The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The 2018 series began in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 10 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 8 September.
Aberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib were the championship sponsors for the sixth year in a row.
Driver Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton who won the 2017 championship did not contest the 2018 championship.
Following the Galloway Hills Rally in September, driver Andrew Gallacher and co-driver Jane Nicol were declared 2018 champions in their Ford Focus WRC.
2018 calendar For season 2018 there was to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.
Border Counties Rally: On 2 March it was announced by press release that the 2018 event would be postponed. This was due to severe winter weather in the area on the weekend prior to the expected date of 10 March that would impede the stage preparation. Organisers were in talks with the SRC to make alternative arrangements however no date could be agreed and the event was abandoned for 2018.
Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website 1 10 Feb Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website) - Cancelled Border Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website) 2 21 Apr Speyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website) 3 19 May RSAC Scottish Rally Dumfries Gravel (website) 4 23 Jun Argyll Rally Dunoon Gravel (website) 5 11 Aug Grampian Stages Rally Banchory Gravel (website) 6 8 Sep Galloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)
2018 events podium
Round Rally name Podium finishers Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /Diff leader 1Snowman Rally(10 February)1 Andrew Gallacher / Jane Nicol Ford Focus WRC 46:282 Quintin Milne / Sean Donnelly Subaru Impreza WRC +0:063 Donnie Macdonald / Andrew Falconer Ford Fiesta R5 +0:20 -Border Counties Rally (Cancelled)1 2 3 2Speyside Stages (21 April)1David Bogie / John RowanSkoda Fabia R538:342 Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair Subaru Impreza +1:163 Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh Subaru Impreza WRC +2:00 3 RSAC Scottish Rally(19 May)1 David Bogie / Kevin Rae Skoda Fabia R5 42:382 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Ford Fiesta R5 +1:113 Rory Young / Paul Beaton Ford Fiesta R5 +1:30 4 Argyll Rally (23 June)1 Andrew Gallacher / Jane Nicol Ford Focus WRC 41:162 Donnie Macdonald / Jamie Edwards Ford Fiesta R5 +0:053 Bruce McCombie / Michael Coutts Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:32 5 Grampian Stages Rally (11 August)1 Barry McKenna / Arthur Kierans Ford Fiesta R5 41:302 Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair Subaru Impreza +0:563 Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen Ford Fiesta R5 +1:11 6 Galloway Hills Rally(8 September)1 David Bogie / John Rowan Skoda Fabia R5 38:042 Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen Ford Fiesta R5 +0:453 Jonny Greer / Liam Regan Ford Fiesta R5 +0:51
Drivers Points Classification Pos Driver Car SNO BCR SSR SCO ARG GSR GHR Points 1 Andrew Gallacher Ford Focus WRC 1 - * 7 1 4 7 134 2 Donnie Macdonald Ford Fiesta R5 3 - 6 5 2 6Ret* 128 3John Wink Hyundai i20 R5 6 - * 4 5 8 3 124 4Bruce McCombie Mitsubishi Evo IX 7 - 7 6 3 5DNS* 122 5Mark McCullochFord Fiesta R5/Subaru Impreza12 - 4 2 Ret* 9 6 118 Pos Driver Car SNO BCR SSR SCO ARG GSR GHR Pts
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will count their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as his/her final overall Championship score.
References
External links
RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage