:00:45. > :00:51.Hello and welcome to the highlights of the second half of the 2012
:00:51. > :00:57.Scottish Rally Championships. Title-holder David Bogie and Barrie
:00:57. > :01:07.Brown are joint leaders after four was. But was all to play for as the
:01:07. > :01:07.
:01:08. > :01:12.title race went into overdrive. It started in Dumfries. The Scottish
:01:12. > :01:15.Rally is David Bogie's home event so you was looking for a strong
:01:15. > :01:20.performance to get his season back on track after not finishing the
:01:20. > :01:28.last contest. I am really looking forward to it today, the Home Rally,
:01:28. > :01:33.I am just raring to go. It was a welcome return for Navigator,
:01:33. > :01:38.Kirsty Riddoch, who was back in action with the effervescent Jock
:01:38. > :01:42.Armstrong from Castle Douglas. have been cutting through the gears
:01:42. > :01:46.a bit quicker so that gives you an overall per mile speed that major
:01:46. > :01:52.perhaps a third of a mile quicker. With me getting older, I need the
:01:52. > :01:56.car to be quicker, so it is a good combination! Last season Euan
:01:56. > :02:02.Thorburn and Mike falter were neck and neck for second place Machen
:02:02. > :02:06.the Championship, with Euan Thorburn eventually clinching it.
:02:06. > :02:11.It is going to be really tough out there. It is going to be a great
:02:11. > :02:16.battle all day. I am looking forward to it. Whatever the weather
:02:16. > :02:22.does, it makes conditions a little bit treacherous. Perhaps
:02:22. > :02:28.surprisingly, championship leader Barry Groundwater was not confident
:02:28. > :02:32.of cementing his position. There is after a bitter competition. I might
:02:32. > :02:39.be going backwards. The member, drivers get dirty poise for the
:02:39. > :02:49.victory, 28 per second, 27 for 80, 26 for fourth place, and so on,
:02:49. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:03.down to 1.4 finishing 29th. -- one., For -- one point. David Bogie
:03:03. > :03:10.seemed to use the disappointment of failing to finish the last event to
:03:10. > :03:16.spur him on in stage one. He and his co-driver completed the 8.5
:03:16. > :03:20.miles 18 seconds quicker than closest challenger, Jock Armstrong.
:03:20. > :03:30.In the first stage of any Rally, you want to put in a good enough
:03:30. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:40.About six corners in I slid a wide, then got onto really slippy stuff,
:03:40. > :03:48.then it knocks you back a bit and you have got to build your
:03:48. > :03:54.confidence again. Time-wise, we don't know what day was, but might
:03:54. > :03:58.balk but did not seem to come out, so I don't know. A whilst Armstrong
:03:58. > :04:06.and David Bogie were satisfied with their first stage efforts, the same
:04:06. > :04:10.could not be said of Euan Thorburn. I was going well and then a mile
:04:10. > :04:20.and a half towards the end I just got no power at all, tried
:04:20. > :04:30.everything. It is pretty frustrating. You could just keep
:04:30. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:38.going but we just lost that much Rory Young and Allan Cathers in an
:04:38. > :04:44.older Mitsubishi Lancer a Evo 5 were going well, in third place
:04:44. > :04:49.overall. But they only led Mike Walker and Peter Foy by the most
:04:49. > :04:55.slender margin, with less than a second separating them after a
:04:55. > :05:02.stage one. Barry Groundwater with Neil Shanks made up the top five, a
:05:02. > :05:08.brother three seconds behind Faulkner. The rain swept in at the
:05:08. > :05:16.start of stage two, but it did not affect David Bogie, consolidating
:05:16. > :05:26.first place. Armstrong and Riddick were again the closest challengers,
:05:26. > :05:27.
:05:27. > :05:32.completing a windy hill, two seconds slower than the challengers.
