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By Jim McGill Two of the main protagonists in the inaugural RallyScotland — Lanark’s Alister McRae and Dungannon’s Kris Meeke — have confirmed they will go head-to-head in next year’s Intercontinental Rally Championship (IRC). Forty-eight hours after the spectacular firework display high above Stirling Castle which signalled the end of RallyScotland, 2009 IRC champ Meeke yesterday (Mon) announced he will defend his title with Peugeot. “There has been a bit of uncertainty over the last few months, but we've finally dotted the 'i's and crossed the 't's and I can confirm I shall drive again with Peugeot in next year’s IRC,” the 30-year-old, who ... Read Full Story

Guy Wilks has said that he is really happy with the job he performed for Skoda UK on the recent Rally Scotland (where he finished a fine second overall in the René Georges Rally Sport prepared Fabia Super 2000), and he would like to work with the team again, hopefully on next year's IRC. Speaking at the Rally of Scotland post-event Press Conference, Wilks commented: "I felt comfortable in it [the Skoda Fabia S2000] straight away, from when I first stepped into it to do that 50km test before the rally," he said. "The test was pretty much the same as the event in ... Read Full Story

Despite the retirement of Adam Gould this weekend for mechanical reasons, the 2009 BFGoodrich Drivers Team operation turned out to be another resounding success, both in sporting terms and with regard to its popularity, with tens of thousands of spectators cheering on the BFGoodrich-livered Peugeot 207 on the stages or on-line. Following the success of the 2008 programme, the decision was taken to extend the BFGoodrich Drivers Team operation to cover five more rounds of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2009. The scheme enables those drivers who are selected to contest their home round of the IRC in a Peugeot 207 S2000 running on ... Read Full Story

Peugeot UK has confirmed that it has re-signed Kris Meeke to drive its Peugeot 207 S2000 in next year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge, accompanied by co-driver Paul Nagle. It was on 15th December 2008 that Peugeot UK first announced its intention to enter a Peugeot 207 S2000 into the 2009 IRC. Now almost twelve months later, Peugeot has secured its third consecutive IRC Manufacturers' title and Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke is the 2009 IRC Drivers' champion. This year, Peugeot UK's Peugeot 207 S2000 driven by Kris and co-driver Paul Nagle has covered 2197.73 special stage kms and set fastest times on 42 of the ... Read Full Story

The 2009 IRC Champion profited from this weekend's RAC MSA Rally of Scotland to pick up his fifth win of the season, ahead of fellow Brits Guy Wilks (Skoda) and Alister McRae (Proton). BFGoodrich runners once again monopolised the podium after dominating their rivals over the muddy and slippery Scottish stages. The campaign which has just come to a close saw BFGoodrich win all the IRC rounds it contested in association with its partners Peugeot, Abarth and Skoda. The second day's forest stages in the Trossachs National Park were different in character to those of the opening leg, and it was the first time ... Read Full Story