Motorsport in Scotland

Motorsport In Scotland SEPTEMBER 2015 SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF CAR CLUBS www.scottishcarclubs.com SACC inter-association success! A Scottish Association of Car BTCC Prize Clubs team were first equal in Draw the MSA Inter-Association Stage Well Done to Rally Challenge, which was run Gregory as part of the Nicky Grist Schneider who Stages. won a pair of weekend The SACC team were: tickets as part of the SACC Thanks to Eddie Kelly Photography for bthe Dave Weston Jnr/ Kirsty Riddick shots from Forrestburn Hillclimb prize draw kindly donated Euan Thorburn/Richard Cooke by Stuart Gray of Knockhill. Ryan Weston/Mark McCulloch The Association of Central Southern Car Clubs team shared first place, After the success of the stage rally team, SACC fielded a team at the Inter-Association Autotest, and finished joint second. The team was Willie Keaning and Paul Fobister from SoSCC, and guest driver Keith Walton from Durham. Well done The next Association meeting is on Tuesday 15th September. MSA Chief Executive, Rob Jones will be a guest at the meeting hopefully as many Representatives as possible will be along P A G E 2 Calendar July/August Grass Autotest Kypeside farm Autotest 13Sep15 Coltness Race Meeting Knockhill Car Race 13Sep15 Scottish Motor SACC Meeting Bridge Of Allan Other 15Sep15 Scottish Associa- Bob Miller Memo- Navigational Rally 19Sep15 63 rial Rally Gravel Sprint Isle of Skye Rally Time Trial 19Sep15 Skye Hill Climb Doune Hillclimb 19Sep15 Lothian Doonhamer Clas- Dumfries Historic Road Rally 20Sep15 South of Scotland sic Hill Climb Doune Hillclimb 20Sep15 Lothian Superlap Knockhill Sprint 20Sep15 Knockhill MSC Tour of Speyside Huntly Touring Assembly 26Sep15 63 Ripon Yorkshire Comp Safari 26Sep15 27Sep15 Northern ORC Boyndie sprint Boyndie Sprint 26Sep15 Aberdeen Boyndie Sprint Boyndie Sprint 27Sep15 Aberdeen Colin McRae For- Perth Stage Rally 03Oct15 04Oct15 Coltness est Stages Autotest Autotest 04Oct15 750 Race Meeting Knockhill Car Race 04Oct15 Scottish Motor Cheviot Otterburn Stage Rally 04Oct15 Whickham Mull Rally Isle of Mull Stage Rally 09Oct15 11Oct15 Mull Autotest Autotest 18Oct15 63 ABR Rally Kames Stage Rally 18Oct15 East Ayrshire Borders Scottish Borders Comp Safari 24Oct15 25Oct15 Scottish Hill Rally Hairst Rally Navigational Rally 24Oct15 Stonehaven Galloway Hills Castle Douglas Stage Rally 25Oct15 East Ayrshire Glyn Memorial Anglesey Stage Rally 31Oct15 01Nov15 Other Rally Autotest Autotest 01Nov15 750 Seafield Rally Navigational Rally 07Nov15 63 SACC Challenge Knockhill Autotest 08Nov15 Glenrothes Kingdom Crail Stage Rally 14Nov15 Glenrothes SACC Meeting Bridge Of Allan Other 17Nov15 Scottish Associa- Borders Hill Rally Forrest Lodge Hill Rally 21Nov15 22Nov15 Scottish Hill Rally Autotest Autotest 22Nov15 63 The full calendar for the year is on SACC website Events Calendar page, where you can search by club, championship or type of event To get your event added to the calendar visit the SACC website and complete the form or contact Raymond Mann directly 01592 264517 [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2015 P A G E 3 View From the Vice-Chair I guess most of us have been busy over the last few months since the last SACC newsletter. I hesitate to say “over the summer” because based on the weather we have had, the summer simply passed us by. For me, I did not expect anything quite as ex- citing as sitting beside Kris Meeke at the McRae Challenge event that I wrote about last time. But that was before I had the opportunity to sit alongside Colin Stevenson in this 6200cc beast. Back at clubman level, I did compete on the Scottish Rally and Solway Coast Junior Rally, marshalled at the Mach 1 Stages and the Speyside Stages (both because cars I was due to co- drive were not ready) and also the Solway Coast Senior Rally as well as Club Steward at the two day Kames Sprint and Knockhill Race meeting. It is good for me to get round as many events as possible across the range of disciplines represented by the SACC member clubs and I will continue to do this. I wrote last time about the big joined up effort that went into the McRae Challenge event. Well the SACC clubs have done it again to put on another great show for GoMotorsport Live at Knockhill against the background of the SMRC race meeting in August. There were the usual static dis- plays but more important were the live rescue and recovery demonstrations and better still, the autotest passenger rides. The idea was to showcase as much of what we do as possible and through this to encourage people to get involved and to participate in some aspect of the sport. Pulling together the resource for this event highlighted yet again how crowded the calendar is and the strain this places on attracting