:05:32. > :05:40.Faulkner and Foy eased into the top three. That was despite losing time
:05:40. > :05:45.to a suspension problem. The risk was that there was that joint there,
:05:45. > :05:51.feeling, so with about 10 minutes to go they found that and they a
:05:51. > :05:56.cracking on, changing that. Barry Groundwater moved up one place to
:05:56. > :06:03.ride into the top four and keep his title challenge on course. And
:06:03. > :06:09.Bonnie McDonald from Inverness made up the top five after a storming
:06:09. > :06:12.drive through Windy Hill. From experience in the past in this
:06:12. > :06:22.Rally, that area was not technologically good for me, but I
:06:22. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:37.have got through that, and I will Talk before the event had been
:06:37. > :06:42.about whether Euan Thorburn could finish his Reivers Rally victory by
:06:42. > :06:47.beating David Bogie on his home turf. The results from stage three
:06:47. > :06:53.suggested that if it did not been for the earlier problems, the
:06:53. > :06:56.driver from Barnes might have given the charm a run for his money. Euan
:06:56. > :07:02.Thorburn got round almost 10 seconds quicker than David Bogie,
:07:02. > :07:06.and moved up to third place. But, David Bogie was still well out in
:07:06. > :07:16.front, and it looked as if the battle would be for the minor
:07:16. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:22.Armstrong was still in second spot, holding off Euan Thorburn, with a
:07:23. > :07:30.lead of 21 seconds. A great comeback for the Castle Douglas
:07:30. > :07:33.driver. Onstage four, Euan Thorburn again set a pace that nobody else
:07:33. > :07:39.could live with, taking the stage by five seconds from David Bogie
:07:39. > :07:49.and closing the gap on Armstrong to just nine seconds. He was left to
:07:49. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :08:01.rue his shock Filia. It is part of the game, I suppose. -- failure.
:08:01. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:08.David Bogie faced a couple of tricky moments. A very long two
:08:08. > :08:13.right, over 100. He was still 39 seconds ahead of Jock Armstrong.
:08:13. > :08:19.The short blast through the spectator stage was next. Then, it
:08:19. > :08:24.was on to the longest stage of the event. It was a test that held a
:08:24. > :08:27.bad memories for David Bogie. a puncture on it last year and it
:08:27. > :08:31.cost me the victory, so I am under no illusions that the same can
:08:31. > :08:36.happen again. I was trying to keep it out of trouble, but the pace has
:08:36. > :08:40.quickened. Jock Armstrong was able to take advantage of that puncture
:08:40. > :08:45.the previous year and win the event, but he was more preoccupied about
:08:45. > :08:50.holding off Euan Thorburn. Euan Thorburn has come back massively.
:08:50. > :09:00.He is 21 seconds quicker on that stage, and 10 seconds quicker than
:09:00. > :09:10.David, so he has found a bit of speed. I might be one down on the
:09:10. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:36.David Bogie was quickest through Heathhall. With Armstrong and
:09:36. > :09:40.Riddick holding on to second position. They increased their lead
:09:40. > :09:45.over Euan Thorburn and Paul Beaton to just over 11 seconds, going on
:09:45. > :09:49.to the longest stage of the day. On that final test, David Bogie and
:09:49. > :09:53.Euan Thorburn finished with the joint fastest time, put in the
:09:53. > :09:59.result of the event beyond doubt, it was the 4th win of the season
:09:59. > :10:05.were David Bogie. Euan Thorburn did just enough to make second from
:10:05. > :10:12.Armstrong, but he was pondering what might have been. You try very
:10:12. > :10:19.hard, and that is all we could have done, really. We got second, which
:10:19. > :10:25.is probably unbelievable, after this morning's stage the. Jock
:10:25. > :10:29.Armstrong made an impressive comeback the Finnish in third place.
:10:29. > :10:33.We're all on that tender area, today, but those boys have beaten
:10:33. > :10:43.me today, fair and square. again, there was no stopping David
:10:43. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:50.Bogie. In has been a very good beer. -- it has been a very good day. The
:10:50. > :10:54.pace has been very good. Everybody has been trying out. I have really
:10:54. > :10:59.enjoyed it. After three second place finishes, Mike Walker was
:10:59. > :11:08.disappointed not to make it onto the podium, but he was lucky to
:11:08. > :11:11.reach the end at all. I nosedived into the ground and the were still
:11:11. > :11:16.accelerating when we should have been braking, going at about 40
:11:16. > :11:25.miles an hour too fast, and then be straight down the pits for about
:11:25. > :11:29.100 yards. Local crew Peter Stuart and Phil Short were not as
:11:29. > :11:39.fortunate as Faulkner. They left the road near the end of the final
:11:39. > :11:41.
