The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The 2016 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 20 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 10 September. Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe will start the season as defending champions having won the 2015 Championship.
Aberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib will sponsor the series for the fourth year in a row.
Alongside the main championship, 2016 will see a number of initiatives run over the course of the year including the following: Scottish 2WD Rally Championship - Open to registered 2 Wheel drive cars SRC Juniors - Open to registered young drivers and co-drivers SRC Ladies - Open to registered female crews SRC Subaru cup - Open to registered Subaru cars SRC 205 Cup - Open to registered Peugeot 205 and Citroen C2 cars
2016 calendar For season 2016 there is to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.
Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website 1 20 Feb The Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website) 2 19 Mar Border Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website) 3 23 Apr Speyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website) - 5 Jun Jim Clark Reivers Rally Kelso Gravel (website) 4 25 Jun RSAC Scottish Rally Dumfries Gravel (website) 5 13 Aug Grampian Stages Rally Aberdeen Gravel (website) 6 10 Sep Galloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)
Calendar changes On 24 May, the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally Rally management team announced via a press release that the 2016 event – usually round 4 of the championship and held in June, would not take place. Insufficient entries was cited as the reason.
2016 events podium
Round Rally name Podium finishers Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /Diff leader 1Snowman Rally(20 February)1 Donnie Macdonald / Andrew FalconerMitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 50:152 Dale Robertson / Stuart LoudenMitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 +0:073 Quintin Milne / Sean Donnelly Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 +0:30 2Border Counties Rally (19 March)1 Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza 41:172 Garry Pearson / Robbie MitchellFord Fiesta R5 +0:00 3 Shaun Sinclair / Kirsty RiddickFord Focus WRC +0:07 3Speyside Stages (23 April)1 Garry Pearson / Robbie Mitchell Ford Fiesta R5 42:322 Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza +0:083 Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:41 – Jim Clark Reivers Rally(5 June)1 Rally cancelled 23 4 RSAC Scottish Rally(25 June)1 Garry Pearson / Robbie MitchellFord Fiesta R5 54:07.42 Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza +0:12.93 Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:13.8 5 Grampian Stages Rally (13 August)1 Dave Weston Jnr / Aled Davies Subaru Impreza WRC 42:47 2 John MacCrone / Rhianon Gelsomino Ford Fiesta R5 +0:063 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton Peugeot 208 R5 +0:21 6 Galloway Hills Rally(10 September)1 Jock Armstrong / Paula Swinscoe Subaru Impreza 38:392 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:573 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +1:28 Notes
Drivers' championship standings
Pos Driver Car TSR BCR SSR JCR SCO GSR GHR Points 1 Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza 11 1 2 – 2 3 1 143 2 Garry Pearson Ford Fiesta R5 4 2 1 – 1 2 Ret 142 3 Mike Faulkner Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 12 4 3 – 3 7 2 131 4 Mark McCulloch Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 3 5 7 – 4 4 3 131 5 Bruce McCombie Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6 6 5 – 6 5 4 124 6 Barry Groundwater Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X 9 9 10 – 7 6 DNS 109 7 Scott McCombie Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 7 13 Ret – 8 8 9 105 8 Alasdair S Graham Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 22 12 14 – 11 12 7 94 9 Donnie MacDonald Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 1 8 11 – 10 DNS DNS 91 10 Iain Wilson Subaru Impreza N12 15 18 17 – 13 9 6 90 Pos Driver Car TSR BCR SSR JCR SCO GSR GHR Points Points are awarded to the highest placed registered drivers on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the season, competitors nominate their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as their final overall Championship score.
References
External links
RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage