Tour Of Mull Rally

[bogie]

Just wondering if anyone is thinking of going to this rally next weekend or if anyone has been before.

Sounds pretty cool, with night stages and it runs over 2 days / nights.

Cheers

Bogie

[rallye6]

this will be our second year spectating at this event very good technical rally well worth going to.

HERE IS THE ENTRY LIST.

Provisional Entry List - 2007 Tunnock's Tour of Mull(not yet in final seeded order - entry numbers may change before the event)

Car Driver Co-driver CarType Capacity Class Turbo 4WD GrpN

1 Neil MacKinnon Mike Stayte Subaru Impreza WRC 2000 D

2 Dougi Hall Andy Richardson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 2000 D

3 Calum Duffy Iain Duffy Ford Escort Mk2 2400 D

4 John Cope Robert Fagg Subaru Impreza WRC 1998 D

5 Paul Kirtley Jim Kitson Subaru Impreza WRC 1998 D

6 James MacGillivray Ian Fraser Ford Escort Mk2 2300 D

7 Tony Bardy Reg Smith Hyundia Accent WRC 1998 D

8 Denis Biggerstaff Graham Thomson Subaru Impreza WRC 2000 D

9 Paul MacKinnon Andrew Roughead Subaru Impreza N10 1998 D

10 Billy Bird Plug Pulleyn Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 2000 D

11 Eddie O'Donnell Jnr Eddie O'Donnell Snr Ford Escort RS 2300 D

12 David Miller Andrew Bailey Subaru Impreza 1998 D

14 John Swinscoe Paula Swinscoe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1998 D

15 David Bogie Andy Mort Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1999 D

16 Daniel Harper Chris Campbell BMW Mini Cooper S 1600 D

17 William Bonniwell Kevin Rae Subaru Impreza Grp A 1996 D

18 Lyndon Barton Johnny Vance Subaru Impreza WRC S8 1998 D

19 Tristan Pye Kirsty Riddick Subaru Impreza N11 1998 D

20 Doug Weir Linda Brown Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

21 Dave Hopwood Paul Grattidge Ford Escort Mk2 1996 C

22 Pat Johnson Graham Harper Subaru Impreza STI 2000 D

23 Martin Healer Shaun O'Gorman Ford Escort WRC 1997 D

24 John Cressey Stan Quirk BMW Mini Cooper S 1600 D

25 Ian Chadwick PJ O'Dowd Peugeot 106 Mk2 1598

26 George Mcdonald Ian Nicoll Opel Corsa S1600 1600 B

27 Mike Storrar Weazel Currie Ford Anglia 1600 B

28 Stuart McQueen Neil Shanks Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 1998 D

29 John Marshall Paul Hughes Subaru Impreza 555 1998 D

30 Barry Renwick Chris Sanderson Subaru Impreza WRC 1994 D

32 Giles Brooksbank Peter Nowell Subaru Impreza 98 WRC 1994 D

33 Tommi Graham Mike Baily Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1998 D

34 Chris Tooze Jo Tooze Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1998 D

35 Tugs Sherrington Sam Bould Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

37 Cameron MacLean Alastair Fraser Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

38 Paul Daniel Louise Sutherland Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

39 Ian Dixon Mark Mason Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1993 D

40 Tim Stell Mike Yates Subaru Impreza 2000 D

41 Iain MacKenzie Angus MacKenzie Peugeot 106 Cup Car 1588 B

42 Grum Willcock Donna Harper Opel Manta GTE 1998 C

43 Ian Corkill Howard Allison Ford Escort Mk1 1998 C

44 John Morrison Alistair MacKay Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1998 D

45 Steve Davies Lesley Hastie Ford Escort Mk3 1998 C

47 Alan Gardiner Robin Nicolson Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

