The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event. [1] Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
David Bogie begins the year as defending champion after winning five out of the eight events in 2012.
For season 2013, the championship will be sponsored by ARR Craib Transport Ltd, an Aberdeen based road haulage and logistics company. This is a one-year deal announced in December 2012.
The 2013 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 16 February, with the season finale taking place around Perth on 5 October.
Following the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally in October, David Bogie and his regular co-driver Kevin Rae were declared 2013 Scottish rally champions. This represents a record breaking fifth title in a row for the pair. [2] The award ceremony took place on 30 November 2013 at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow.
The opening event of the season, the Thistle Snowman Rally was abandoned due to an accident involving a competing car, which left the road and killed a 50-year-old spectator. [3]
On 12 March 2013, series organisers announced that the Galloway Hills Rally – a reserve event when the championship calendar was first announced – would be included as the championship finale. [4]
For season 2013 there are to be 8 events held on a variety of surfaces. [5]
| Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 16 Feb | Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally | Inverness | Gravel / Snow | (website) |
| 1 | 23 Mar | Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally | Jedburgh | Gravel | (website) |
| 2 | 20 Apr | Coltel Granite City Rally | Aberdeen | Gravel | (website) |
| 3 | 2 Jun | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | Kelso | Asphalt | (website) |
| 4 | 29 Jun | RSAC Scottish Rally | Dumfries | Gravel | (website) |
| 5 | 3 Aug | Speyside Stages | Elgin | Gravel | (website) |
| 6 | 7 Sept | Merrick Stages | Wigtown | Gravel | (website) |
| 7 | 5 Oct | Colin McRae Forest Stages | Aberfeldy | Gravel | (website) |
| 8 | 27 Oct | Galloway Hills Rally | Castle Douglas | Gravel | (website) |
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers [6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time | ||
| – | Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally (16 Feb) | 1 | Rally abandoned [3] | ||
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| 1 | Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally (23 Mar) | 1 | Quintin Milne / Martin Forrest | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 38:27 |
| 2 | Barry Groundwater / Neil Shanks | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:07 | ||
| 3 | Stephen Petch / Michael Wilkinson* | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:16 | ||
| 2 | Coltel Granite City Rally (20 Apr) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | 42:25 |
| 2 | Chris Collie / Lisa Watson | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | +1:24 | ||
| 3 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:25 | ||
| 3 | Jim Clark Reivers Rally (2 Jun) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | 48:04 |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | +0:10.4 | ||
| 3 | Barry Groundwater / Neil Shanks | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +2:03.9 | ||
| 4 | RSAC Scottish Rally (29 Jun) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 35:44.6 |
| 2 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | +0:19.5 | ||
| 3 | Quintin Milne / Martin Forrest | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:10.8 | ||
| 5 | Speyside Stages (3 Aug) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | 42:25 |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | +0:17 | ||
| 3 | Quintin Milne / Martin Forrest | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:44 | ||
| 6 | Merrick Stages (Sept 7) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 42:22 |
| 2 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | +0:44 | ||
| 3 | Quintin Milne / Martin Forrest | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:24 | ||
| 7 | Colin McRae Forest Stages (5 Oct) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Ford Focus WRC | 43:45 |
| 2 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +2:17 | ||
| 3 | Dave Weston / Dave Robson | Ford Focus WRC | +2:39 | ||
| 8 | Galloway Hills Rally (27 Oct) | 1 | Jock Armstrong / John Richardson | Subaru Impreza | 47:20 |
| 2 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +1:25 | ||
| 3 | Shaun Sinclair / Chris Hamill | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | +2:10 | ||
* Not registered for SRC points.
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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 nominate their best 6 scores out of the 8 events as their final overall Championship score.