R5 and s2000 cars became the premier class in the irish tarmac rally championship at the expense of wrc cars many of whom turned their attention to the national championship. Pearson banks on local kielder knowledge british rally. Right behind them was ravenol partner driver garry pearson, picking up a podium and some vital points towards his own src quest. The world rally championship podium finisher won all seven stages of the dumfriesbased event to take a convincing win in his ford fiesta r5 main picture with codriver craig parry. A navigator in a rally car was taken to hospital after her vehicle plunged down an embankment during a northeast race. Garry pearson has his eyes firmly set on a podium at this weekends rsac scottish rally 18th may and believes that a top result is the key to maintaining his 2019 knc groundworks scottish rally championship aspirations. Mainpage find driver season events top stats photos history of cars car plates rally calendar pickems contact. Pearson, codriven by robbie mitchell, won his first ever src event at the wheel of his ford fiesta r5, extending his championship lead in the process. The teenager gave his title aspirations in both the hankook msa scottish rally championship and the brick and steel 205 ecosse challenge a major boost with a spirited drive on the elginbased event. Duns rally driver garry pearson got his 2010 season back on track with class wins on saturdays gleaner oil and gas speyside stages. In order to participate in rally car racing, one needs to hold a valid drivers license and have lots of practice. Bogie and codriver john rowan won each one of the events five stages in the forests of dumfries and galloway, to add to his 2007 and 2015 event win and finish 45 second ahead of second placed crew garry pearson and dale bowen. Fia 8862 standard competition seats with 6 point hans compatible harnesses. Aberdeenshire rally driver taken to hospital following crash at speyside stages race.
Sep 15, 2016 the castle douglas driver came out on a top against title rival garry pearson, who was forced to retire after his ford fiesta caught fire. The dumfries driver insisted his plan was to just have fun and he certainly did that, coming out of each one of the stages with a smile on his face. Thorburn pips pearson in argyll thriller reis motorsport. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements. Paula swinscoe, who lives in lancashire, was co driver for garry pearson. Garry pearson stove shop salesman pearsons of duns ltd. By the time the clocks stopped after 45 miles of rallying over five forest special stages, the junior driver was thirdfastest frontwheel drive contender and quickest ecosse challenge pilot. Garry pearson director of operations pearsons of duns ltd. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover garrys connections and jobs at similar companies. It is just a shame that we couldnt show the cars real potential because we knew that all we had to do was get to the finish. Garry pearson director of operations pearsons of duns. Pearson will be partnered in his fiesta by paula swinscoe for the first time, although the duo has been testing.
Rally driver taken to hospital following crash at speyside. Aug 16, 2019 bogie and codriver john rowan won each one of the events five stages in the forests of dumfries and galloway, to add to his 2007 and 2015 event win and finish 45 second ahead of second placed crew garry pearson and dale bowen. Garry pearson out to impress at scottish rally championship. The page has been created to allow fans and sponsors to follow the progress of garry pearson junior rally driver, and his british rally. Rsac scottish rally 2016 results british rally championship. An ace preparer of historic jaguars, gary pearson is also one of the worlds leading drivers of some of the greatest sportsracers, and has built. The duns based driver will be out to impress on his local rally, kick starting his campaign in his ford fiesta r5 alongside co driver dale bowen. Sign up to my free newsletter and ill send you email updates and exclusive news. Jock armstrong claims second successive scottish rally. Tick this box if youre happy for us to email you with news, we wont share your details with any other third parties. Rory young and allan cathers took a remarkable fifth position in the very same fiesta r5 garry pearson took to second place in the 2016 scottish rally championship. Pearson, codriven by robbie mitchell, won his first ever src event at the wheel of his ford. Jim clark rally returns five years after fatal crash bbc. Vehicle total stages total penalty total time diff.
The scottish rally championship is a rallying series run throughout scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events the 2016 season begins in the snowcovered forest tracks around inverness on 20 february, with the season finale taking place around castle douglas on 10 september. Driver jock armstrong and regular codriver paula swinscoe will start the season. His dad, monty was a former driver and codriver, and as he grew up, many of garrys friends were involved too so it was almost inevitable that garry would follow in their wheeltracks. Rally organisers hope to return to their traditional may date next year.
Alongside the title fight, almost 90 crews from the uk and ireland will compete on the popular rally and pearson with codriver robbie mitchell will lead the field away on saturday morning in their fiesta r5. Rally driver taken to hospital following crash at speyside stages. Pearsons of duns ltd louise cook world rally driver jim clark aura print. Pearson and codriver robbie mitchell were down in third in their similar machine but soon vaulted into the rally lead after an impressive run over the second stage.
However, we already have sponsorship in place to cover a percentage of this. These include reigning scottish champion and castle douglas driver jock armstrong, duns driver garry pearson and 2011 british rally champion david bogie from dumfries. Right behind them was ravenol partner driver garry pearson, picking up a podium and. In the following report i will go through the events i contested, give you my results, and tell you how i felt i did on the ev. Pearson grabs maiden win on speyside stages motorsport uk. Garry pearson, interviewed by donald strachan for td1. Galloway hills rally castle douglas the cost of entering in each round is. The scottish rally championship is a rallying series run throughout scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events the 2019 series began on the snowcovered forest tracks around inverness on 9 february, with the season finale taking place around dalbeattie on 14 september following the grampian stages rally in august, euan thorburn and regular codriver paul. Sacc newsletter 2016 05 by scottish association of car. Apr 16, 2012 rutherford and co driver martin maccabe finished the aberdeenbased rally 28th out of more than 100 starters.