:11:41. > :11:46.Emergency crews were quickly at the scene, and Peter and Phil were
:11:46. > :11:51.taken to hospital in Dumfries. Phil is get that bad bruising and Peter
:11:51. > :11:55.returned home a few days later after treatment in Glasgow. The
:11:55. > :12:00.car's receive the equipment had done its job, although the drivers
:12:00. > :12:03.will take a bit longer to mend. Barry Groundwater, who shared the
:12:03. > :12:09.Championship lead with David Bogie going into the weekend would not
:12:09. > :12:13.have been too pleased to have finished in fifth place. David
:12:13. > :12:23.Wilson and co-driver David Robson took the honours and the two-wheel
:12:23. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:37.drive category in their mark to Ford Escort. -- Mark II. The table
:12:37. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:00.When the RSAC roadshow hit Elgin, for the Speyside Rally, the sixth
:13:00. > :13:06.event in the Championship calendar, you know that you're approaching
:13:06. > :13:10.the business end of the competition. David Bogie was looking for is that
:13:10. > :13:14.successive victory at the event. There were and number of other
:13:14. > :13:18.Rally crews snapping at his heels, not least Euan Thorburn, who knew
:13:18. > :13:22.that nothing but a victory would do in this event, to keep his
:13:22. > :13:31.championship hopes alive. It is going to be a sprint race, so we
:13:31. > :13:37.have to be on it from the word go. When you get to this point in the
:13:37. > :13:47.season everything is very closer. This is where whoever wins the
:13:47. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :14:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:14:44. > :14:50.Championship will start to pull After the two glass around the park,
:14:50. > :14:58.John Armstrong held a slim one- second lead from Barry Armstrong --
:14:58. > :15:02.jock Armstrong held the lead from Barry Groundwater. Euan Thornburn
:15:02. > :15:07.was tied on time with David Bogie. Might fall no made up the top five
:15:07. > :15:17.but the event would not really take shape until the event moved into
:15:17. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:46.The stage is suited Euan Thornburn and Paul Beaton in their Ford Focus.
:15:46. > :15:50.The superior traction and handling of the world rally car meant the
:15:50. > :15:58.crew could take advantage of running first on the smooth roads.
:15:58. > :16:02.By the end of stage four, they had recorded two fastest stage times
:16:02. > :16:10.and where six seconds ahead of Armstrong and co-driver Kirsty
:16:10. > :16:14.Riddick. They were still finding their Subaru Impreza. More
:16:14. > :16:22.importantly for Thornburn's hopes of winning the title, he put 16
:16:22. > :16:25.seconds between himself and David Bogie. Kevin Ray was third. Mike
:16:25. > :16:31.Faulkner and Peter for you were doing well to hang on to their
:16:31. > :16:41.coat-tails. And there was a spirited effort from Chris Collie
:16:41. > :16:47.and Lisa Watson in their egos six to complete the top five -- in
:16:47. > :16:54.their Mitsubishi evoke six. They all drove the test quicker than
:16:54. > :16:59.organisers thought they could. Thornburn, Armstrong and Bogie were
:16:59. > :17:06.all given the same scratch time. The stages are fantastic and they
:17:06. > :17:13.really drive corner, corner, corn and fast car stuff as well. Euan's
:17:13. > :17:18.car will help him but he still is the driver of the car and they
:17:18. > :17:23.cannot take it away from him. He is put in the car together now. Good
:17:23. > :17:31.on him. It would be nice to be -- beat him, that is all!
:17:31. > :17:34.defending champion was not having the best day behind the wheel.
:17:34. > :17:39.there was a misfire and the car in front stopped in the middle of the
:17:39. > :17:49.Road. We lost a bit of time there. Int Comm failed two-thirds through
:17:49. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:52.the stage and then we all beat the normal time. Mike Faulkner had been
:17:52. > :18:02.4th in the previous round in Dumfries and he was struggling to
:18:02. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:07.The Indonesian pairing of Donny MacDonald and Andrew fog now have
:18:07. > :18:17.been quietly increasing their pace through the season. Although only
:18:17. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:22.30 be in the championship in Elgin -- only 30th. If they did have a
:18:22. > :18:32.moment, it has given us a chance for fingers crossed to be behind
:18:32. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:56.Thornburn recorded another fastest stage time to pull 18 seconds clear
:18:56. > :18:59.
:18:59. > :19:03.But the most remarkable result of the day came on stage seven where
:19:03. > :19:09.the front three recorded exactly the same time on the seven-mile
:19:09. > :19:15.test. By this time, Quentin Milne thought he had forced himself into
:19:15. > :19:20.the reckoning, grabbing 5th spot from McDonald. But after
:19:20. > :19:24.discovering he picked up a time penalty on stage six, Quentin Milne
:19:24. > :19:28.decided to retire and save the car for the next event.
