Jock Armstrong had to settle for second place in the McDonald and Munro Speyside Stages Rally on Saturday.
The Castle Douglas driver had won the opening round of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship in his Subaru Impreza.
But this time around, he and co-driver Hannah McKillop had to be content with the runner-up spot, nearly half a minute behind the winning duo of Finlay Retson and Paul Beaton in their Ford Fiesta R2.
After struggling with their set-up on the Friday, they were more consistent on Saturday, although were hampered by an overheating exhaust on the penultimate stage.
Mark McCulloch of Dumfries was seventh in his Proton Satria, Iain Wilson of Dalbeattie claiming 10th in his Ford Fiesta Rally2.
Two places further back were Angus Lawrie of Castle Douglas and Paul Gribben of Annan in their Mitsubishi Evo 9. Scott Peacock of Castle Douglas was 16th in his Mitsubishi Evo 8, enough for success in the Albyn Garage Challengers competition.
Canonbie’s John McIlwraith and co-driver Heather Grisedale took a second successive win in the Groundwater Lift Trucks Subaru Cup, despite struggling a little with the dust on Friday night.
Owen Paterson coming home seventh in class M6 on the notes of Martin Burke’s Subaru.
The two-wheel drive and pro two class honours once again went to Dumfries duo Peter Stewart and Harry Marchbank in their Peugeot 208 Rally 4. Dumfries’ Richard Stewart was second in class in his Peugeot.
Bridge of Dee’s Donald Peacock and Dumfries’ Mairi Riddick won class H2 in their Ford Escort Mk2, Penpont’s Jim Robertson third in his similar car.
That secured Jim the Haddo Energy Super Seniors victory for the second time this season, Graham Wild on the notes this time.
Robert Proudlock of Dumfries took his first Moates Offshore Juniors win of the season with Steven Brown.
They survived a couple of small moments on the afternoon to take the class win and finish 21st overall.
The Peugeot 208 of Dumfries’ Scott and David Sloan was second in class M2.
The next round of the Scottish Rally Championship is the Jim Clark Reivers Rally on May 28.
