/Sam Ambler (Peugeot 106 Rallye) Novices: Procter/Procter.
