Prestone MSA British Rally Championship Round 3: RSAC Scottish Rally, 19-20 May
The third round of the championship went right down to the wire on the final stage of the final day, with homegrown hero David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae winning the RSAC Scottish Rally.
Bogie and Rae enjoyed a battle with the fellow Skoda Fabia R5 crew of Fredrik Ahlin and Torstein Eriksen, until the Scandinavian pairing were forced out of the event with a damaged radiator.
Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss repeated their Pirelli International Rally result in second, while Marty McCormack and David Moynihan took their second top three finish of the year, rounding out the rostrum at the end of a gruelling weekend.
Results
1 David Bogie / Kevin Rae (Skoda Fabia R5) 1h09m47.1s
2 Osian Pryce / Dale Furniss (Ford Fiesta R5) +0:48.5s
3 Martin McCormack / David Moynihan (Skoda Fabia R5) +1m01.9s
Provisional championship standings
1 Fredrik Ahlin – 55* points
2 Osian Pryce – 51
3 Martin McCormack – 30
(* = Joker nominations have been played)
Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship Rounds 10-12: Oulton Park, 20-21 May
Gordon Shedden, Ashley Sutton and Andrew Jordan shared the wins at a sun-kissed Oulton Park.
Jordan fended off a Matt Neal fightback to claim the honours in a thrilling first race at the stunning Cheshire circuit. Sutton completed the podium.
Sutton claimed victory in the second contest, having produced yet another fantastic performance for Adrian Flux Subaru Racing. Rob Collard finished second ahead of Neal.
Reigning champion Shedden moved to the summit of the championship standings after winning the final race. Halfords Yuasa Racing scored a one-two finish with Shedden leading home Neal. Jordan completed the podium.
Results
Race one
1 Andrew Jordan (GBR) BMW Pirtek Racing 15 laps
2 Matt Neal (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.284s
3 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +11.987s
Race two
1 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 14 laps
2 Rob Collard (GBR) Team BMW +1.066s
3 Matt Neal (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +9.795s
Race three
1 Gordon Shedden (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +18 laps
2 Matt Neal (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.279s
3 Andrew Jordan (GBR) BMW Pirtek Racing +1.722s
Provisional championship standings
1 Gordon Shedden (Halfords Yuasa Racing) – 157 points
2 Rob Collard (Team BMW) – 141
3 Tom Ingram (Speedworks Motorsport) – 132
F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost
Rounds 10-12: Oulton Park, 20-21 May
Jamie Caroline and Oscar Piastri shared the wins at Oulton Park.
Caroline took his eighth win of the season to make history and equal the record for number of wins in a season, which belonged to 2015 champion Lando Norris. Alex Quinn and Linus Lundqvist completed the podium.
Piastri took victory in the reverse grid race after a thrilling battle with Logan Sargeant who started alongside him on the front row. The leaders were nose-to-tail as the race progressed, separated by a mere 0.308s when the race was brought to a premature end following a spectacular off for championship leader Jamie Caroline. Finland’s Patrik Pasma finished in third.
Results
Race one
1 Jamie Caroline / GBR / Carlin 20m 41.984s / 83.87mph
2 Alex Quinn / GBR / Arden +3.833s
3 Linus Lundqvist / SWE / Double R +5.200s
Race two
1 Oscar Piastri / AUS / Arden 9m 55.750s / 94.15mph
2 Logan Sargeant / USA / Carlin +0.308s
3 Patrik Pasma / FIN / Carlin +3.675s
Provisional championship standings
1 Jamie Caroline – 210 points
2 Oscar Piastri – 119.5
3 Logan Sargeant – 96
Link Up Ltd MSA British Autotest Championship Round 4: Staffordshire Knot Autotests (Wolverhampton and South Staffs CC), 21 May
Richard Pinkney won round four of the championship despite suffering with a broken gearbox during the afternoon tests.
Pinkney took the lead after three tests, with Malcolm Livingston and Dave Fox in the next two places. The first of the six afternoon tests saw Pinkney in trouble with a broken gearbox, whilst Livingston, his own car now shedding fan belts, carried on at undiminished pace, with Alastair Moffatt overtaking his brother for third place.
Pinkney changed his gearbox with the help of other competitors, in time to complete the last five tests in a master class demonstration of fastest times to take the win by 14 seconds. Livingston took a five second penalty but comfortably held on to second place, with Alastair Moffatt, Evans, John Moffatt, and Chapman all holding station.
Results
1 Richard Pinkney (Caterham 7 1600) 664.4 seconds
2 Malcolm Livingston (Lindsay Special 1600) 678.3
3 Alastair Moffatt (Mini Special 1400) 683.8
Provisional championship standings
1 Chris Chapman (Striker 1800) – 112 points
2 Malcolm Livingston (Lindsay Special) – 111
3 Dave Evans (Blitz Special) – 103
ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship Round 4: RSAC Scottish Rally Championship
Euan Thorburn and co-driver Paul Beaton recorded their first win of the 2017 SRC season in dominant fashion, with a win of over 50 seconds on the RSAC Scottish Rally.
The fourth round of the series was held in Lockerbie with classic Dumfries & Galloway forest stages such as Twiglees, Castle O’er and Ae testing the SRC crews. Frequent rain showers made the already abrasive stages slippery, producing conditions that were challenging at best.
Jock Armstrong and Paula Swinscoe brought their Subaru Impreza home in second place after another solid day at the office. Shaun Sinclair and Jamie Edwards made it two podiums from four starts with third place in their Subaru Impreza.
Results
1 Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton (Ford Fiesta R5) 1h12m38.6s
2 Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) 42m45.3s
3 Shaun Sinclair/Jamie Edwards (Subaru Impreza WRC) 43m09s
SBD Motorsport MSA British Sprint Championship Round 3-4: Snetterton, 13-14 May
Heather Calder won both rounds at Snetterton, breaking the outright circuit record in the process.
Her father Colin, with whom she shared the car, damaged the exhaust system during his second Top 12 run on Saturday, leaving Heather with just one Top 12 run to take the win. Colin finished runner up on both days.
The weather on Sunday, combined with the better track conditions after a full Saturday event, enabled times to be enhanced. Terry Holmes’ times were similar each day, with both Steve Miles and Matt Hillam managing to beat their Saturday times by a few tenths on Sunday. Nick Algar managed a new two-litre category record on Sunday.
Results
Round three
Heather Calder (3.5 Gould-NME GR55B) 77.39 seconds
Colin Calder (3.5 Gould-NME GR55B) 77.68
Terry Holmes (3.5 Lola Tegra V8) 80.45
Round four
1 Heather Calder (3.5 Gould-NME GR55B) 74.43 seconds
2 Colin Calder (3.5 Gould-NME GR55B) 76.26
3 Nick Algar (1.3s DJ Firehawk) 78.88
Provisional championship standings
1 Steve Miles – 38 points
2 Matt Hillam – 35
3 Terry Holmes – 29
