Driving his Volkswagen Golf the Lanark driver (at 26 the youngest of the McRae rallying family) is just one point ahead of the opposition as he prepares for the Dumfries based event, which starts on Friday, June 6. And the contest will be all the closer because no fewer than three drivers are tied for second place!
Tied on 41 points in second place are Welshman Gwyndaf Evans in the Ford Escort Super Rally Car, Mark Higgins in the Nissan Sunny GTi and fellow Scot Robbie Head in the Renault Maxi Megane. With every second counting on each of the 15 special stages there is bound to be fierce competition!
"It would be good to see a home victory," comments Jonathan Lord, Clerk of the Course for the RSAC Scottish Rally, "and if it is Alister's year it would complete a remarkable record for the McRae family. Alister's father, Jimmy McRae won the rally after many years as runner-up, in 1988 and Colin McRae won two years running in 1991 and 1992."
Organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club (Motor Sport) Ltd, the RSAC Scottish Rally is a counter in five leading championships (the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship, the Scottish Rally Championship, the Triple Crown Championship for the Bruce Trophy, the British Junior Rally Championship and the Colway Formula 1300 Rally Championship.
The rally will start at 9 am from Whitesands, Dumfries on Friday, June 6th for a full day's rallying in the Border forests around the Tweed Valley. The rally restarts at 8 am on Saturday for a final day's rallying to the west of Dumfries before the champagne celebrations back in Dumfries at 4.45pm. The two-day route totals 516 miles, of which some 143 miles will be timed-to-the-second competitive sections on closed forest roads.
Issued: 15 May 1997
For further information: Ken McEwen / Neil Robertson, The PR Partnership (Scotland) Ltd, telephone +44 (0)1224 638633
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