Rinties Win Again

It's all over for another year.

All of the top three were former winners of this event, all of them had stage wins and any of them could have won the rally, but the Rintouls came from behind after both Grant and Morris had problems. The top four seeds finished as the top four, separated by only 42 seconds, though one of them wasnt in the right order.

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We have a full entry list, and a quality field lined up for the 2009 Kingdom.

Last years winners Bob Grant and Pete Carstairs are first away in their Impreza, followed by John and Jim Rintoul, winners in 2006 and 2007, in the Evo 9, with another serial Kingdom winner Tom Morris and codriver Colin Harkness seeded third in a Metro 6R4.

Behind them Bruce Edwards and Jim Smith, with their plastic fantastic Darrian Honda T9, have already got the STRC wrapped up, but will be hoping they can surprise the 4WD big bangers for a season finale, just as long as the wee airfix car doesn't transform itself to a Reliant Robin like it did last year.

We also have a surprise visitor or two from the SRC, including Gary Adam who is giving 14 year old Kyle his first taste of rallying. Gary and Kyle are seeded at a lowly 47 because they are double-entered in the same Escort Mk2 as Neil Ogilvie and granddad Gordon Adam, but maybe that will allow Granpaw time to give the youngster a few tips before each stage.

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Bulletin 1 - Amendments to SRs

Bulletin 2 - MSA Steward and Judges of Fact

Craig Smith needs a navigator, due to illness, starting at number 40 in a 1300 Nova. Contact 0790 4044537

The Kingdom Stages 2009 will run at Crail Airfield on Saturday 7th November.

This will be a round of:

The Hytorc Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship
The Anderson Builders Scottish Borders Rally Championship
The Brick and Steel Ecosse 205 Challenge

There will be six stages totalling 43 miles, on good tar and a little concrete, for only £195.

Regulations and entry forms are available for download - click the link on the left sidebar.

A Seeded Entry List is available now (on the left)

Final Instructions will also be published here in the week before the rally.

Interim results will be published after each stage during the rally (depending on phone signal etc.) and Final Results will appear shortly after the event.

See you at Crail for

"The best rally in the Kingdom"

Dougie and daughter Michelle Rugg - Kingdom Stages Rally 2008.

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