SCOTS motorsport followers can stay up for loads of thrills and spills as Knockhill hosts the Grant Building Rally on Sunday.
It’s the twelfth time the occasion has been held on the well-known Fife circuit and it guarantees attract dozens of prime vehicles and crews.
They are going to battle it out over 10 levels and nearly 40 aggressive miles because the opening spherical of the Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship, the Scottish Border Rally Championship and the Border Ecosse Membership Championship.
With motion happening on the primary Knockhill monitor, perimeter street and hillside rally stage. There are 5 lessons eligible to enter – from 1400cc vehicles and four-wheel-drive supercars by to traditional and historic fashions.
The venue’s director of occasions, Stuart Grey, mentioned: “We're all wanting ahead to our first occasion of the 12 months with the Grant Building Rally at Knockhill.
“There's snow within the forecast that might add to the challenges of the rally crews, making the motion much more spectacular for the followers, for whom we're open to full numbers.
“There are even a few entries from drivers doing the occasion as follow forward of the McRae Rally Problem in July. It needs to be prime motion wherever you look, with about 45 prime tarmac crews entered for the 10-stage occasion. Motion kicks off at 9am all over to round 4.30pm.”
Additional afield, a variety of Scots endurance racers have competed within the first of two back-to-back weekends of motion within the Asian Le Mans Sequence (ALMS) – with blended outcomes.
Within the first four-hour occasion on the Dubai Autodrome, former champions Colin Noble, from Midlothian, and team-mate Tony Wells had been main the LMP3 class.
However an electrical gremlin on the United Arab Emirates circuit took the consequence from the No8 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 crew.
Within the GT Am class, nonetheless, Motherwell’s Ian Loggie helped his SPS Automotive Efficiency Mercedes-AMG GT3 staff prime the rostrum. Noble and Wells bounced again in Sunday’s encounter, although, to take the LMP3 honours and Loggie and Co as soon as once more gained the GT Am class.
Sadly, TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage racer Jonny Adam and Attempto Racing Audi R8 driver Finlay Hutchison missed out on podium locations in the primary GT class.
This weekend ought to see all of them again in motion for 2 races on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. And becoming a member of the fray within the LMP2 class can be former ALMS champion Paul Di Resta – racing for United Autosports of their Oreca 07.
The West Lothian driver mentioned: “I've good reminiscences of the final time I raced within the Asian Le Mans Sequence, profitable it in 2018/2019. I haven’t raced since Le Mans final 12 months with United however I’m wanting ahead to getting again to it.”
In the meantime, Aberdonian father and son Stewart and Lewis Proctor are teaming up with Greystone GT to drive a McLaren 720S GT3 within the British GT Championship this 12 months.
Whereas that is Silverstone-based Greystone GT’s first foray into the sequence, the Scots goal to construct on their success final 12 months once they clinched the Silver-Am title.
Lewis mentioned: “We've got a powerful testing programme in place with Greystone GT, which hopefully will imply we will hit the bottom working when the season begins.”