PRESS RELEASE: Last-minute entry adds spice to RSAC Scottish Rally
Last-minute entry by former champion adds further spice to RSAC Scottish Rally The last minute entry of 1997 British Rally Champion Mark Higgins in a Toyota Corolla WRC adds further interest to this weekend¹s RSAC Scottish Rally, with its 175crew international field. Mark telephoned from the USA where was competing last weekend to ask Clerk of the Course Jonathan Lord of the Royal Scottish Automobile Club if he could get a last-minute entry for this weekend¹s British Championship round in Dumfries. The entry, with co-driver Michael Gibson has now been confirmed by fax. The crew will be slotted into the entry list at 28, but will be moved up the starting order before High Street start in Dumfries on Saturday morning. Brother David Higgins is already on the entry list at number 13 in his Subaru Impreza. The brothers Higgins will be trying to make sure that Finland's Tapio Laukkanen does not take his third victory on the RSAC Scottish Rally but rather that one or other of them enjoys the victory champagne when the cars return to Dumfries on Sunday afternoon. Though still only 31, Mark Higgins has packed a huge amount of success into his rallying career. Born on the Isle of Man, where motor sport is such a part of the local culture it is perhaps not surprising that the brothers turned to rallying. Mark¹s first victories came at the wheel of a kart at 16, but it wasn¹t long before the lure of rallying proved too great. With his mother, Christina, in the co-driver¹s seat, Mark Higgins took the Manx rallies by storm in the late Œ80s and early Œ90s. A series of class wins in the British Championship followed during 1991, Œ92 and Œ93, and then Mark won the British Junior Championship title in 1994 and the British Championship crown in 1997. … More details can be found on the RSAC Scottish Rally website at http://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. RSAC Scottish Rally Media Centre The Ice Bowl, King Street, Dumfries THURSDAY, JUNE 8 SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Tel 01387 248680 Fax 01387 248701 NOTE: Please do not publish the above numbers, they are for MEDIA USE ONLY! The RSAC Scottish Rally Media Centre can provide journalists with uptodate results and competitor information throughout the rally. Information covers the entire field, including the national events, and the media centre staff will be happy to provide information on specific competitors. A specialist radio report service is also available. Media Centre opening hours Thursday 16:00 to 20:00 Friday 10:00 to 23:30 Saturday 06:00 to 24:00 Sunday 05:00 to 20:00 Media Relations Officer Ken Rundle Rally results and news from competitors is also updated LIVE on the rally website throughout the rally: www.scottishrally.co.uk - 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.