48 John Paterson Paul Macfadyen Proton Satria 1600 B

49 Robert Davies Mike Goodman ford fiesta st trophy 2000 C

50 Jamie Smith Mark Hemingway Subaru Impreza RS11 1999 D

51 Chris Woodcock Heidi Woodcock Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.9 1996 D

52 Robert Mathieson Harry MacLean Talbot Sunbeam 1998 C

53 Carl Tuer Rob Tuer MG ZR Super 1600 1598 B

54 Chris (Curly) Haigh Sally Peacock Ford Escort Mk1 1998 C

55 Ian Woodward Rich Pover Ford Escort Mk2 GAC 1998 C

56 Dave Thwaites Tony Walker Ford Escort Mk2 2400 D

57 Stephen Hall Aggie Foster Triumph TR4 2135 D

58 Steven Ronaldson Michelle Falconer Metro 6R4 2500 D

59 John Woodward Kevin Ikin Ford Escort GAC Mk4 1999 C

60 Alan Kirby Colin Burley Subaru Impreza RA 2000 D

61 John Cowe David O'Brien Ford Escort Mk2 2400 D

62 Lewis Gallagher Bill Roberston Peugeot 205 GTi 1905 C

63 John Rintoul Jim Rintoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 2000 D

64 Duggie Ingram Olum Mac Crone Austin Mini Mk2 1380 A

65 Alistar Ross Stewart Hurst Ford Escort Mk2 1999 C

66 Ian Forgan Kathryn Forgan Ford Escort RS2000 1999 C

67 Mike Russell Richard Wardle Subaru Impreza 2000 D

68 Christopher Mackenzie Jane Nicol Subaru Impreza GC8 2500 D

69 Sandy Smith Phil Jones Peugeot 205 GTi 1904 C

70 Ian Dawes Gary Dawes BMW Mini Cooper S 1600 D

71 Matthew Tarbutt John Bennett Vauxhall Nova Mk1 1400 A

72 Martin MacLean Archie MacCallum Peugeot 106 1587 B

73 Paul Miller Katy Ma****er Ford Sierra Cosworth 1998 D

74 Chris Paton Dave Cabena Vauxhall Nova 1598 B

75 Alick Kerr Tom Hynd Ford Fiesta ST 2000 C

76 Allan Cameron Angus Williams Subaru Impreza Grp N 1998 D

77 David Stubbs Rick Forster Ford Escort Mk2 2000 C

78 Alan McLaughlin Paul Beaton Ford Puma 1397 A

79 Jonathan Mounsey Drew Sturrock Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 1990 D

80 Paul Marshall Paul Rusted Triumph TR7 V8 3500 D

82 Brian MacLeod Thomas M Watt Ford Escort Mk2 2000 C

83 Grant Fleming Fergus Loudon Ford Escort Mk2 1993 C

84 Graham Brown Ross Laurie Mazda 323 Turbo 1597 D

85 Derek Carless Martin Pettitt Peugeot 205 GTi 1905 C

86 David Calvert Dave Fotheringham Ford Escort Mk2 2000 C

87 Bruce Edawrds Sandy Loynd Darrian T9 1997 C

88 Kris Hall Ella Flynn Peugeot 205 GTi 1580 B

89 Martin Fox Nigel Webster Subaru Impreza WRX ST4 1993 D

90 Donald Brown Snr Alec Brown Talbot Sunbeam 1598 B

91 Stevie Brown Ian Robertson Vauxhall Nova GSi 1598 B

92 Alistair Wilson Susan Brown Ford Escort Mk2 1999 C

93 Murdo Morrison Kerr Beaton Toyota Starlet Cosworth 1996 C

94 Andrew Smith Rowena Hay Peugeot 205 GTi 1906 C

95 Rick Fry Stephen Thompson Subaru Impreza WRX 2000 D

96 Chris Pedley Chris Snr Pedley Suzuki Swift Mk2 1298 A

97 Allan Mackay Fred MacLean Ford Anglia WRC 1558 B

98 John Lloyd Darren Garrod Peugeot 205 GTi 1580 B

99 Mark Constantine Andrew Constantine Vauxhall Corsa 1389 A

100 Gordon Milne Paul Watson Suzuki Swift 1398 A

101 Nick Stamper Steve Rogers Subaru Impreza Grp A 1998 D

102 Pete Gibson David Gibson Vauxhall Nova 1600 1598 B

103 Ewen MacGillivray Andrew Falconer Vauxhall Nova Mk1 1298 A

104 Jim Brindle Paul Whittaker Rover Mini 1380 A

105 Tracey Louise Muir Garry Muir Citroen AX CITE 1360 A

106 David Steggles Mark Hadfield Vauxhall Astra Mk3 1998 C

107 William Langford Thomas Paterson Vauxhall Astra GSi 1998 C

