Motorsport UK’s ‘electric weekend’ is almost here, showcasing electric motorsport from grassroots level upwards. While Formula E is electrifying London’s Docklands, in Dundee, round eight of the Bridgestone ecoRally Cup will be taking place during ecoRally Scotland.

Open to fully electric (EV) vehicles, teams of two (driver and navigator) and their Electric Vehicle, tackle a road route starting out from Dundee, navigating stunning scenery across the Tayside.

With a packed field of 21 entries, here’s some of the teams who are stepping up to the challenge…

Jack McKeown / Michael McKeown (United Kingdom) – New Tesla Model Y

Jack is the Motoring Editor at The Courier, Tayside and Fife’s leading regional newspaper.

Jack’s younger brother Mike will co-drive.

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Jim McGill / Ian Wallace (United Kingdom) – Omoda E5

Jim is an automotive and motorsport media specialist and will be covering the event for The Scotsman.

Ian heading up PR for OMODA&JAECOO, and something of a dab hand when it comes to co-driver duties, with Hero-ERA as a prior employer.

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Sam Naylor  / Iain Carr (United Kingdom)

Members of Scottish Sporting Car Club (SSCC), and newcomers to rallying, who took to it like ducks to water, and won first time out on SSCC’s Rallye-Donia in the Trossachs in April – the opening event of StreetCar British ecoRally 2025.

With the support of Motorsport UK StreetCar now behind them, watch for this underdog crew, as they progress onto their biggest challenge to date…

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James Hoyles / Iain Tullie (United Kingdom) – Honda e:Ny1

Defending winners of ecoRally Scotland, having secured victory on the FIA Candidate Event in the Scottish Highlands in August 2024. Prior to that, James’ Honda had rarely set foot outside of Yorkshire…!

Iain is a renowned face in UK motorsport – being former Logistics & Rally Operations Manager for M-Sport World Rally Team for 14 years (2006-2020). A prestigious competitor, he holds a litany of victories and impressive results to his name – widely recognised as being one of the leading regularity co-drivers in the UK, if not the world.

James and Iain will lead away the National crews and certainly be ones to keep an eye on.

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Johnnie Mackay / Cameron Stout (United Kingdom) – Cupra

One of Scotland’s rising rallying talents, at age 24 Johnnie has already achieved a great deal in a short amount of time, during his progressive rise through the ranks. Vice-Champion in the Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge, before sealing the Scottish Rally Championship (SRC)’s Junior title in 2021 and Motorsport UK Asphalt Junior title in 2022, both in a Ford Fiesta ST, he has since stepped up to 4WD machinery in a pair of increasingly swift Mitsubishi Lancers – claiming the coveted John Easson Award in 2023, and landing the SRC’s Challenger title in 2024. This year he contests a selection of events across the SRC and Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship.

Cameron is a highly experienced mechanic for the Stark Motorsport team, as well as being experienced as both a driver and co-driver – having started out sitting alongside his father in a mix of Prodrive and M-Sport machinery, before progressing on to work with other drivers, inc. recently making his pacenotes debut on last month’s Argyll Rally.

One of Aberdeen and the North East’s leading representatives on this year’s event, this event marks their regularity debut, as they look to try their hands at the “dark arts”.

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Luke Barry / Darcie Haggerty (United Kingdom) – Cupra or Skoda

Luke is currently Senior Staff Writer at DirtFish – one of the world’s largest outlets for rally news. He is an award-winning motorsport journalist with several years of multimedia experience as high as the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), nowadays regularly attending WRC events.

The event marks Darcie’s long-awaited rally competing debut – which happens to be on their wedding anniversary!

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Tomáš Korený / Tereza Bohumská (Czech Republic) – Hyundai Inster

Among the rising stars of the discipline, Tomáš and Tereza started their ecoRally journey together this year. They currently sit 11th in the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup standings, having finished 7th in the Czech Republic, 10th in Slovenia, 8th in Belgium and 6th last time out in Iceland. Backing this up, in the Czech national series they also claimed a maiden podium in the recent Bohemia Eco Energy Rally, earlier this month.

Tomasz comes from an interesting motorsport background, having previously contested the European Touring Car Championship and regional Formula 4. He and Tereza bring to this event, the brand new Hyundai Inster, only approved for FIA Category 1 since May this year – they could well be a crew to spring a surprise!

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Stuart McPhaden / Gregor McPhaden (United Kingdom) – Cupra or Skoda

Bringing the SMRC representation to the party, are enthusiastic brothers Stuart & Gregor McPhaden. Both contesting their first season of circuit racing, they have turned heads and set the timesheets alight in both the Scottish MINI Cooper Cup and Scottish C1 Cup respectively – both sitting in the top 3 in the standings (MINI, C1) past the mid-season point, and both leading their respective Newcomer standings

With ecoRally Scotland marking their rallying debut, it will be fascinating to see how their circuit, simracing and autograss experience transfer to the rallying discipline.

