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TOP CLASS ENTRY FOR SEASON OPENER

Last year's winner Reay Mackay heads a strong field of 115 entries for the Arnold Clark Thistle Hotel Snowman Rally on February 20th - the opening round of the 2010 Hankook MSA Scottish Championship.

The Fort Augustus driver will be at the wheel of a newly-acquired Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII, while the MG Metro 6R4 in which he achieved a famous victory in the snow and ice twelve months ago, is off the road.

Second seed Jock Armstrong heads the south-west of Scotland challenge in his Subaru Impreza, with 2009 SRC runner-up Mike Faulkner starting third in his Evo 6.

Lancashire-based motorsport engineer Wayne Sisson and fellow Evo 9 pilot Shaun Sinclair from Oban are seeded fourth and fifth respectively, followed by veteran Andy Horne in his famed DAM 4100 Gti.

Hotly-tipped young drivers Alick Kerr (Subaru Impreza) and David Wilson (Evo 9) are both among the top ten starters. along with Donnie MacDonald (Evo 9) and last year's Snowman runner-up Steven Campbell (Evo 5).

The leading 2WD competitor is Malcolm Buchanan in his Ford Escort Mk2 (Car No 18).

As well as the ever-popular Escorts and Metro 6R4's, the entry list shows a wide and varied range of cars including a Proton Satria, a Lancia Delta, a Ford Capri, two Skodas, and a Lada Samara.

Full details can be found at the event website www.highlandcarclub.co.uk

Article Posted: 08 February 2010