RETSON WINS WHEN OTHER FIESTAS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE

Finlay Retson and Rhys Stoneman took victory on the Kingdom Stages by over a minute on only their second rally of the season.

Third after the first three stages at Crail, they moved into the lead when fellow Ford Fiesta crews Alistair and Colin Inglis and Alan Kirkaldy and Owen Paterson both hit trouble in stage four.

From then on Retson was unheaded and was very happy at the finish to take his first overall rally win and look forward to getting back in the Ford Fiesta Rally2 again in the future.

The battle for second was one of the highlights of the day. Barry Groundwater and Martin Forrest (Subaru S11 WRC) finished just five seconds clear of Andrew Kirkaldy and Peter Carstairs in their Ford Escort Mk2. Kirkaldy incredibly well to be so close to the four-wheel-drive cars in very wet conditions.

It was also a big day for Andrew Blackwood and

Richard Stewart. Having teamed together since Blackwood’s Junior 1000 days they did enough to wrap up the Scottish Tarmack Championship title in their 1400cc Fiesta ST. Also becoming a champion, Junior 1000 winner Sam Pattison scored his sixth maximum of the season to take the

Ecosse Junior 1000 title.

Results

Organiser: Glenrothes MSC When: November 5 Where: Crail Airfield, Fife Championships: Scottish Single Venue Rally Championship,

Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship, Ecosse Junior 1000 Rally Championship Stages: 5 Starters: 84

1 Finlay Retson/Rhys Stoneman (Ford Fiesta Rally 2) 57m52s; 2 Barry Groundwater/Martin Forrest (Subaru Impreza S11 WRC) +1m17s; 3 Andrew Kirkaldy/Peter Carstairs (Ford Escort Mk2); 4 Joe McKeand/Ryan McMichael (Subaru Impreza);

5 Alan Kirkaldy/Owen Paterson (Ford Fiesta R5); 6 Ross Chalmers/Andrew Logan Subaru Impreza); 7 Chris McCallum/Stephen Clark (Ford Escort Mk2); 8 Des Campbell/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206); 9 Gordon Morrison/Hannah McKillop (Ford Escort Mk2); 10 Alan Wallace/Darren Robertson (Mitsubishi Lancer E6). Class winners: Alan Blackwood/Richard Stewart (Ford Fiesta); Campbell/Forsyth; Graham Bruce/David Aitken (Ford Escort Mk2); McCallum/ Clark; McKeand/McMichael. Junior 1000: 1 Sam Pattison/Paul Whittaker (Skoda Citigo) 67m38s; 2 Kalum Graffin/Richard Crozier (Skoda Citigo) +51s; 3 Jack Ryan/Robin Nicolson (VW Up!); 4 Rian Walker/ Stuart McBride (Skoda Citigo); 5 Oliver Phillips/Barry Young (VW Up!); 6 Evan Findlay/Graeme Meins (Peugeot 107).