:19:28. > :19:38.Chris Collie with co-pilot Lisa Watson had slipped down to 7th and
:19:38. > :20:06.
:20:07. > :20:12.would finish one place higher for Thornburn and Paul Beaton looked to
:20:12. > :20:15.be home, it they recorded their second event winner of the season.
:20:15. > :20:22.More importantly, he kept the championship fight alive for
:20:22. > :20:29.another round. We need two more of these. That is the plan. It will be
:20:29. > :20:34.hard to beat David in the championship now. I am chuffed.
:20:34. > :20:40.real battle was for second place. Armstrong and Riddick had been
:20:40. > :20:42.reeled in and held on their one- second lead over Bogie and Ray in
:20:43. > :20:49.third. With crucial championship points at stake and time running
:20:49. > :20:54.out, Bogie put in a final push to grab second spot. Bogie had done
:20:54. > :20:59.enough and he claimed the runner- up's position by a single second.
:20:59. > :21:02.Hopefully things will fall into place. As I say, this will not be
:21:02. > :21:08.easy. These guys are all driving very hard so we will see what
:21:08. > :21:14.happens. There was a hack Tipping performance from Ian Robertson and
:21:14. > :21:18.Keith Nicol who finished 11th overall who finished in their Ford
:21:18. > :21:22.Escort Mark two. And there was a hugely impressive drive by John
:21:22. > :21:32.Boyd and Chris Williamson in their Ford Fiesta S T who maintained
:21:32. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:48.leader board is building to an exciting climax. Barry Groundwater
:21:48. > :21:52.his 5th. John McClory is for. Mike Faulkner his third. You and the
:21:52. > :22:02.armed bun's victory pushes him into second. But David Bogie is still
:22:02. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:07.out in front with 148 points. Euan Thornburn is in second.
:22:07. > :22:14.The penultimate event on the calendar, only four stages long,
:22:14. > :22:19.one of them was the 19 miles long. Euan Thornburn had to win to keep
:22:19. > :22:25.the championship alive. David Bogie only had to finish second to claim
:22:25. > :22:30.a 4th consecutive SRC Crown. have just got be serious about what
:22:30. > :22:33.we are doing and try to drive fast and keep the car on the road.
:22:33. > :22:40.know what we have to do today, it is really straight forward, we have
:22:40. > :22:46.to win. I'm looking forward to it. You could not discount last year's
:22:46. > :22:56.Merit winner, Mike felt there. is a tight battle between UN and
:22:56. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:10.David -- last year's Merrick when co-driver Paul Beaton made it clear
:23:10. > :23:15.that David Bogie would have to win. They blasted through the stage five
:23:15. > :23:21.seconds quicker than anyone else. The stage was not easy. It was
:23:21. > :23:25.slippy and narrow with big rocks. There was a long section at the end.
:23:25. > :23:32.They were forcing us off the track into the grass. We were really
:23:32. > :23:40.lucky there. Need to calm down a bit for the rest. Bogie and
:23:40. > :23:45.navigator Kevin Ray were second. Local driver Jock Armstrong were a
:23:45. > :23:51.further four seconds adrift. I know we are losing time-outs at
:23:51. > :23:55.junctions, it is a bit scrappy. We are having to decide what tired to
:23:55. > :24:04.use. But tie lasted well for the first stage but whether it would go
:24:04. > :24:14.90 miles, I don't know. Might form now and Peter for we were 4th
:24:14. > :24:22.
:24:23. > :24:31.another fastest time. But the effort could have cost them.
:24:31. > :24:35.box is stuck in 6th gear. La three or four and Miles, could not get
:24:35. > :24:40.down through the box so had to concentrate. Have to see if I can
:24:40. > :24:45.fix it. Bogie and Ray were steady enough
:24:45. > :24:50.and second but they also had problems picking up a puncture with
:24:50. > :24:54.3.5 miles left to run through the forest. I was all over the place.
:24:54. > :25:03.It is real braves stuff and the last thing you want is the back end
:25:03. > :25:09.moving about. It was not ideal. The stage itself was in good condition.
