Rotary Motoring and Motorsport

The British Rally driver Paul Gunter came to the rescue of fellow competitor Jake Scannell on stage four of Malcolm Wilson Rally last weekend reports Monmouth Today.

Gunter noticed Scannell’s Mazda RX7 in a deep ditch off the right hand side of the road. There was initially no sign of the crew, so the samaritan stopped and immediately helped get the driver out of the motor.

They quickly realised that co-driver Adrian Stevens was not so good and was complaining back injuries so Gunter and co-driver Den Golding went to the next radio point and got the stage stopped so Stevens could get medical attention, and be airlifted to hospital. “I couldn’t see anybody so I stopped. One car had already passed them, but I would like to think somebody would stop for me, its a sport where you help one another,” said Gunter. Although it cost the Ross driver several minutes, he should be commended for his actions.

News from Monmouth Today

A body which represents independent forecourts defended the fact that petrol stations are still continuing to increase petrol prices despite the fall in the value of crude oil. Since April crude oil has gone down by 18% but petrol prices have only gone down by 1.8%. This has caused complaints from many drivers.

However the company has explained that crude oil only makes up 30% of the price of petrol. Fuel duty and VAT make up 60% and then there are marketing costs and transport costs as well as profit for the wholesaler and retailer. They have explained that as these costs have increased, they have not been able to lower prices significantly. (more…)