Rally - Knockhill Stages

Donnie MacDonald and Andrew Falconer won last Sunday's Grant Construction Knockhill Stages Rally first time out in their new Ford Fiesta Rally2. Only 17 seconds behind at the finish after ten stages was the Ford Escort Mk2 of Kyle Adam and Steven Brown displaying a remarkable feat of car control in atrocious weather conditions.

However, the absolute best battle of the day was the fight for third place which ended in a  dead heat between Des Campbell and Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206) and Steven Hay and Cameron Dunn (Vauxhall Corsa). The bump stops in both cars took a  severe hammering given the way the 'wee' cars were chucked around Knockhill's tarmac track and hillside wilderness. That battle alone was worth the visit.

Des Dastardly and The Haystick

There will be a report and photo in Thursday's 'Motor Sport News' and a full report in the on-line mag at the weekend.

Top Ten:

1 Donnie MacDonald/Andrew Falconer (Ford Fiesta Rally2) 54m 49s

2 Kyle Adam/Steven Brown (Ford Escort Mk2) +17s

3 Des Campbell/Craig Forsyth (Peugeot 206) +37s

4 Steven Hay/Cameron Dunn (Vauxhall Corsa) +37s

5 Gareth Dalgliesh/Kenneth Dalgliesh (Subaru Impreza) +4m 03s

6 David McIntyre/Andy Brown (Citroen C2R2) +4m 34s

7 Andy Scott/Laura Connell (Ford Fiesta S2000 Turbo) +5m 14s

8 Graham Bruce/David Aitken (Ford Escort) +6m 09s

9 Alistair Brearley Jnr/Keith Atkinson (Suzuki Swift Sport) +7m 34s

10 Andrew Blackwood/Richard Stewart (Ford Fiesta ST) +7m 53s