PRESS RELEASE: RSAC Scottish Rally revs up for June
RSAC Scottish Rally revs up for its traditional June date in Dumfries Scotland¹s biggest annual motorsport event the RSAC Scottish Rally returns to its traditional June date this year, after shifting to September in 2001 because of the foot and mouth epidemic. For the sixth successive year, the rally will be based in Dumfries and this year will take place on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9. The route will cover two days of rallying in the classic forest stages around Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9. Supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council, the rally provides a considerable boost for the local economy with estimates that it generates at least £1 million of additional business in the area. Organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (Motor Sport) Ltd, it will attract an international field of competitors, plus thousands of officials and spectators. The RSAC Scottish Rally is a counter in both the Pirelli British Rally Championship and the New Pig Scottish Rally Championship. Along with the other British championship rounds it is assured of high-profile television coverage, including a half-hour Channel 4 programme featuring the event. This year¹s RSAC Scottish Rally will start and finish right in the centre of Dumfries, with the first of the international field leaving the High Street at 8 am on Saturday (June 8). The first day will take the crews on a 200 mile route west from Dumfries to Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart, before returning to Dumfries around 5.45 pm. On this leg of the rally there will be some 63 miles of competitive sections, timed to a tenth of a second, in well-known forest sections such as Black Loch, Glentrool and Glengap. Following a re-start from Dumfries at 8 am on Sunday (June 9) the crews will head north and east from Dumfries to contest a 200 mile route with 63 competitive miles in the Forest of Ae, Castle O'er and Twiglees. The champagne celebrations at the finish in the centre of Dumfries are expected around 4.40 pm on Sunday. Details can be found on the RSAC Scottish Rally website at www.scottishrally.co.uk, or by contacting the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (Motor Sport) Ltd, 11 Blythswood Square, Glasgow G2 4AG. Telephone 0141 204 4999. Fax 0141 204 4949. E-mail rsac_motorsport@compuserve.com. - Ken McEwen Director The PR Partnership (Scotland) Ltd Bon Accord House Riverside Drive Aberdeen AB11 7SL Scotland Telephone +44 (0)1224 588900 Fax +44 (0)1224 588200 e-mail ken@prpartnership.co.uk http://www.prpartnership.co.uk This e-mail is intended only for the addressee and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. Any e-mail attachment may contain software viruses which could damage your own computer system. Whilst reasonable precaution has been taken to minimise this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should therefore carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.