Racing Awareness Scotland - You Can Help

There’s a wee motor racing team in Scotland who are a bit different in their aspirations. Yes they love the sport and compete with the passion and commitment that competition demands. However, they have another mission! They are also doing all they possibly can to rid the world of the terrible illness of Dementia and until that happens, they will campaign to make life a wee bit better for those living with it and their carers. They use the platform of motor racing and its valuable exposure to raise awareness of Dementia and Mental Health. The team was formed on the 10th of the tenth 2018 when a bunch of friends joined many others at the funeral of Sheila Milne the wife of Alex Milne. Alex had been racing for a few years in Superlap Scotland at Knockhill and that bunch of friends came, predominantly, from that source. That day, Rab Jobson our lead driver, spoke with those friends about forming a race team to compete in the Citroen C1 24 hours of Silverstone. The idea was presented to Alex over the next few days and he was asked if he would lead that team , set up in honour of his late wife. He liked the idea and immediately kicked into action. That team was called Flying Haggis Racing. Flying Haggis were, over the next six months, to build a race car to spend the most fantastic cold wet weekend in April 2019 at the iconic Silverstone. The race took place on the full F1 circuit. We finished the race after having the team change engines in an hour, a gearbox in half an hour and put the biggest bleary eyes and smiley

faces on 15 of the best bunch anyone could wish to meet. Alex was given the honour of bringing the car home and taking the chequered flag and that he did. He admitted later that his game plan in the last hour was to forget competing and simply bring home the severely battle- scarred wee C1. As is his want he didn’t really stick to that plan and with the competitive spirit taking over found himself diving up the inside of the car in front on a tight bend

whilst saying” I really shouldn’t be doing this” Since then Alex has moved on with a number of the team joining him in the current venture of Racing Awareness Scotland. He wished to take the charity support in a different direction leaning towards a concentration of resources in raising awareness of the illnesses, campaigning and giving the charities the support and exposure they needed. Logo Pic Racing Awareness Scotland exists to have fun whilst promoting their causes. The charities they support are the Alzheimer’s Scotland, Support In Mind Scotland (for the carer) and Race Against Dementia The team was born from an extremely sad situation which will affect 1 in 3 families and friends around the World, Dementia. It is such a scary word and rightly so. Sheila Milne, Alex’s late wife, died from Dementia. Alex’s life was turned upside down trying to care for Sheila and described his experience: ‘Imagine two people who love each other and have lived their best lives together suddenly being

held hostage in a dark room. One of them is being tortured, the other has to watch this nightmare unfold, both powerless to end it. No ransom will pay your way out of this’. This was reality for Alex trying to keep Sheila safe, he would be awake all night in case she wanted to go out in the middle of the night (this happened). This is reality for millions of people. The only way Alex could get to work was to have a companion for Sheila. This companion is a professional carer, Fiona, also an artist who was running Art classes for Dementia sufferers, clicked with Sheila immediately. There were moments of

fun for Fiona and Sheila, they did include dance, art, word games until the torturer which was dementia took her from her family and friends. Alex is a campaigner. We want change, lots of change. We took action. We teamed up with Alzheimer’s Scotland, Support In Mind Scotland (for the carer) and Race Against Dementia. Alex lobbied the Government to have the law changed so on diagnosis the carer is treated as a patient with needs and support. Alex is an advocate for people without hope, scared, diagnosed and left to get on with it! Fiona has worked with multiple families providing support and has used her experience to help people caring for a loved one as well as supporting the primary carer. Racing Awareness Scotland wants to raise awareness and offer hope, direct people to the fabulous charities we support and their services. We are passionate about our cause and want to use our platform to help others. No-one should go through this life changing time without professional support. Of course we need a cure, we need treatment, we need help! We are now trying to set an example of living in the solution so that means doing our part for research and support through our charities. Our fabulous sponsors help us to achieve this. We hope you will follow our motorsport mission. We try to have fun so use humour as a tool. With such terrible illnesses we support it is crucial that those poor souls still have fun and laughter in their lives and our charities do all they can to facilitate that whilst striving to find a cure. Our mission statement is Help Us Help Others and we firmly believe our charities do just that and much mo

Sheila’s final resting place is, not so restful; Knockhill Racing Circuit. We race mainly there so she is with us when we fly over the first corner.

We now know that our ever spreading success and media exposure is giving our charities substantial amounts of cash and bringing their causes to the front of the public mind. They love that because it does a big part of their job free when charities always fight to survive and expand. Reality is we gift them cash AND our expertise and hard Work.

