Hunt is on for RallyScotland marshalsposted in RSCOT06 | 09 | 2011
THE THIRD RUNNING of RallyScotland is just round the corner — it starts in Stirling on Friday, October 7 — and the search is on for the most important people in rallying; marshals.
All the printing deadlines for Road Books, Safety Plans, Rally Guides, Operations manuals etc are fast approaching. There also some really exciting announcements which have been made over activities taking place throughout the rally week — check the new Scottish Motorsport Festival website.
What the RallyScotland team really, really do need though is more of the most important ingredient to any event … marshals. The rallying calendar in Scotland is incredibly busy and everyone’s time is at a premium. However the organisers — and, it would appear, RallyScotland winner Guy Wilks (pictured) — are short of volunteers for some of the stages and the service regroups.
This is the prime opportunity to interact with some of the best drivers from around Europe and to get close to the action, not to mention no car parking charges for getting into the stages!
Andy, Colin and Michelle would be delighted if you could visit rallyofscotland.com and download a Marshal Registration Form and send it on to them. Registration forms for marshals and radio operators are now available to download from the marshals’ page of www.rallyofscotland.com.
The final check of the road book was completed just recently and the stages are in fantastic condition. There are areas where the Forestry Commission-Scotland are carrying out harvesting just now to thin out some areas of stages that will raise the speeds. The National event also covers 10 of the 15 Special Stages, increasing the amount of action on offer over the weekend.
Proton, Skoda, Peugeot and Subaru have now all confirmed they will be testing during the week leading up to the rally. The IRC media team have been telling us that they would expect around 10 Skoda Fabia’s to be in Scotland, and when that is added to the other teams expected to compete, organisers are looking at there being 18 S2000 cars on the entry list. Then we have the two Subaru Impreza R4 cars with the Japanese crews, a quality entry list even at this early stage.
To keep the reputation we have established for friendly marshalling and a great Scottish welcome to our competitors, we require marshals for the reconnaissance on Thursday and Friday, the opening stage(s) on Friday night and the full days of competition on Saturday and Sunday.
It goes without saying that your contribution to Rally of Scotland is what makes the event the success it is in the eyes of Eurosport, the competitors and our Partners. Thank you for your help over the last couple of years and, with the most exciting entry yet coming this October, let’s make this one an extra special one.
For marshalling enquiries please contact marshals@rallyofscotland.com.
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Jim McGill