Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta scored his first points of the season in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) when he finished fourth at the Oscherslaben having started sixth. A week after he was denied a podium finish in the season’s opener at Hockenheim when a clutch problem with his Mercedes in the…
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Rain in Spain fails to spoil Kuga party
The rain in Spain falls mainly — at least it would appear — on the area just north of Jerez where Ford held the international launch of its new crossover vehicle, the Kuga. And while the Spanish region may do the world’s best sherry, it certainly doesn’t build any satisfactory drainage into…
Edinburgh Woman Racer Targeting Knockhill Success
While much of the attention will be focused on the latest rounds of the British GT Championship at Knockhill this weekend, one Edinburgh woman is hoping to bag home success in the Ginetta Championship. And Emily Fletcher heads to the Fife circuit this weekend believing all her bad luck was used in…
Dario scores second-best Nascar finish
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti scored his second-best result in the Nascar Nationwide Series when he powered his Ganassi Dodge to 11th at the Texas Motor Speedway. But the 34-year-old Scot was frustrated not to qualify for the Sprint Cup race on the same 1.5-mile oval, blaming a lack of front-end grip for his…
Franchitti denied second ALMS podium
Bathgate’s Marino Franchitti was denied his second American Le Mans Series podium in succession when, just 10 minutes from the end of the two-and-a-half-hour race in St Petersburg, his Porsche was taken out by a rival. The 29-year-old Scot had qualified his Dyson Porsche RS fifth on the 29-car grid, and fourth…
McNish fights back to fifth in Barcelona
Scot Allan McNish drove like a man possessed as he and team-mate Dindo Capello recovered from 17th to finish fifth in the opening round of the Le Mans Series in Barcelona. The 38-year-old from Dumfries, who started yesterday’s (Sun) 1000km race from third on the grid, had moved his diesel-powered Audi R10TDI…
Double delight for Musselburgh racer
Musselburgh’s Graham Carroll dominated the opening double-header of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship when he won both rounds at Knockhill. Carroll, piloting his Van Diemen racer, finished ahead of Glasgow’s David Brown in both races to establish a healthy lead in the title race. In the ‘Battle of the Butchers’, 21-year-old…
Adam frustrated after Seat Championship opener
Fifer Jonathan Adam defence of his British Seat Cupra Championship got off to a frustrating start at Brands Hatch when a wrong tyre choice saw him slip from third on the grid to eventually finish ninth in the opening race. The 23-year-old gambled on wet tyres for the opening race of the…
No love lost in Formula Ford family battle
Knockhill hosts the opening round of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship this weekend and much of the attention on the 20-odd car grid will be focused on brother and sister, Rory and Jillian Butcher. Ok, so Jillian now masquerades under her married name of Shedden – something to do with that…
Tata Buys Jaguar and Land Rover
It seems to have taken an eternity, but finally the world’s worst kept secret is out: Indian-based Tata Group has bought Land rover and Jaguar. Tata chairman Ratan Tata has borrowed around £1.5 billion to buy the remaining two shining stars in the British automotive firmament, and there are many who would…
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