Jun 18

Marshals Thank You from Ian Dixon

THANK YOU MARSHALS :: THANK YOU MARSHALS

On behalf of all the members of JCR Organising Team, can l offer a huge thank you to all Marshals on the event.  You all did an absolutely ‘brilliant’ job over a very busy weekend, and for some of you, who were planning on going home on the Sunday, and who ended up assisting on the Reivers Rally – thank you again for acting well ‘beyond the call of duty’ – it was very much appreciated by all of the team.

As you know, the organising team did have quite a ‘baptism of fire’ on the Saturday of the event, and it has to be said that, the Eccles stage was lost in safety grounds, as the marshal to spectator ratio was deemed not good enough to run the stage safely.

Having said that, l’m sure you will agree that there were many plus points to take on board from the weekend, and when you consider the enormity of the event, most things did go to plan.

Having the marshals facilities based back in Duns again this year has, on the whole, gone down very well according to the feedback l have received from various parties, marshals included.

On that point, if you want to make any constructive points or suggestions on improving the campsite (l know about the toilets and showers – there will be more of them next year) or the hog roast/social evening, in fact any other observation you want to make about the event, then please drop me an e-mail, or give me a call, and l will put your points forward at the events de-brief meeting, which is being held at the end of this month.

May l thank you again, for all your efforts and assistance throughout the rally weekend, and hope that you will join us in 2014 and help to ensure that the Jim Clark Rally remains one of the foremost motorsport events in the UK.

Best regards,
Ian A. Dixon
Chief Marshal.

e-mail: chiefmarshal@jimclarkrally.com
mobile: 0758.168.5887

Jun 02

A Fickle Game this rallying lark! ….

A fickle old game this rallying lark. Just when you think you’ve done enough to build up a solid cushion of a lead, the finishing line is almost in sight and the whiff of champagne is just a cork-pop away, Lady Luck has an uncanny knack of kicking the car off the axle stands.

It happened to all day rally leader Euan Thorburn. Going into the penultimate test of today’s Jim Clark Reivers Rally, he and Bogie had a near 2 minute lead over the rest of the pack, with the margin between the leading duo nearly 30 seconds. Both of them beat the Bogey over that second Blackadder dash so nothing lost and nothing gained, but as Thorburn looked down as he approached the Stage Stop Line, flames started to appear through the floor. The marshals were quick on the scene as Euan and Paul Beaton jumped out of the car and extinguished the flames.

A hydraulic oil pipe had fractured and the oil had been set alight on the hot exhaust. Little damage was done but the crew had to seal the pipe, re-programme the ECU into ‘road mode’ and get through the final stage to reach the finish. They dropped 31 seconds to Bogie. Victory was gone, finishing second by 10.4 seconds.

Barry Groundwater finished a washed out but valiant third overall, still feeling very much under the weather after yesterday’s dehydratory illness. Alistair Inglis scored an excellent fourth as Quintin Milne dropped valuable time with a shattered wheel and he dropped to sixth behind the DAM of Andy Horne. Fifth overall in this car was a memorable and stunning result.

Dom Buckley never gave up, but the lack of diffs cost him valuable time so 7th place was a worthy finish ahead of Donnie MacDonald who still says he doesn’t like tarmac! Jock Armstrong made it back into the top ten after dropping over 2 minutes with a puncture and Karl Simmons rounded off the top finishers.

And the weather was a winner too, the crowds of spectators going home with red faces and legs, but better than sodden wet through! Summer has arrived in Scotland at last.

Jun 01

Overall classification after Stage 8 Swinton

Position / Number / Driver

1 - 3 - KORHONEN
2 - 1 – CAVE
3 - 2 – FISHER
4 - 7 – PRYCE
5 – 4 – GREER
6 - 6 – DONNELLY
7 - 5 – MACCRONE
8 – 17 – PEARSON
9 - 19 – Mc KENNA
10 - 22 – FORD

Jun 01

Results Stage 8 Swinton

Position / Number / Driver

1 – 1 - CAVE
2 – 7 – PRICE
3 – 4 – GREER
4 – 2 – FISHER
5 – 5 – MACCRONE
6 – 8 – TAYLOR
7 – 22 – FORD
8 – 14 – GRINT
9 – 3 – KORHONEN
10 – 6 – DONNELLY

May 30

All Star Line-Up for Rally Forum Night Chat …

The line-up for tomorrow night’s Jim Clark Rally ‘Forum’ has now been finalised. Twelve ‘willing volunteers’ will be engaged in convivial banter with each other and with motor sports journalist John Fife.

The full line-up of guests includes top rally drivers Jukka Korhonen, Jonny Greer, Tom Cave ….

Click here to download and read full article (pdf)
Released 29/05/13

 

May 23

Stage Marshals & Radio Marshals camping pass info

Stage Marshals and Radio Marshals requiring camping passes for the Jim Clark Rally need to contact the event Chief Marshal Ian A. Dixon before close of play on Tuesday 28th of May, if they want them posted to their home address, as from that day he will be out on the event.

Please contact Ian via e-mail chiefmarshal@jimclarkrally.com or on his personal e-mail address which is rede30@talktalk.net or phone him on 0191 373 1872 at home, or after the 28th on his mobile which is 07581 685887.

 

May 20

The Countdown has started ….

Scotland’s biggest motor rallying event is only two weeks away. Over the weekend of Friday 31st May to Sunday June 2nd, nearly 300 cars and crews from all over the UK, plus one from Australia, two from Finland and several from Ireland will ….

Click here to download and read full article (pdf)
Released 18/05/13

Apr 23

M is for May, Motoring and Motorsport ….

It’s 50 years since Jim Clark won his first Formula 1 Motor Racing world title and next month, Berwickshire will have two chances to celebrate Scotland’s first ever F1 hero.

In 1963 Jim Clark won his first world F1 title with the Lotus Climax and this feat ….

Click here to download and read full article
Released 22/04/2013

Apr 22

Recce Weekend Picnic Hamper Raises funds for Duns High School

Duns High School will be selling this picnic menu for Recce weekend Sunday 26th May

Picnic lunch for 2 for the recce weekend

This will be in a box ready to go

It will contain:

2 rounds of sandwiches
4 cartons of fruit juice
2 packets of crisps
2 pieces of fresh fruit
2 sausage rolls

All easy to eat

This will be at a cost of £10 per box and can be pre ordered by emailing the entries secretary (entries@jimclarkrally.com) with your order.

Apr 22

Online Entry Payment is Live

Online entry payment for the 2013 Jim Clark Rallies is now live and available for competitors.

Competitors must not forget to fill in their information on the individual rally pages as well as paying for their entry, as this records important information that the event organisers need to know.

So for each event follow these links to submit your entry information:

Jim Clark Rally 2013 (BRC)

JCR National Module

JCR Challenge Module

JCR Historic Module

JCR Reivers Rally

Next, to pay for your entry use the following link to our payment page on this website:

JCR Payments Page for this year

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