Monthly Archives: December 2008

Somewhere deep in the Cumbrian forests the tell-tale fiery, piercing explosion of sequential gearshifts being made at rapid speed is spitting out of the exhaust of Barry Clark’s Stobart Ford Focus World Rally Car. The deafening sound confirms what he wanted to hear; he, and his car, are ready for the challenge…

The organisers of the Scottish Rally Championship have bucked the economic downturn by attracting a global sponsor for the 2009 season. Hankook, the seventh-largest tyre manufacturer in the world, will back the event next year with a view to extending the sponsorship further.