RSAC Scottish Rally Stars Preview 3rd Round Action
27 May 1999
Stars will preview rally battle
Reigning British rally champion Martin Rowe and the 1999 championship leader
Tapio Laukkanen will be among the rally stars talking about their tactics
for the RSAC Scottish Rally at a rally forum in Glasgow on Thursday, June 3.
They will be joined on the panel by a selection of other rally stars and
well known Scottish personalities.
The RSAC Scottish Rally is the third round of the six-round Mobil 1 British
Rally Championship. Organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (Motor
Sport) Ltd and supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council, it is also a
counter in the Scottish Rally Championship supported by Tyresafe and the
British Junior Rally Championship.
In addition to the international rally there are three supporting events -
the RSAC Scottish Historic Rally and the RSAC Formula 1400 Rally (which both
precede the international rally on Friday) and the RSAC National Rally
(which precedes the international rally on Saturday).
The RSAC Scottish Rally will start at 9 am from Whitesands, Dumfries on
Friday, June 11 (the first car in the historic rally leaving two hours
earlier at 7 am). After an overnight halt in Dumfries, the rally restarts at
8 am on Saturday (with the national rally crews leaving two hours earlier at
6 am) for a loop through Dumfries and Galloway.
The Michelin Tyres rally forum starts at 7.00pm on Thursday, June 3 in the
Blythswood Suite at the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, 11 Blythswood
Square, Glasgow. Tickets are available, free of charge, from the Royal
Scottish Automobile Club and all four ATS Euromaster branches in Glasgow.
Stuart McCrudden, organiser of the Michelin Forum, aims to bring a new look
to the traditional rally forum. "I want to get the professionals talking -
tips from photographers on taking the best shots and a team engineer with
some basic mechanical tips," he said.
An additional attraction of the forum will be a video quiz. The lucky
winner will have the chance of a ride with top British rally ace Colin McRae
in the Focus on test".