:25:09. > :25:16.It was one rock. Jock Armstrong and Kirsty Riddick were clinging on to
:25:16. > :25:21.third spot. But all eyes were on the service bay of teen Thornburn
:25:21. > :25:25.and the sounds were not looking good. There is an oil leak coming
:25:25. > :25:30.from somewhere so we have to see where it is coming from and if we
:25:30. > :25:36.can go out in the last two stages. I want to stay in the league if we
:25:36. > :25:39.can. But potentially, it could be over. Fingers crossed for good news.
:25:39. > :25:45.While the mechanics worked feverishly to get the car back on
:25:45. > :25:49.the road, there was advice and concern from his closest rival.
:25:49. > :25:56.good at this stage so hopefully he gets back out. It is not what you
:25:56. > :26:02.want to see. It is not what I want to see but hopefully they will get
:26:02. > :26:07.back out. Euan Thornburn was making desperate attempts to contact his
:26:07. > :26:14.car preparation company to see if there was a fix for the oil problem.
:26:14. > :26:19.If he did not get out of service, his title hopes would vanish.
:26:19. > :26:27.oil in the system. If I ran dry it will knacker the transmission. We
:26:27. > :26:37.will have to see if we can top the oil up. Finally, the car burst into
:26:37. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:44.life. But could he keep it going until the end? The pump is not
:26:44. > :26:54.working. It is on manual shift. If you can keep the oil in, it will be
:26:54. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:36.duty the Duns driver's gearbox had consolidated his third position
:27:36. > :27:40.in the event and led a 4th place might Faulkner by 20 seconds.
:27:40. > :27:45.Donnie MacDonald and Andrew Faulkner were putting together
:27:45. > :27:48.another consistent performance to boost themselves into 5th.
:27:48. > :27:55.Thornburn's extra long service stop meant he had lost his place in the
:27:55. > :27:58.running order so Bogie went not knowing whether his adversary was
:27:58. > :28:03.still in the event. When he came at the other side in the second
:28:03. > :28:08.quickest time for the stage, he was taking nothing for granted. I don't
:28:08. > :28:11.know if he left service for a start. It is always the same, the last
:28:11. > :28:16.stage in the rally, the one that could decide the championship, it
:28:16. > :28:20.is about keeping it under control, not getting any punctures and that
:28:20. > :28:24.is what we have done. I think we have been pretty cautious. Sadly
:28:24. > :28:34.for Thornburn, his mechanical problems meant he had retired
:28:34. > :28:48.
:28:48. > :28:52.thought for Euan Thorburn, who had come into this season with a new
:28:52. > :28:59.car that he had begun to master, and he had begun to push David
:29:00. > :29:05.Bogie, but it was not quite enough. There is hard to put into words,
:29:05. > :29:10.obviously, he deserves it, but it is not very good, finishing like
:29:10. > :29:15.this. I think it is something that is going to sink in come tomorrow
:29:15. > :29:20.morning. I am very happy, I have had a hard you, but an enjoyable
:29:20. > :29:25.rear -- year. The podium was completed by Jock Armstrong, who
:29:25. > :29:29.finished second, at last year's's winner, Mike Faulkner, was third.
:29:29. > :29:33.The title might have been decided but it was still all to play for in
:29:33. > :29:43.the race for second place. Barry Groundwater is tough with 115
:29:43. > :30:05.
:30:05. > :30:09.With the title sewn up, Euan Thorburn and Mike Faulkner went
:30:09. > :30:14.into the last event of the season battling for second place in the
:30:14. > :30:24.Championship. If Euan Thorburn finished nor an fourth place, he
:30:24. > :30:25.
:30:25. > :30:33.would secure his second overall runners-up position. David Bogie
:30:33. > :30:39.had elected to take part in a Ford Escort Mark 2, hired in from
:30:39. > :30:42.Ireland for the day. There is no comparison. The similarity being
:30:42. > :30:46.that the car is always pulling at the front end whereas now there is
:30:46. > :30:50.no pool at the front end and we're working with the rear, so it is
:30:50. > :30:55.completely different. It will be a learning curve, so I am just
:30:55. > :30:59.desperate to get a couple of stages out of the way. David Bogie and
:30:59. > :31:08.Kevin Rea led off the event with plenty enthusiasm but no great
:31:09. > :31:18.His it would be interesting to see how the Scottish champion cope with
:31:19. > :31:36.
:31:36. > :31:41.the new car over such a challenging himself on the field from the start.
