The more astute amongst you may have noticed that the 'results'
which were shown on the previous posting were headed 'Provisional Top Ten'.
Smart move. The actual FINAL Results are shown below!
Taylor Gibb
was initially penalised for an 'off-road' excursion which earned him a Maximum
penalty for Stage 10. The time was subsequently queried and his actual time was
re-instated. In reality he was fifth quickest on the test despite his massive
brake lock-up and slide.
This was absolutely
right and fair 'cos Taylor was on a mission all weekend. That poor wee Lancer
was getting its bits well and truly tickled. It shimmied under braking, slithered
on the corners and was out of them like a terrier chasing a burst ball.
I should
add, also, that despite the good weather and dry conditions, it did rain
yesterday. Shortly after 10am a passing shower swept across the track. It was
gone inside ten minutes but it caught out some of the top seeds. The stage was
initially dry, then wet for a few minutes before drying again, and guess who
was out there at the time, and not just Taylor. Quite a few folk had attention
grabbing moments on slicks.
Anyway, all
sorted now. If you were keeping an eye on Scotresults yesterday you might understand
the problems. Like the rain showers, the phone signal came and went all weekend
and poor Raymond was tearing his hair out, which is a terrible shame 'cos he
doesn't have much left anyway. In fact each and every result had to be checked
and re-checked on Saturday because the Marshals' Time cards were getting wet in
the rain, the chap radio-ing in the times was having difficulty reading them
and Raymond and Stan had to go through the Check Sheets when they were handed
in late Saturday. So whilst many of the competitors were already mid-Chinese restaurant
slurping or mid bevvying in the Royal on Saturday evening, Raymond, Stan and
Bob were still at it.
These days
we are all only too well aware of the efforts and dedication of Marshals but we
tend to forget the backroom boys and girls who also make things happen. Just
remember them next time you look at the 'Scotresults' or 'Flying Finish' results
service websites which do such a sterling job for Scottish rallying.
And another
thing, it would appear there was a bad accident on the Loch Lomond A82 road yesterday
which caused massive tailbacks and hold-ups. Many of us trying to get home were
delayed for hours. That's my reason for the lateness of last night's report.

Final
Results:
1 Shaun
Sinclair/Fred MacLean (Subaru WRC S9) 106m 36s
2 Nigel
Feeney/Phil Sandham (Mini Countryman JCW WRC) 108m 02s
3 Alan
Kirkaldy/Cameron Fair (Ford Escort Mk2) 108m 47s
4 Taylor
Gibb/Jane Nicol (Mitsubishi Lancer) 108m 58s
5 John
Marshall/Scott Crawford (Subaru Impreza) 109m 05s
6 James
Gibb/Charley Sayer-Payne (Mitsubishi Evo9) 110m 17s
7 Brian
Watson/Caroline Will (Mitsubishi Evo) 110m 37s
8 Alan
Wallace/Darren Robertson (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo6) 113m 51s
9 Colin
Gemmell/Derek Keir (Ford Escort Mk2) 113m 58s
10 Gareth
White/Harry Marchbank (Peugeot 208 R2 Vti) 115m 08s
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