Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally 2008 unseeded entry list

Coltness Car Club have recently published the unseeded entry for the McRae Stages and what a list. This rally will possibly be one of the greatest tribute events ever staged.

All the rallying heroes are here from Colin's hero Ari Vatanen to greats like Mikkola, Waldergaard, Blomqvist, Jimmy McRae etc etc. Over half the field is made up of rear wheel drive vehicles and some modern day stars are getting behind the wheel of such classics as the Escort Mk1 and 2. Drivers like, Kris Meeke, Ken Block, Travis Pastrana (entered in a Mk1 but may be in a Group N Subaru instead), Marty McCormack, Richard Cathcart etc etc, will all be out in Escorts.

Some old Scottish rally names are well represented in the entry by the likes of Ken Wood, Andrew Cowan, Ivor Clark and Louise Aitken Walker, just to name a few. There is just so much quality that even a glance at the list will take any rally fan back to the golden period. What a treat is in store for everyone with even a decent field of modern machinery and it will be interesting to see how David Bogie fares in a Focus 05 WRC (using Connor McCloskey's one) against the likes of Matt Wilson. Added to that you have the Irish Mk2 boys featuring Trevor Moore and Frank Kelly  to name a couple. Also new stars like Jarkko Nikara who impressed in a Fiesta on the recent Rally Finland, Liam Regan and Elfyn Evans, to add even more intrigue.

There are just so many names and it's also good to see SRC competitors who have been loyal to the event and championship get an entry. Others notable entries include, Brookes, Wilson, Buffum, Collins, Bannister, Alister McRae.....the list is just endless in terms of quality and depth.

What a tribute we have in store, though there might just be the biggest rally traffic jam in history as fans from around the world descend in Perth. There will be no "00" car running but the "0" car will be Colin's old white Escort Mk2.

As the good man said: "If in doubt, flat out!"

A sentiment all the competitors will abide by through the stages on September 27th.

A little taster of what it is going to be like:

UNSEEDED ENTRY LIST:

AIDAN TONER DAMIAN TONER FORD ESCORT MK2 7

ALASDAIR GRAHAM ANDREW FALCONER FORD ESCORT MK2 7

ALASDAIR GRAHAM KENNY MCGUIRE VAUXHALL NOVA 1

ALICK KERR DREW STURROCK FORD FIESTA ST 6

ALISTER MCRAE CAMPBELL ROY FORD ESCORT MK2 12

ANDREW COWAN IAN GRINDROD HILLMAN IMP 12

ANDREW TROTTER KEVIN CREIGHAN FORD ESCORT MK2 7

ANDY HORNE JIM HOWIE DAM 4100GTI 10

ARI VATANEN DAVID RICHARDS FORD ESCORT MK2 12

ARUN BROWN SANDY WOODLEY FORD ESCORT MK2 5

BARRY GROUNDWATER JUDE WYLIE MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO9 8

BARRY STEPHEN MICHAEL HENDRY SUBARU IMPREZA 10

BILLY WOOD MICHAEL MACKAY MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO2 10

BJORN WALDEGAARD PAULINE GULLICK PORSCHE 911 12

BOB RIDDLES VINCENT FERGUS FORD ESCORT MK2 7

BRUCE MCCOMBIE MICHAEL COUTTS FORD PUMA 4

CALLUM BENDALL JAMES HAUGH FORD KA 2

CALUM MACKENZIE ALAN CLARK FORD ESCORT MK2 7

CHARLIE MUNRO MICHAEL BAIRD FORD ESCORT MK2 1

CHRIS COLLIE ROY KEMP PROTON PERSONA 4

CONNOR CORKHILL HOWARD ALLISON FORD ESCORT 12

CRAIG WHYTE DAVID LAW PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

DAVID BOGIE KEVIN RAE FORD FOCUS WRC05 9

DAVID KILLIN CLIVE BLACK OPEL KADETT 12

DAVID MACLEAN LINDA MACLEAN CITROEN SAXO 4

DAVID ROSS KYLE MACKINTOSH SKODA ESTELLE 1

DAVID WELSH AMY MACKINNON SUBARU IMPREZA 10

DECLAN CAMPBELL ANNA CAMPBELL FORD ESCORT MK2 5

DEREK GURNEY JONATHAN POLLOCK FORD SIERRA RS500 7

DON MURRAY ANDY PHILIP SUBARU IMPREZA 10

DONALD BROOKER RACHEL BROOKER BMW M3 11

DONNIE MACDONALD NEIL EWING MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO9 8