:31:41. > :31:47.But his challenge was over almost before it began. At the third
:31:47. > :31:55.corner of stage one has Ford Focus world rally car hit a rock. It has
:31:55. > :31:58.altered in suspension and will damage. -- will damage. You must be
:31:58. > :32:04.gutted that that end to the season. The season did not start well and
:32:04. > :32:09.it has ended on a bad note. It is my fault, we got a puncture and it
:32:09. > :32:13.shocked at the wheel back. We did get to the end of the stage. Fair
:32:13. > :32:22.play to Mike, he has done well all year, so he probably deserves it.
:32:22. > :32:26.It is just a bad weekend. The way was clear for Mike Walker and Peter
:32:26. > :32:30.Foy to claim second in the Championship. Even and on Finnish
:32:30. > :32:35.would not scupper their chances, but the peer were desperate to win
:32:35. > :32:39.the event and were lying in Max second place after a stage one. At
:32:39. > :32:45.the start of the season Quinton Milne had been the experts' tip to
:32:45. > :32:48.do well, but mechanical gremlins torpedoed his title hopes long ago.
:32:48. > :32:55.Driving without the pressure of having to win seemed to suit
:32:55. > :33:01.Clinton Milne. And he raced into the lead with a 2.5 second cushion
:33:01. > :33:06.over Mike Faulkner. Chris Cawley and Lisa wasn't were going well in
:33:06. > :33:13.that third place, one place ahead of... Barry Groundwater and Mel
:33:13. > :33:21.Shanks, who had also started well, doing their prospects of ending in
:33:21. > :33:28.the top five no harm at all. Falter and for a clear round stage two,
:33:28. > :33:37.Griffin. They could not overhaul the Aberdeenshire driver in the
:33:37. > :33:42.overall standings. Watson put another determined drive in through
:33:42. > :33:47.Griffin and retained their place. The battle water supplies was
:33:47. > :33:53.getting interesting. John McClory went through five seconds quicker
:33:53. > :33:59.than Barry Groundwater. David Bogie had not started well in his Escort
:33:59. > :34:05.Mk II, coming early 23rd place after stage one, but the champion
:34:05. > :34:10.that he is, he hauled himself back up into 12th place, 33 seconds down
:34:10. > :34:17.on the leader, Quintin Milne. Last year's dreadful weather made
:34:17. > :34:21.servicing a nightmare, so organisers use the Community Campus
:34:21. > :34:28.in Aberfeldy as the first stopping the event. After these two stages,
:34:28. > :34:32.how has it been? In it has certainly been a challenge, we got
:34:32. > :34:36.a puncture towards the end of the stage, so it was not an ideal start
:34:36. > :34:39.but we were happy with the time on the second stage. We said we would
:34:40. > :34:45.get the first two stage is out of the way and push on from there,
:34:45. > :34:51.that is what he did. For second place in the Championship confirm,
:34:51. > :35:01.Faulkner and Folly had their sights set on catching Quintin Milne.
:35:01. > :35:09.
:35:09. > :35:18.Despite some mechanical scares, the two, and then we had a scare just
:35:18. > :35:28.towards the end of the stage. It did not cost us any real time. We
:35:28. > :35:55.
:35:55. > :36:04.three, coming in pence seconds ahead of London Milne. -- Faulkner
:36:04. > :36:07.continued. It was bad news for Chris Cawley and Lisa wasn't the
:36:07. > :36:12.drop-out due to mechanical problems, a disappointing end to what had
:36:12. > :36:20.been a good season. Barry Groundwater kept his nose in front
:36:20. > :36:25.of John McClory, and found himself 11 seconds clear. David Bogie made
:36:25. > :36:31.a big charge through the field, completing the stage 4th quickest
:36:31. > :36:38.to move into fifth place overall. Not bad for somebody who only had a
:36:38. > :36:45.brief test drive in de Escort Mk II the previous week. Faulkner failed
:36:45. > :36:54.to start stage four because of electrical problems, so Quinton
:36:54. > :37:01.Milne recapture the lead 29 seconds ahead of Barry Groundwater. He was
:37:01. > :37:06.still leading, but could not shake John McClory. Until a puncture in
:37:06. > :37:12.Stage 5 put a dent in the challenge from the Glasgow driver. We thought
:37:12. > :37:17.we had reeled in Barry Groundwater in the first three a four stages,
:37:17. > :37:24.but he has managed to get away. He was due some luck and we were you
:37:24. > :37:27.some bad luck, so here we go. Quentin Milne was fastest truce
:37:27. > :37:32.these five and was beginning to pull away from the second-placed
:37:33. > :37:37.Barry Groundwater. David Bogie charged through Stage 5 in the
:37:37. > :37:42.second quickest time and now found himself in a podium position at one
:37:42. > :37:47.stage left. E each stage is getting better and better. I am not sure
:37:47. > :37:51.what the time was like in that last stage, but certainly, it felt good
:37:51. > :37:57.and I felt like the car, I knew what it was going to do, but we
:37:57. > :38:02.have got a long way to go. If David Bogie was back in familiar
:38:02. > :38:12.territory, the same cannot be said of Clinton Milne, who was making
:38:12. > :38:16.