Double knc groundworks scottish rally championship src champions euan thorburn and paul beaton edged rivals garry pearson and dale bowen to victory on round four of the series, the dunoon presents argyll rally. Jul 02, 2016 the world rally championship podium finisher won all seven stages of the dumfriesbased event to take a convincing win in his ford fiesta r5 main picture with codriver craig parry. Gary pearson racing career profile driver database. Overnight snow was forecast for the jedburgh area the night before the rally, and mother nature duly delivered with a smattering of snow covering the stages in the early morning. Bogie triumphs on scottish rally championship opener. The event is the second round of the scottish rally championship and is being held across forests around tweed valley. Mar 16, 2019 rally ets home win it sleeted, snowed, rained and blew on this years border counties rally, but it made no difference to euan thorburn and paul beaton.
Contact gary pearson rallying garry pearson rally driver. Success followed first in the peugeot 205 challenge in 2010 and he won the british junior rally championship title in 2012. I love ever single second of it, and id love for you to join me in my passion for the thrills and spills. Terrific thorburn takes border counties motorsport uk. Rally ets home win it sleeted, snowed, rained and blew on this years border counties rally, but it made no difference to euan thorburn and paul beaton. The scottish rally championship is a rallying series run throughout scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events the 2019 series began on the snowcovered forest tracks around inverness on 9 february, with the season finale taking place around dalbeattie on 14 september. The castle douglas driver came out on a top against title rival garry pearson, who was forced to retire after his ford fiesta caught fire. Rally driver taken to hospital following crash at speyside stages race. Thorburns winning margin of 1m02s belied the fierce battle between him and pearson that raged on throughout the event, as bruce mccombie. Road rally is the original form that is held on highways under normal trafficthese are primarily amateur events. Sep 12, 2016 duns driver garry pearson and tobermorys john maccrone both showed up in inverness on the opening round in the popular msport machine, on the back of differing circumstances.
Sacc newsletter 2016 05 by scottish association of car clubs. Garry pearson, interviewed by donald strachan for td1 radio. The page has been created to allow fans and sponsors to follow the progress of garry pearson. The historic racing ace keeping classic jaguars winning historics. Pearson grabs maiden win on speyside stages motorsport. Twingo renaultsport r1 trophy uk champion driver garry pearson said. By the time the clocks stopped after 45 miles of rallying over five forest special stages, the junior driver was thirdfastest frontwheel drive contender and. Jun 24, 2019 double knc groundworks scottish rally championship src champions euan thorburn and paul beaton edged rivals garry pearson and dale bowen to victory on round four of the series, the dunoon presents argyll rally. This was only my third time in an r5 car, and first time in a car with garry, but its felt quick from the start, said the reigning msa scottish rally championship winning codriver. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock.
Apr 23, 2018 a navigator in a rally car was taken to hospital after her vehicle plunged down an embankment during a northeast race. Life racing fully functional drivers display controlled by a membrane switch panel. The history during the period 2000, 2001 and 2002, world rally champion colin. Stage rallies are the professional form of the sport. Builders merchant student career highlights to date. Gigantic battle set for the 2016 galloway hills rally. Maccrone was looking to increase his confidence after an accident on the previous years mull rally, while pearson launched into the season with next to no experience of. Live results wrc rally guanajuato mexico 2020 nat rallye le touquet pasdecalais 2020 msa clonakilty park hotel west cork rally 2020. David bogie scored a recordequalling sixth rsac scottish rally victory after a supreme battle with 2nd placed euan thorburn in the ravenol partnered scottish rally championship. The ford focus wrc driver beat garry pearsons ford fiesta r5 by 33 seconds to take the win, with freddie milne grabbing third in his mitsubishi lancer. Around 100 rally crews are arriving in jedburgh for the border counties rally. View garry pearsons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Contact permission get more rally updates as youre a rallying fan, wed like to offer you the opportunity to get even more rallying news and offers direct to your inbox. On 07 january, the british rally championship management team announced via a press release that the 2017 mid wales stages rally, usually the opening round of the championship and held in march, would not take place.
Learn about garry pearson s journey from learning to drive on the same roads as f1 champion jim clark, to successful rally driver. The duns based driver will be out to impress on his local rally, kick starting his campaign in his ford fiesta r5 alongside codriver dale bowen. Elfyn evans and craig parry take victory on rsac scottish. Duns driver garry pearson and tobermorys john maccrone both showed up in inverness on the opening round in the popular msport machine, on the back of differing circumstances. Alongside the title fight, almost 90 crews from the uk and ireland will compete on the popular rally and pearson with co driver robbie mitchell will lead the field away on saturday morning in their fiesta r5. The reason cited was that a deal had been reached with natural resources wales the agency that runs welsh government forests over the fees payable to run a. Driver garry pearson, of duns, said it was a special moment for the region. Life racing fully functional drivers display controlled by a. Garry pearson rally driver ever since i can remember, i have wanted to get behind the wheel of a car, and i took to rallying like a duck to water.