We have a large following focussing on our three main charities, Race Against Dementia, Alzheimer Scotland and Support in Mind Scotland. We also have friends Daisy Eye Art in America who are producing great visual work on Facebook to raise awareness of Dementia from first-hand experience. Days Eye Art pics and links Daisy Vest from Tulsa and I met through social media channels when she posted that she had moved her mum, now 94, into her home after she was diagnosed with dementia. I commented on her post offering some help. We then became fb friends. She has an artistic background and used some of my words to form dementia awareness posters with her art. They have been used by her since for campaigning purposes. Through our association, she became a strong supporter of R.A.D. in helping those organisations seeking a cure. She is now an active campaigner worldwide and well known in dementia supporting circles. She can be reached through Days Eye Art on Facebook

A wee bit about our racing exploits. We started in late 2019 with 2 cars, both road-going. That was a Renault Megane RS 225 and an Audi S3. Neither

is ideal for the track but they are competent and good fun. They are heavy in road trim so at each race they have a big challenge in trying to match more nimble race prepped equipment. Our choice is to take on that challenge and Try hoping the skill factor brings some rewards and it has to a degree. In 2021 we built the team up incredibly well thanks to our partners and a lot of hard work. We introduced 2 new cars and 2 new drivers. Andrew Fahey and David Capstick moved from the tools to driving and after only a few hours in the seat joined Alex Milne and Rab Jobson on the grid. The season went incredibly well for the newbies with both Andrew and David collecting silverware at the first weekend. That weekend was the first race of Alex Milne being on the pitwall as manager which he decided was right at the end of 2020. That decision lasted that weekend only before he jumped back onto the

grid and stole the silverware from the newbies. That wasn’t repeated. Ha Ha Our stalwart Rab had a predictable season of gathering trophies at every event and nearly taking top honours against the best of the class race cars. We also embarked on a new affiliate program

where independent racers are offered to join us for some shared opportunities and to help spread awareness for our charities. That has worked extremely well with 4 affiliate drivers competing away from Superlap Scotland both North and South of the border. The total trophy haul for the team drivers in 2021 was 13 and in the other championships our affiliates recorded great success in their respective disciplines. All in all it was a fantastic season considering it was only our second season and very much during the formative years of the team.

Oh, there was something else that happened but not quite in the way intended. Alex Milne, looking for an edge as always came up with an idea for our grand finale. He decided to give up his own car and share the cars of Andrew and Rab in the final. That meant they ran their normal final but Alex Jumped into the S3 and did his run. He would then jump straight into Andrews car and do another run. Well, that

was the plan. The reality took on a different complexion. In qualifying, he blew up the clutch on the S3 before he handed it over to Rab and in his run in the Megane of Andrew he parked the car against the tyre wall on the first bend. So , Alex was trying to create some kind of record by competing in both finals , one after the other. Reality was he wrecked one car then the other, itself almost certainly being a different type of record. Incidentally, Rab was given dispensation to run his final in the S3 with no clutch and only 4th gear. A tall order. Legend that he is managed to do his run and was only 3 seconds of the winners time in his full blown race car. Legend Jobson.

Super Lap Scotland (SLS) is a very intense time-trial challenge event, where competitors compete throughout the day to post the fastest overall time in each of the nine classes. It is based at Scotland’s only full-time race track, Knockhill, near Dunfermline.

All classes are based on the power-to-weight ratio of each car and driver; which allows even the most modest of road cars the opportunity to compete against the more modified cars out on track; with points awarded for qualifying positions and overall finishing positions in each class. Meaning that a class G competitor (least powerful) could take the overall championship title from SLS in Short

Qualifying - consists of a 15 minute session with competitors aiming to top the time sheets against their respective class competitors, with their fastest lap counting as their outright best time. From there,

a Pro class competitor (most powerful) by scoring more points throughout the season, giving us an overall “King of Knockhill”. the drivers in each class then progress onto the single-lap final shoot-out.

Competitors get one Superlap, that’s right, a solitary flying lap to post their quickest time - which ultimately defines the winners from the losers. This really is, for want of a better phrase, a “One Lap Dash for the Cash”!

Road Car Awards -Road-going cars competing in standard trim, taxed, MOT’d are eligible to score points towards their own respective sub championship. The fastest road going cars from each power to weight division will be highlighted at event prize givings. This really is our forte. Drive the cars to the events, race and hopefully drive them home. If any of you out there reading this think Id love to do some motor racing this is important. You really can drive to Knockhill and, potentially, come home with some silverwear.

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