108 Connor Corkill Richard Nelson Ford Escort Mk1 1599 B

109 Jim McDowall Colin Johnstone Talbot Lotus Sunbeam 2200 D

111 Malcolm Davey Paul Slingsby Ford Escort Mk1 1598 B

113 Paul Redford Patrick Daley Vauxhall Corsa 1600 B

114 Stephen Taylor Charlie Chatburn Subaru Impreza RA 1998 D

116 Gavin Johnson Neil Bye Ford Escort Mk2 2380 D

117 Ian Ackroyd Martin Young Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

118 Haydn Williams Paul Stringer Nissan Micra WRC 1000 A

119 Iain Noble Alan Noble Ford Escort Mk1 1999 C

120 Donald MacColl Kris MacColl Ford Escort Mk2 2000 C

121 Richard Egger Pat Egger Ford Escort MK 1 1998 C

122 Shug Rutherford Roger Lewis Peugeot 205 Rwd 1598 B

123 Kim Baker Phil Peak Peugeot 205 1580 B

124 Dave Dalgliesh Colin Harkness Subaru Impreza STI 1998 D

126 Paul Blackburn Alexis Harper Vauxhall Corsa 1399 A

127 Drew Struthers Jim Johnston Talbot Sunbeam 2000 C

128 Alan Cowan Lock Horsburgh Peugeot 106 XSi 1360 A

129 Mike Kent Colin Stockil Ford Escort Cosworth 1998 D

130 Donna Ingram Chris Nelson Austin Mini 1275 A

131 Louise Thomas Wendy Whittaker Rover Mini Cooper 1380 A

132 Lorn MacFadyen Neil Galbraith Ford Escort Mk2 1998 C

133 Brian MacPhail Kay MacDonald Peugeot 205 GTi 1600 B

134 Norman MacPhail Neil MacVicar Vauxhall Corsa GSi 1600 B

135 Geoffrey Gallagher Angus Milne Peugeot 205 GTi 1905 C

136 David Holland Neil Gater Ford Escort RS Mk2 1998 C

137 Christopher Baker Jamie Reddaway Talbot Samba 1360 A

138 Chris Melling Dave Riley Vauxhall Astra GTE Mk2 1998 C

139 Martin Beech Steve Hallmark Peugeot 205 GTi 1900 C

140 Fergus Gray Martin Jenkins Peugeot 106 Rallye 1360 A

141 Chris Shield Guy Wickham Vauxhall Nova 1396 A

142 Martin ('Ogs') Oglesby Rod ('Noggin') Carter Subaru Legacy rwd Atmo 2212 D

143 Mark Booth Colin Tombs Austin Mini Mk1 1598 B

144 John MacCrone Zak Hancock Vauxhall Corsa 1398 A

146 Martin Page Alan Bennett BMW Mini Cooper S 1598 D

147 Mark (Speedy) Runciman Mark (Haggis) Gilmour Vauxhall Nova GTE 1598 B

148 Bill Lymburn Peter Grant Ford Escort Mk2 2100 D

149 Chris Mills Jeremy Swann Ford Escort Mk2 2001 D

150 Phillip Merrills William Kelly Honda Civic Type R 1998 C

151 James Fairbairns Lewis Drysdale Peugeot 205 GTi 1590 B

152 Ross Hunter Martin Woodcock Peugeot 205 GTi 1600 B

153 Rob Eastwood Martyn Taylor Morris Mini Cooper S 970 A

154 Rod Brereton Cristopher Andrew Renault Clio Williams 1998 C

155 Matty Fox Neil Colls Peugeot 205 GTi 1900 C

156 Gareth Frank Richard Burdon Vauxhall Nova 1300 A

157 Dominic McTear Jason McTear Peugeot 205 GTi 1900 C

158 Stewart Morrison Ian Morrison Ford Escort 1997 C

159 Grant Carbry Susan Fotherinham VW Golf Mk2 1781 C

160 Graeme Sherry Peter Weall Peugeot 205 GTi 1598 B

Brian

Edited October 5, 2007 by rallye 6

[the_ex_leper]

well worth going to but take a tent youll not get anywhere to stay on the island

[bogie]

Tenting it sounds ace!

Can't see me getting my wife into a tent though, said she would never sleep in a tent!

Bummer!

[big den]

Tenting it sounds ace!

Can't see me getting my wife into a tent though, said she would never sleep in a tent!

Bummer!

Go without her then ya big puff!!

[corsa]

Due to ill health wont be going this year.

Great event and soory to be missing it.

D

[bogie]

Go without her then ya big puff!!

