– Finding Your Feet presents

COR’S
BANGER RALLY

CHALLENGE

 

• 3000+ MILES  • 10 COUNTRIES  • 12 DAYS  • 4 CARS
• 2 AMPUTEES  • 1 EPIC CHALLENGE COMPLETED

  

– THE FULL JOURNEY

GLASGOW TO NICE

AND BACK

The official Two Ball Banger Rally ran Saint-Omer to Nice — four days, six countries, 1,109 miles. But the full challenge started and ended in Glasgow. Here’s every one of the 3000+ miles.

11 Aug

The Send-Off

Departed Malcolm Group Head Office, before a send-off drive-by at Rory’s Arnold Clark branch, Linwood and Finding Your Feet Charity Hub in Paisley, before heading south.

~357 miles

12 Aug

Birmingham → Calais

Channel crossing. First European soil. The official rally registration.

~196 miles

13 Aug

Rally Registration Day

Saint-Omer, France. Met the teams. Planned the route. The Two Ball Banger Rally started the next day.

~40 miles

14 Aug · Day 1

France → Germany

France. Belgium. Luxembourg. Germany. Four countries before bedtime. The challenge pack was in hand.

295 miles

15 Aug · Day 2

Germany → Austria

Through the Black Forest and into the Alps. The longest day of the official rally.

329 miles

16 Aug · Day 3

The Stelvio Pass ★

Austria, Switzerland and Italy. 2,757 metres. 48 hairpin bends. Top Gear’s greatest driving road in the world. In a banger.

249 miles

17 Aug · Day 4

Monaco → Nice

Italy. The actual F1 circuit in Monaco. The Cote d’Azur. The finish line in Nice. Rory turned 18. Not bad.

236 miles

18–21 Aug

The Drive Home

Nice to Glasgow via France. Nearly 1,300 miles. Welcomed home on 21 August.

~1,300 miles

– MEET THE CONVOY

FOUR CARS.
ONE CAUSE.

 

Cor in the Audi TT
Car 1
Cor & Evie
Sponsored by Moulsdale Foundation & OPTICAL EXPRESS

The car that started it all. Cor Hutton founded Finding Your Feet. She drove 3,500+ miles for the charity in her 19-year old Audi TT, with her friend Evie beside her.

Founder
MBE BCAc DL

Rory with the car
Car 2
Rory & Indie
Sponsored by Arnold Clark

Cor’s son Rory is took on the role of the convoy’s unofficial mechanic, with Evie’s son Indie helping. Armed with gaffer tape and WD40, they drove in the convoy in Rory’s pride & joy.

Apprentice mechanic
Arnold Clark

Babs, Fiona and Lesley
Car 3
Babs & 2 nurses
Sponsored by The Malcolm Group

Babs is a Trooper and peer support volunteer from Dundee, a double above-knee amputee following vascular disease. Joined by two nurses from Ninewells Hospital, they drove in Babs adapted and accessible car.

Trooper
Peer support volunteer

Norma and husband
Car 4
Norma and AlistAIR
Sponsored by  LOCKUP and Matheson Damp Services

Longstanding supporters of Finding Your Feet, Norma and Alistair Matheson of Matheson Damp Services are joined the convoy. When we mentioned the banger rally had an open space, they didn’t hesitate.

FYF Supporters

– A huge thanks to our

INCREDIBLE SPONSORS

EVERY MILE MATTERed