Scotland will stage the final round of the prestigious Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) in 2009 over the weekend of Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November.
This thread is for all the information about it to try and help you guys who are planning to come to the event, it does seem like there are a lot of you :)
The rally will be based between Stirling (about 35 miles / 40 minutes West of Edinburgh) and Perth (30 miles / 35 minutes North-East of Stirling).
According to HaCo the route details will be announced at the end of April. I don't know what stages will be being used but none of the ones around Stirling have been used for many years. I think the ones around Perth are likely to be similar to those used on the Colin McRae Forest Stages but that is only six weeks before so not sure they will have enough time to repair the roads etc so don't know if they will be using any different ones.
But I just also wanted to mention that when you are making plans, you may even consider coming over a week early to watch at the Roger Albert Clark Rally, 13-16 November. For me it's the best UK rally of the year, 3 long days of following historic cars around the country, using some of the best stages and it's just completely awesome, I can't describe how much I enjoy it. Last year Malcolm Wilson won it in a MkII Escort. What a week this is going to be!! :bounce: http://www.rogeralbertclarkrally.org
You can choose between flying in to Glasgow or Edinburgh airport as both are roughly the same distance from Rally HQ but from Perth it's quicker/easier to reach Edinburgh.
Plenty of accommodation nearby too, where you stay depends on how far you want to drive each day. I'd recommend travelodge in quite a few places nearby, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth, Dunfermline, Kinross, and at a push Glenrothes or Dundee. Visit http://www.visitscotland.com for info on accomodation etc.
If anyone knows who is likely to be entering the event or coming to watch that would be interesting too ;) I will put all the info I hear about the event in here.