Aye, but who's gonna keep me warm

[rallye6]

A FIRST CLASS WEEKEND OF RALLYING

HERE IS THE RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND

Results after SS19 (of 19)

1 Neil MacKinnon/Daniel Barritt (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2hr 26m 50s

2 John Cope/Robert Fagg (Subaru Impreza WRC) 2h 29m 11s

3 James MacGillivray/Ian Fraser (Ford Escort Mk2) 2h 31m 29s

4 Daniel Harper/Chris Campbell (BMW MINI Cooper S) 2h 31m 56s

5 Tristan Pye/Kirsty Riddick (Subaru Impreza) 2h 33m 07s

6 Willie Bonniwell/Kevin Rae (Subaru Impreza) 2h 35m 26s

7 John Cressey/Stan Quirk (BMW MINI Cooper S) 2h 35m 40s

8 David Miller/Andrew Bailey (Subaru Impreza) 2h 38m 01s

9 John Rintoul/Jim Rintoul (Mitsubishi Lancer) 2h 39m 21s

10 Tim Stell/Mike Yates (Subaru Impreza) 2h 39m 46s

13 Tugs Sherrington/Sam Bould (Ford Escort MkII) 2h 40m 18s – 1st Class C

14 Kris Hall/Ella Flynn (Peugeot 205 GTI) 2h 40m 29s – 1st Class B

16 Stuart McQueen/Neil Shanks (Mitsubishi Lancer ) 2h 40m 59s – 1st Group N

29 Ewen MacGillivray/Andrew Falconer (Vauxhall Nova) 2h 46m 23s – 1st Class A

Nothing seems to faze him. A change of car the week before the event, a change of co-driver days before the event, no pre-event shakedown and a serious car problem which manifested itself late on Saturday afternoon. It all offered a glimmer of hope to his rivals, but once Neil MacKinnon pulled on the crash hat, it was business as usual. ‘MacKinnon the MacNificent’ not only won the 38th Tunnock’s Tour of Mull Rally, he scored a record–breaking 12th victory on the island

Two fastest times over the first two stages gave MacKinnon and Daniel Barritt a 30 second lead after which it was a home run all the way. But on Saturday afternoon, the Subaru started to pressurise its coolant system which led to electronic sensors going off like disco lights on the dash. The McKinstry boys worked on it ready for the final Leg on Saturday night. Even running in ‘safety’ mode no-one was quite sure how the World Rally Car would respond.

“I thought there was a glimmer of hope,” said John Cope, “so I turned up the pressure.” Cope did indeed take time out of MacKinnon over the final three stages, but not enough.

“I thought it was over myself,” said MacKinnon, “It spat all the water out after Gribun, the second last stage. I thought then that was it, but the McKinstry boys got it going again. There was one thing in our favour though, that final stage route actually suited the car and once I got off that Hill Road I thought the job was on.”

MacKinnon’s lead was cut by over a minute over those final stages, but despite heroic efforts it was too much of a gap for Cope and Robert Fagg to close. MacKinnon won again. And there was more to come.

Dougi Hall was actually on course to finish runner-up and maybe even give MacKinnon a last-dash run for his money, but the rally’s first rain fell late on Saturday night turning previously dry-ish tarmac into surfaces more akin to a greasy chip pan. Almost matching the speed of light up the Glen, there was no margin for error, and Hall’s Lancer hit an unexpected slurry of mud across the road and skated off. Paul Kirtley did the same, only more violently, but fortunately all four crew members were OK.

That prompted the 2300 Club team to stop the stage and route remaining cars through it to take up the fight over Mishnish Lochs where it was even greasier – but forewarned is forearmed

James MacGillivray therefore scored a slightly surprised third, but was having to keep an eye on Daniel Harper. After a steady run in the 2.3 MkII, a touch of the ‘Jock the Bull’ red mist was apparent on the Start line at Scridain and brought forth a cheer from drookit onlookers, “I got fed up with pussy-footing it, and I just let go.” James slid his foot off the clutch at near full revs and with tyre smoke and steam coming from the rear, exploded off the start line sideways to the hoots and hollers of marshals and spectators - and even impressed the hell out of John Cope sitting behind him.

And didn’t the German sausage tins go well all weekend. Daniel Harper scored an impressive 4th and ‘team-mate’ John Cressey was 8th which prompted MINI driver Ian Dawes to comment, “They must be brain-dead those two!” I couldn’t agree more.

