WILL Gollop became the first three-time winner of the British

Rallycross Grand Prix when he led a British 1-2-3 in yesterday's

Autoglass-sponsored event at Brands Hatch. The Kent driver powered a

twin turbo-charged Metro 6R4 to victory in the eleventh running of the

race, adding to successes in the grands prix of 1988 and 1989.

Former Lotus Formula One driver Martin Donnelly continued his racing

rehabilitation after a near fatal accident in the Spanish Grand Prix two

years ago. He took part in a Vauxhall Nova challenge supporting the main

event and finished fifth after a spin on the first corner of the final.

MURRAY Grierson rounded off a barren rally season with his first

outright victory on the final event of the year. The former Scottish

champion won yesterday's Border Cars Galloway Hills rally in South-west

Scotland. This was Grierson's home event and one which he has won only

once before.

A strong Northern Ireland contingent boosted the entry to 80 cars,

which lined up on Gatehouse of Fleet's main street to start the 38-stage

mile event. Heading the field was last year's winner, Mervyn Hill, the

Northern Ireland champion having narrowly defeated Grierson exactly one

year before.

Unfortunately, Hill's unique four-wheel drive Mazda RX7 punctured in

the first of the five special stages, losing over a minute and ruining

all hopes of victory. But at the end of the first stage the visitors

were still hopeful of carrying the spoils across the water when James

Leckey emerged with the fastest time.

That was all the incentive Grierson needed, as he rocketed through the

next stage to grab the lead by six seconds. Thereafter Grierson

stretched his lead all the way to the finish to win by almost a minute.

This was only Leckey's second visit to a Scottish forest rally and

second overall was one place higher than his first visit to these same

forests a month earlier. Aberdeen's Brian Lyall finished third, ahead of

Edinburgh's Gordon Boyd, but the highly fancied Mazdas of Ken Jones and

Phil Walker failed to make their mark. Both the Welshmen and the

Killearn driver were stranded in the middle of stage three, one with a

broken gearbox and the other with a blown head gasket. John Gray also

struck trouble but at least he finished in sixth place after having

dropped from a certain third overall on the final stage when his Ford

Cosworth developed an electrical fault. Results:

1, M Grierson/D Redpath (MG Metro 6R4) 39min. 52sec.; 2, J Leckey/C

Roy (Ford Sierra Cosworth) 40-47; 3, B Lyall/D McIntosh (Ford Sierra

Cosworth) 42-09; 4, G Boyd/K Crombie (Ford Sierra Cosworth) 42-13; 5, J

Christie/G Law (Ford Escort) 42-24; 6, J Gray/F Loudon (Ford Sierra

Cosworth) 42-27; 7, I Rock/I Kenny (Ford Fiesta) 43-15; 8, M Erwin/G

McCartney (Talbot Avenger) 43-33; 9, S Mullen/G Bryden (Ford Escort)

43-37; 10, K Shaw/V Fergus (Ford Escort) 44-08.