DOUGLAS GILBERT DAVID ANDERSON MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO4 10

DUNCAN CAMPBELL GARY PATRICK PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

EDDIE O'DONNELL JNR Eddie O'Donnell SNR FORD ESCORT MK2 11

ELFYN EVANS GARETH ROBERTS FORD FIESTA ST 6

EUAN DUNCAN CRAIG CHAPMAN PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

EUAN THORBURN CLAIRE MOLE SUBARU IMPREZA 10

FRANK KELLY LIAM BRENNAN FORD ESCORT MK2 11

FRANK MACDONALD BILLY DIXON NISSAN MICRA 2

FRASER GELLAN BILL FLORENCE FORD ESCORT MK2 3

FRASER MACNICOL KEITH BOA MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO2 10

GARETH LLOYD RYLAND JAMES FORD ESCORT MK2 12

GARRY PEARSON ROSS HYND PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

GARY ADAM GORDON ADAM FORD ESCORT MK2 11

GEORGE BRYSON JACQUELINE BRYSON FORD ESCORT MK2 11

GEORGE MCDONALD IAN NICOL OPEL CORSA 4

GORDON MURRAY CORINNE YEAMAN SUBARU IMPREZA 9

GRAEME SCHONEVILLE STUART LOUDON PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

GRAEME SMITH TBA PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

GRANT INGLIS CALUM MCLEAN FORD ESCORT MK2 7

GREGG LITHGOW CLAIRE MCCOSH TALBOT SUNBEAM 3

HANNU MIKKOLA NICKY GRIST Ford Escort Mk2 12

IAIN MACDONALD ANDY JARDINE SUBARU IMPREZA 10

IAN BENDALL RICHARD BARBER-FLEMING VAUXHALL CORSA 4

IAN CAMPBELL PAUL MCGUIRE MITSUBISHI LANCER WRC 10

IAN FORGAN KATHRYN FORGAN FORD ESCORT MK2 5

IAN RAE DAVID FINLAY TALBOT SUNBEAM 3

IRWIN CRAIG DAVID HAMILTON FORD ESCORT MK2 5

IVOR CLARK HARRY BROWN HILLMAN AVENGER 7

JAMES EVERARD SAM COLLIS FORD FIESTA ST 6

JAMES ROBERTSON MIKE ROLLO FORD FIESTA ST 6

JAMIE STEWART KEVIN MOLLINSON PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

JARKKO NIKARA PETRI NIKARA FORD FIESTA ST 6

JIM MCRAE ANDY RICHARDSON PORSCHE 911 12

JIMMY GIRVAN KIRSTY RIDDICK SUBARU IMPREZA 10

JOANNA WICKHAM GUY WICKHAM SUBARU IMPREZA 10

JOHN BUFFUM LANCE SMITH PORSCHE 911 12

JOHN CRAWFORD DICK WARDLE FORD ESCORT MK2 7

JOHN GRAY KEIR BEATON FORD ESCORT MK2 7

JOHN KEATLEY MAURICE BECKETT PORSCHE 911 12

JOHN LLOYD STEVE EGGLESTONE FORD FIESTA ST 6

JOHN MCCLORY DAVID HOOD HONDA CIVIC TYPE R 6

JOHN MORRISON MARTIN FORREST MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO9 8

JOHN PATERSON TBA FORD ESCORT MK2 7

JOHN RINTOUL JIM RINTOUL MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO6 10

JONATHAN SMITH IAN ANGELL PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

JONATHAN YOUNG SIMON MILLS SUBARU IMPREZA 10

KEITH ROBATHAN DUNCAN BROWN FORD ESCORT MK2 7

KEN BLOCK ALEX GELSOMINO FORD ESCORT MK2 12

KEN WILLS TBA MITSUBISHI LANCER 9

KEN WOOD NICKY JACK TRIUMPH DOLOMITE SPRINT 12

KEVIN MECHEM STUART MCMANUS FORD ESCORT MK2 4

KRIS HALL JOHN BENNIE FORD FIESTA ST 6

KRIS MEEKE GERRY MCVEIGH FORD ESCORT MK2 12

LIAM REGAN TBA FORD FIESTA ST 6

LOUISE AITKEN WALKER TBA TALBOT SUNBEAM LOTUS 12

LUKE MCLAREN ANCA BALTAC PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

MALCOLM BUCHANAN SUSAN BROWN FORD ESCORT MK2 7

MALCOLM ROBERTSON SARAH ROBERTSON TALBOT SUNBEAM 3

MALCOLM WILSON PETER MARTIN FORD ESCORT MK2 12

MARK MCCULLOCH CRAIG WALLACE PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