Tristan Pye finished a sensible and well controlled 5th while ‘Wild Willie’ Bonniwell was also in sensible mode all weekend scoring not just a finish, but a result with 6th. The unflappable David Miller was 7th ahead of John Rintoul, while Tim Stell rounded off the top ten after welding up his disintegrating inlet manifold.

So while fortune favoured the brave, misfortune dogged the tracks of others. Much was expected of Calum Duffy in his new Saturn 10 MkII, but even with the hardest tyres he could find, they went off half way through the first stage. But it was electrics which sidelined rallying’s favourite rocketeer. Similar maladies affected the O’Donnell twins although they might have found a better use for the Escort than trimming the tops off a roadside hedge when they were in full flight!

Tony Bardy’s turbocharger failed and John Swinscoe retired when a master cylinder failed causing a rear wheel brake to seize which spat the Lancer off the road leaving a 100 ft single line of rubber on the road for the Rally Rescue crews to follow.

And what of young Paul MacKinnon. Lying second, 15 seconds behind ‘The Ol’Man’ at one point, he suffered two punctures in one stage and a third in another leaving him always coming from behind and then a hub broke up. In similar troubles was Denis Biggerstaff. Paddle-shift failure prompted a gearbox change on Friday night and happy again with a ‘proper’ stick shift gearbox, ‘Yer Man’ was on the pace, but road penalties after the gearbox troubles left him too coming from behind.

Stuart McQueen won a sterling fight for Group N honours with John Morrison, just 24 seconds separating the twosome after 150 fright miles around these notorious rocky contours. But finishing ahead of these two was one of the big shocks of the night. Young, gifted and good looking, this boy’s got talent oozing out his driving gloves. Kris Hall scored a sensational 14th overall in his class winning ‘old-tech’ Peugeot 205. Ian Chadwick was second in the 1600 class, while Tugs Sherrington won the 2 litre class from Curley Haigh. Another star in the making was young Ewen MacGillivray winning the 1400 class in his Nova from the similar car of Mark Constantine.

This was not just a rally, this was yet another epic adventure in the annals of Mull rallying history and thanks are due to an intrepid and hard working crew from 2300 Club, all the other clubs who helped and Marshals who officiated. To all the radio and rescue crews, and ambulances and doctors, a great debt of thanks is due. The good folks of Mull also deserve a huge vote of appreciation for putting up with the disruption that the rally brings each year. Even the Polis were nice and helpful and the Cooncillors too, without whom we couldn’t possibly have this event. Thanks are indeed a two-way appreciation, for the Mull Swimming Pool Committee would like to extend their own thanks to all of you who over the years have supported their fund raising activities. And to reward you all, you can come for a ‘dook’ on the new pool next year. But we must also thank the competitors, service and support crews, families and friends, who all help to make the Tunnock’s Tour of Mull, the best rally in the world. Not only the best, but the tastiest.

There is of course one other to whom we all owe a special debt of thanks. For the past three years now we have had dry Tours and things were looking ominous last week, but Friday dawned dry and stayed dry. Saturday was dry too, but for a light sprinkling on Saturday night - I reckon somebody nearly forgot to put the big umbrella in the sky up! Thanks Brian.

[the squiggle]

Seen loads of teams heading back home down the M74 today

Some cars looking prettier than others, some looking like next stop the breakers

[ScoobySounds]

I've just got back from working on Mull I've been there since the middle of september, when I heard this rally was on I was so gutted not be be able to stay for it. Saw a few guys "practicing", which isn't good form as they woulda been disqualified if caught. understandable cos the roads are just a collection of single track blind corners.

[bogie]

Sounds like it was ace!

I wish I had been better prepped to go this year.

I'll make sure I am for next year though.

Got any snaps

[rallye6]

Brian

[gus the bus]

wish I'd known you were going Brian. I would have joined youz this year

Looks like a Fantastic event/venue

But then again I was @ the Scotland game

Edited October 17, 2007 by Gus the Bus

[imprezapete]

Me, Andy and a friend went this year and Marshaled at 2 night time stages where we didnt finish until about 3am in the morning, cold, wet and full WRC imprezas I wanted to nick parts from.

We rented a 6 person Cottage but they make you take it for 2 weeks! 3 people pulled out to!!!!

[derek_robertson]

Saw those pix on UK rally forum