MACHRIHANISH airfield is just eight days away from echoing to the sound of highly tuned engines as the Mach 1 Rally roars into town.
As the Courier said last year, this is how many British motorsports’ venues started. Wartime former airfields hosted events run by enthusiastic amateurs such as lead promoter David Hatrick, of Dunfermline Car Club.
One of the delights of motersport used to be walking round the pits