Argyll Rally gears up for a sensational return

The popular Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally returns to the British rally calendar on June 24/25.

Running for three years as a forest rally, the event shifted to a closed-road sealed surface event in 2021 and organisers, Mull Car Club, has this week released the regulations with a host of changes for the action-packed weekend of motorsport.

Dunoon will be hosting some of the best drivers in the UK as the rally welcomes back the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship. It has also attracted the attention of the popular Protyre Motorsport UK Asphalt Rally Championship. They will be joined by the SD34 MSG Stage Rally Championship, AS Performance North of England Tarmacadam Rally Championship and the HRCR Mini Sport Cup.

From its now traditional base at Dunoon Stadium, the event will kick off with a double-header run of the Dunoon Town stage before two more stages take place under the cover of darkness around the Cowal Peninsula.

Friday night rounds off with a new 14.5-mile blast to test the crews to the limit before an overnight halt offers respite. Eight more stages, four tests repeated, follow on Saturday, before returning to Dunoon Stadium for the finish.

You can keep up to date on the event, with full results via social media feeds on Facebook, Twitter or the website at www.argyllrally.co.uk.

Apologies to the young Oban Saints Football Club under 15 player on the right who was mistakenly cropped out of last week’s team photograph marking the side’s historic success in the Glasgow and District Youth Football Under 15 League. The Oban side completed the season undefeated, with 15 wins and three draws to secure the title.