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Dylan Freeburn / Michael Gilbey (United Kingdom) – Omoda E5

Dylan runs Dylan’s Car Reviews, with a strong presence across social media platforms.

Michael is Senior Rallies Assistant at Motorsport UK, having spent time in recent years working as a coordinator for the likes of M-Sport World Rally Team, Hyundai World Rally Team, Alpine F1. He is one of the most experienced co-drivers in the UK right now, with experience competing all the way from grassroots StreetCar motorsport, all the way through to WRC. His main programme in 2025 is the PAST Rally3 Trophy Iberia alongside Tom Williams (godson of World Rally Champion, Richard Burns), where they currently sit 3rd in the standings.

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Steven Berry / Kaye Berry (United Kingdom) – Alpine A290

Steven is a freelance motoring journalist, who writes for Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. Wife Kaye will be stepping up to the plate as co-driver.

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Craig Boyle / Kharis Field (United Kingdom) – BMW i4 eDrive40

Craig is Project Manager, and Kharis an Electrical Estimator, for Envevo – a leading ICP and EV chargepoint installer serving commercial clients across the UK.

Ashleigh Morris / Craig Parry (United Kingdom) – Alpine A290

Ashleigh is the latest in a famed rallying family, hailing from Dollar in Clackmannanshire, a stone’s throw from Knockhill Racing Circuit..

She started out as a co-driver in the mid ’00s, claiming two victories at Ingliston in 2014-15 alongside the mercurial Bruce Edwards in a Darrian, before catching the driving bug herself – starting out in 2016 and swiftly progressing to a Ford Fiesta R200, which she has campaigned ever since. Along the way she has claimed numerous titles, including Scottish Ladies Rally Champion in 2021, and contesting large closed-road rallies in 2023-24. In 2023 she contested the Rallye National Pays de Grasse in France in a Peugeot 208 Rally4, but ecoRally Scotland 2025 sees a further step up and will mark both her International and regularity rallying debut – continuing the French connection, in a vehicle provided by Alpine UK.

Craig Parry is an engineering geologist in Glasgow, working for global firm AtkinsRéalis – being sponsors of the Alpine F1 Team, it was only natural that he would end up co-driving an A290 on this event! Not among the biggest names on the entry list, Craig has nonetheless quietly gone about becoming one of the most experienced and foremost ecoRally competitors in the UK right now – alongside Alasdair Burgess in a Cupra Born, he became the winner of the inaugural ecoRally Scotland in the Scottish Borders in 2023, before they also went on to finish on the podium in last year’s FIA Candidate Event second edition in the Highlands.

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Shirley Fernandez (Spain) / Antonio “Cubi” Fernandez (Spain) – Kia EV6

Having started their journey in the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup, this daughter / father Galician crew have swiftly established themselves in recent years as among the foremost crews in the Cup – and as such, are sure to be in contention for the podium places.

A dental technician to trade, Shirley clearly takes after the driving skills of fellow Spanish dentist rally driver colleague Cristina Gutiérrez – guiding the pairing to the title of Spanish Alternative Energies Champions in 2023, and 5th in the 2024 Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup standings.

Shirley and Cubi currently sit 6th in the Cup standings, having finished 7th in Valenciana, 10th in Portugal, and 5th in both Slovenia and Iceland. With the three crews directly in front of them all absent in Dundee, and sitting only 7.5 points adrift of 3rd, the Galician crew will be hoping that a strong performance in the land of their fellow Celts, can help propel them up the rankings and toward the championship podium.

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Kalin Dedikov / Antoaneta Dedikova (Bulgaria) – Kia Niro

Our furthest travelled team (only just pipping by ~200km, Caune/Svencis from Latvia!), the husband / wife team of the Dedikovs have travelled from Sofia, Bulgaria – in Europe’s south-eastern corner, to join us at its north-western extremities, here in Dundee.

Kalin is – with Guerrini and Prusak – among the most experienced ecoRally competitors in the field, having competed in the Cup for over 10 years. He made his debut on the 2013 Tesla Rally Serbia in a Dacia Logan LPG, and his since go on to finish the Cup standings in 3rd place in 2014, fourth in 2015, and 3rd in 2024. He has secured notably victories along the way, including Tesla Rally Serbia in 2015, and on the Xanthis ecoRally in Greece in 2015, both at the wheel of a Great Wall C30 from China.

Sitting 3rd in the Cup standings, Kalin and Antoaneta’s 2025 season has enjoyed an upward trajectory – building upon a 10th place in the Czech Republic in March and 7th in Slovenia in April, they arrive in Dundee as arguably the “in form” crew of the moment, having secured overall victory on the latest Cup round in Iceland last month.

Will Balkan crew make it two victories on the bounce in Tayside…?

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