Ireland’s Daniel McKenna and Arthur Kierans took their maiden MSA British Rally Championship victory on the 2014 Jim Clark Rally. But it was a victory without celebration after three spectators lost their lives in an incident on stage sixteen, the event immediately stopped and the remaining stages abandoned.
McKenna, who won the 2013 Pirelli Star Driver competition, was driving a Citroën DS3 and he and Kierans now jointly lead the championship after two events. They are tied on 38 points with first round winners Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss from Wales, who finished second on the closed-road asphalt rally in a similar car.
Also driving a Citroën, Englishman Callum Black finished third, his highest finishing position on a round of the championship. He and James Morgan lie fifth and sixth respectively, having retired on the first round in April.
Citroën UK leads the MSA British Manufacturer Teams Rally Championship with 40 points, ahead of M-Sport and Renault with 36 and 32 points respectively, Abarth UK are yet to score.
Driving a Ford Fiesta, Chris Wheeler and Yan Griffiths took maximum points in the MSA British Junior Rally Championship and BRC3 class on the Jim Clark Rally, Harry Threlfall was second in a Renault Twingo and newcomer Gus Greensmith third in another Fiesta. Greensmith now leads the Juniors and the BRC3 drivers by three points from Jonathan Jones who was fourth in the category on the rally. Jones’ co-driver Jez Rogers, however, leads the BRC3 co-drivers.
Calvin Beattie and Emmett Sherry lead the BRC RallyTwo category, BRC2 class and RAVENOL Oils Newcomers Trophy in a Fiesta, although Garry Pearson and Dave Robson won the class on the Jim Clark Rally in a Peugeot 208, finishing fourth overall, one place ahead of Beattie.
In the one make series, Pryce and McKenna are tied for first in the Citroën Racing Trophy, Beattie leads the FordFiesta SportTrophy and Threlfall is tied for the lead of the Twingo Renaultsport Trophy UK with Kim Baker.
Footnote
The above release was written and published by the BRC following tragic events in Scotland. Daniel and Arthur would like to extend their sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives and also to the occupants of the car involved.