MARK SOLLOWAY DEN GOLDING FORD ESCORT MK2 12

MARTIN DOWNEY NOEL DOWNEY FORD ESCORT MK2 12

MARTIN MCCORMACK LIAM MOYNIHAN FORD ESCORT MK2 12

MATTHEW WILSON SCOTT MARTIN FORD FOCUS WRC05 9

MAX UTTING HUW MATHIAS FORD FIESTA ST 6

MEILYR EVANS ANDREW EDWARDS FORD FIESTA ST 6

MICHAEL DYMOCK JAMES CRICHTON VAUXHALL CHEVETTE 12

MIKE FAULKNER PETER FOY MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO6 9

MIKE GRANT GRAHAM KELMAN SUBARU IMPREZA 10

MIKE HORNE ROBBIE MITCHELL FORD ESCORT MK2 7

NEIL COALTER HANNAH CESSFORD HONDA CIVIC 4

NEIL GATT ANDY MARCHBANK PORSCHE 911 10

PETE SLIGHTS JOYCE CHAMPION FORD ESCORT MK2 12

PHIL COLLINS DEREK BRANIGAN OPEL ASCONA 400 12

PHIL SQUIRES MICK SQUIRES FORD ESCORT MK2 12

RALPH BARCLAY KEIRON BAILLIE FORD ESCORT 3

RHONA MACKIN CHRISTINE BROWN FORD ESCORT MK2 5

RICHARD CATHCART MARTIN BRADY FORD ESCORT MK2 6

RICHARD HILL PATRICK COOPER FORD ESCORT MK2 12

RICHARD HOGG MARK HANNA SKODA OCTAVIA WRC 9

RICHARD PARRY JONES SARAH PRICE FORD FIESTA ST 6

RICHARD WILLIAMS RICHARD EKIN FORD ESCORT MK1 12

ROLAND WESSEL MALCOLM VIE SUBARU IMPREZA 10

ROSS CHALMERS PETER MCINNES PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

ROSS MCLEISH NEIL THOMPSON PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

RUSSELL BROOKES NEIL WILSON FORD ESCORT MK1 12

RYAN BARRETT BARRY FERRIS FORD ESCORT MK2 5

SAM ORR PETER WEALL FORD ESCORT MK3 7

SCOTT GRANT LEWIS ROCHFORD PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

SCOTT KERR ROD MANSON PEUGEOT 309 5

SCOTT MURRAY DAVE O'BRIEN PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

SEAMUS O'CONNELL SEAN MAGEE FORD ESCORT MK2 7

SHAUN SINCLAIR CHRIS HAMILL MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO6 8

STEPHEN MURRAY GARY MCDONALD PEUGEOT 106 1

STEVE BANNISTER LOUISE SUTHERLAND FORD ESCORT MK2 11

STEVE HOPE LOUISE WRIGHT FORD ESCORT MK2 11

STEVEN CLARK MICHELLE FALCONER MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO4 8

STEVEN SMITH RUSSELL FAIR PEUGEOT 205GTI 3

STEVEN WOOD MARY WOOD FORD FIESTA 3

STEVIE BROWN IAIN MORRISON FORD FIESTA ST 6

STIG BLOMQUIST ANA GONI FORD ESCORT MK2 12

STUART GLENDINNING CRAIG ROBB FORD ESCORT 1

TICH MCCOOEY COLIN REEKIE VAUXHALL NOVA 4

TRAVIS PASTRANA DEREK RINGER FORD ESCORT MK1 12

TREVOR MOORE RAY FITZPATRICK FORD ESCORT MK2 11

WALTER HENDERSON JIM KINLOCH SUBARU IMPREZA N10 8

WILLIAM BONNIWELL IAN FRASER SUBARU IMPREZA 9

WILLIE STUART PETER CARSTAIRS FORD ESCORT MK2 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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