Leading Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship crew David Bogie and Kevin Rae have been keeping match fit between BRC events, proving their lead of both British and Scottish Championships is well deserved with their second consecutive MSA Scottish Rally Championship win on this weekend’s Border Counties Rally.
Reigning double Scottish champion Bogie was quickest through all four Wauchope/Kielder forest stages in his Mitsubishi Evo 9 to finish 34 seconds clear of his nearest rival. Fellow BRC competitors Euan Thorburn and Paul Beaton were third, a further 34 seconds adrift, in thei Evo 9.
The result means that Bogie has now won each of the eight events that make up the Scottish series. “It’s nice to finally tick the box of a rally I’ve never won before,” he said. “We had a small overshoot on stage two, but other than that it’s been a perfect day. It sets us up nicely for the next round of the BRC in two weeks.”
The next round to which he refers is Bulldog International Rally North Wales which takes place over Friday and Saturday 1st & 2nd April. The new Welshpool town centre ceremonial start kicks off the classic gravel event on Friday from 6pm, live stages all day Saturday in the forests to the west of the rally’s base.
Whether Bogie can retain his lead of the British series will be revealed at the Welshpool Livestock Centre just after 7pm on Saturday.
– Credit: www.rallybrc.co.uk.