:38:16. > :38:20.his crew work overtime to help him win his first src event. I have had
:38:21. > :38:27.a pretty tormented year, getting punctures and mechanical failures,
:38:27. > :38:32.the last one was my fault, but if I can keep it together for one more
:38:32. > :38:39.stage it would be a great end to the season. It is looking promising
:38:39. > :38:42.if you can keep it together. I hope so. It is truly rough out there.
:38:42. > :38:47.That second last one, you have got your fingers crossed that you do
:38:47. > :38:57.not get a puncture. Are you going to take it a little more calmly, or
:38:57. > :38:57.
:38:57. > :39:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:39:49. > :39:53.steady progress and had climbed to fourth place by end of stage 5. He
:39:53. > :40:02.fell back to fifth place, but it has been another cracking season
:40:02. > :40:06.for the Inverness driver. Unbelievably, bearded bogies cost
:40:06. > :40:13.around in the quickest time to finish third in the event. Bus -
:40:13. > :40:19.David Bogie. He elected not to score SRC points so as not to
:40:19. > :40:22.interfere with the battle for places. The first time in a rear-
:40:22. > :40:27.wheel-drive car, it feels like I have won the rally, it has been a
:40:27. > :40:31.very enjoyable day, first-class stages, very slippy, very muddy,
:40:31. > :40:35.and it was not easy but the last two stages I felt as if I was
:40:35. > :40:41.driving the car the way that it should be driven, and it was very
:40:41. > :40:49.rewarding. That performance was enough to seal second place for the
:40:49. > :40:55.stony wind driver. -- Stonehaven. Clinton Milne and Martin Forrest
:40:55. > :41:01.back of a little on the final stage but did enough to take the spoils.
:41:01. > :41:08.Here is the winner, what was it like? I have been quite a few
:41:08. > :41:12.things today, bent both arms, lost the brakes, and they got some
:41:12. > :41:17.sponsorship from: when I was a junior, he was good friends from my
:41:17. > :41:21.dad, but it is a decent finish at the end of the season. Mike Bock -
:41:21. > :41:29.had done enough to be runner up to David Bogie in the Championship in
:41:29. > :41:33.his venerable Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6. The enjoyment we get is building
:41:33. > :41:35.the car up to compete at the top end and that is what makes the
:41:35. > :41:41.Scottish championship, you do not have to spend a fortune to be able
:41:41. > :41:46.to do it, you can build a car and compete with it top guys, and that
:41:46. > :41:52.is what makes the Championship what it is. Although he ended that day,
:41:52. > :41:58.two places behind Barry Groundwater, Glasgow's John McClory pulled off
:41:58. > :42:02.an impressive third place overall in that the title race. It no
:42:02. > :42:11.front-wheel-drive category, Alex Pirie and David Law clinched their
:42:11. > :42:16.second successive championship in a Vauxhall Corsa. Dougal Brown from
:42:16. > :42:20.Inverness confirmed his superiority in the prestigious group in class.
:42:20. > :42:29.And Craig Rutherford from the Isle of Mull won the class of and in his
:42:29. > :42:39.Honda Civic. At Raisa Wilson in an exodus Elijah Evo 6 finished best
:42:39. > :42:41.
:42:41. > :42:46.in the Colin McRae Rally. Here is the final table. Euan Thorburn's
:42:46. > :42:55.dismal end to the seasons on sink to fifth place. Barry Groundwater
:42:55. > :43:00.claimed 4th. John McClory was in that place. Mike Faulkner's overall
:43:00. > :43:09.consistency push them into second place. There was no doubting the
:43:09. > :43:14.SRC master, four-time champion David Bogie, with 170 points. We
:43:14. > :43:19.have a first-time winner in the shape of Quentin Milne, well done