Motorsport
Published: 03/02/2012 08:30 - Updated: 01/02/2012 11:33

Preparations stepping up for Snowman Rally

This year's Snowman Rally is set to have a very strong entry list.
This year's Snowman Rally is set to have a very strong entry list.

HIGHLAND Car Club’s premiere event — the Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally, supported by Highland Office Equipment — will once again mark the opening of this year’s Scottish Rally Championship.

Entries are now being received by the organisers, who this year have put together a very compact route consisting of 44 stage miles and a road mileage of 100 miles.

Current Scottish and British Rally champion David Bogie, Scottish runner-up Ewan Thorburn and Mike Faulkner, who was third in the championship last year, are set to return, while there has been a strong local support so far with entries from Donnie Macdonald, Dougal Brown and John Morrison.

The weekend will start on Friday 17th February with the scruntineering at Arnold Clark Peugeot on Harbour Road with rally HQ at the Thistle Hotel, Millburn Road..

The Rally will start at the Thistle Hotel the following day with the first car departing at 9am. Crews will then head to the forests south of Inverness and then towards the Black Isle Showground for central service before taking on some new stages.

Further information about the Snowman can be found by logging on to www.snowmanrally.co.uk.

 

 

One man dies and four injured in weekend accidents

Fireworks and beacon will mark jubilee celebrations

Community service for student who racially abused football star

Battle to stop spread of vomit virus at Raigmore Hospital

Road crash near Munlochy

Food hygiene scheme launched

Norovirus closes three wards at Raigmore Hospital

New council leader elected

Chief constable answers questions on single police force

Woman walks free from court after causing motorcyclist's death

News headlines

 

Features Box 4 Active Outdoors, On My Doorstep and Picture Detective - all in our features section.

Top 10 most read stories this week

 

Jobs North

jobs-north

Looking for a job? Jobs North is the place for you
Property North

property-north

Buying, selling or renting - we've got it covered
Motors North

motors-north

Search for your ideal new or used car
Facebook Visit The Inverness Courier's Facebook page for updates, stories and more!
Twitter Follow our tweets for all the latest news, sport and features, as well as comment and discussion