both competitors and marshals to events. In addition to the race meeting at Knockhill (SMRC), the same weekend saw a hillclimb at Fintray (GAC), a kart meeting at Larkhall (WSKC), a stage rally on Lewis (LCC), autotests at Ardeer (SSCC) and Coneyhatch (SDMC), a grasstest at Hartwood (CCC) and also the Biggar Classic car show. These are just the ones I know about. At the risk of sounding like a broken record (because I said the same thing in the last newsletter) is it any wonder that events struggle for both entries and for marshals? There were also display stands promoting grass roots motor sport at the BTCC event the follow- ing weekend. Encouraging participation, at all levels and in all roles, is a key component of a four year strategy plan for motor sport in Scotland. Working alongside our counterparts in motor cycle sport, we are presenting this plan to SportsScotland with a view to securing some funding to help not only get more people involved but also to secure and develop venues; to identify and coach high performing competitors and to support all of the SACC member clubs who form the bedrock of the sport. It may be into next year before we have news on this but it is important that you all know what is going on behind the scene on your behalf. There has been some encouraging response to me trying to cajole more people to get involved in the work of SACC. A big thank you to those who have come forward but there is always room for more. Please contact me in person or by phone or by e mail if you want to know more. Pete Weall P A G E 4 Scottish Motor Sports—Rory Bryant SMS News New website We have launched our new website (www.scottishmotorsports.co.uk) which includes a club search function and also the new addition of a social wall which pulls content from various motor sport related social media channels and consolidates it onto one page. Please check it out and let us know if any of the club info needs updated! MSA Level 2 Coaching Qualification The MSA recently introduced their Level 2 coaching qualification. The course, which is based on principles of human performance, aims to raise the standards of coaching in the UK and gradu- ally change the mind set to one where it is normal for competitors to receive coaching. We want to lead the way in Scotland and embrace this new qualification. We are therefore aiming to run a coaching event help competitors / ex competitors gain the qualification, without having to travel to London to do so. This will be subject to demand and so we would encourage any indi- viduals interested in gaining the qualification to contact Rory Bryant ([email protected]) to register interest. MOTORSPORT IN SCOTLA ND SEPTEMBER 2015 P A G E 5 GoMotorsport Live The GoMotorsport Live event ran successfully on the 16th August at very sunny Knockhill Racing Circuit. The event aimed to give people the opportunity to find out how easy it is to get involved in the sport. Various disciplines from rallying and auto testing to karting were represented from 10 different clubs. The event included Scottish championship racing action courtesy of the Scottish Motor Racing Club, Live auto test demo‟s and passenger rides from 750 MC, a karting demo from East of Scotland Kart Club, a rescue recovery demo from the Scottish Hill Rally Club and various club stands. All in all the day was deemed a success with an estimated atten- dance of around 650 people and over 50 people getting a first- hand introduction to club motor sport through the AutoSolo passenger rides. We would like to say a big thank you to all the clubs and organisers that participated and to the SMRC and Knockhill for accommodating the event. Rory Bryant www.scottishmotorsports.co.uk Latest MSA newsletter available MSA News Counterfeit equipment the MSA have previously pub- lished examples of counterfeit seats, harnesses, helmets and homologation labels, so it is no surprise that a counterfeit Frontal Head Re- straint (FHR) has now surfaced, albeit abroad. Look closely at the image; the device is not symmetrical, the corner radii are not identical, the yoke section is unusual, the upstand is not of the normal profile and the threaded inserts are not of the design you would expect to see. Another clue was its weight – it was overly heavy at 1.35kg. Manufactured from fibreglass and body filler, it was demonstrated to have little in the way of strength. With FHRs having recently been made mandatory across several disciplines of the sport, competitors are advised to inspect any FHRs closely prior to purchase. Crozier part of New Programme Grist kicks off new co-driver programme Renowned navigators Nicky Grist and Paul Spooner launched the MSA Academy Co-Driver Programme at the Nicky Grist Stages Rally.

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