Sloans’ new Peugeot 208 R2 is a phoenix from the flames
Scott and David Sloan have entered the Galloway Hills Rally, after making their debut in a Peugeot 208 R2 on the Grampian Rally last month.
They were almost forced out of the sport two years ago when their Vauxhall Corsa broke down and caught fire on the DMACK Stages. Nothing was salvageable from the blackened wreckage.
A crowdfunding campaign generated some budget and former rally driver Malcolm Proudlock presented them with a new Vauxhall Corsa bodyshell. They debuted the ‘new’ Corsa on the Snowman Rally earlier this year but have suffered a series of misfortunes since then.
With help from Donald Carslaw of Complete Cleaning Services, the brothers managed to buy the Peugeot 208 R2 in which Gareth White won the 2017 Scottish Tarmack Championship.
They finished 47th overall and third in class on the Grampian, minus the front bumper.
“That was brilliant,” said Scott after the rally. “I’m just buzzing, the car’s amazing. I just need to get used to it now. I struggled at times with the sequential shift and once I pulled the gearshift instead of the handbrake and got second gear at a hairpin which was embarrassing.”
Regulars in the BTRDA Championship, the Sloans are now considering what to do next. “I’d like to do the Galloway Hills before making up our minds for next year,” said Scott.