2014 Scottish Rally Championship

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The Scottish Rally Championship was a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprised seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event. [1] Points were awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season was declared Champion of the series. For the second season in a row the championship was sponsored by ARR Craib Transport Ltd, an Aberdeen based road haulage and logistics company. This was a one-year deal announced in December 2013.

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The 2014 season began in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 22 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 26 October. David Bogie began the year as defending champion after winning four out of the eight events in 2013.

Following the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally in October, Euan Thorburn and Paul Beaton were declared 2014 Scottish rally champions. In doing so, Thorburn ended the record streak of five consecutive titles for Bogie. Thorburn won the title by five points ahead of Bogie, having won four rallies and finished as runner-up in two others, to Bogie. He was also third in the Border Counties Rally but scored second place points – as Steve Petch was not registered to score SRC points – for the event. Jock Armstrong finished the season in third place, five points in arrears of Bogie, having won the final event of the season, the Galloway Hills Rally.

Jim Clark Reivers Rally

The fourth round of the season, the Jim Clark Reivers Rally was cancelled due to an accident during the preceding day's competition, the Jim Clark Rally, a round of the British Rally Championship. The incident involved a competing car, which left the road, resulting in the death of three spectators. [2]

On 15 July 2014, the 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. [3]

2014 calendar

For season 2014 there were eight events held on a variety of surfaces. [4]

RoundDatesEventRally HQSurfaceWebsite
122 Feb Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website)
222 MarBrick & Steel Border Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website)
326 AprGranite City Rally Aberdeen Gravel (website)
 –1 Jun Jim Clark Reivers Rally Kelso Asphalt (website)
428 JunRSAC Scottish Rally Dumfries Gravel (website)
52 AugSpeyside Stages Elgin Gravel (website)
66 SeptMerrick Stages Wigtown Gravel (website)
74 Oct Colin McRae Forest Stages Aberfeldy Gravel (website)
826 OctGalloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)

2014 events podium

RoundRally namePodium finishers [5]
PlacingDriver / Co-DriverCarTime /
Diff leader
1 Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally
(22 Feb)		1 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton Ford Focus WRC 44:29
2Quintin Milne / Martin Forrest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution +0:34
3Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO 9+0:37
2Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally
(22 Mar)		1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeFord Focus WRC43:23
2Stephen Petch / Michael Wilkinson [N 1] Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX+0:47
3Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC+0:51
3Granite City Rally
(26 Apr)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC44:02
2 Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza+0:37
3Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO 9+1:42
 – Jim Clark Reivers Rally
(1 Jun)		1Rally cancelled [2]
2
3
4RSAC Scottish Rally
(28 Jun)		1David Bogie / Kevin Rae Ford Fiesta R5 41:33.8
2Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC+0:03.5
3Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza+2:12.6
5Speyside Stages
(2 Aug)		1David Bogie / Kevin RaeFord Fiesta R541:21
2Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC+0:13
3Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza+1:45
6Merrick Stages
(Sept 6)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC40:38
2Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO 9+0:35
3David Bogie / Kevin RaeFord Fiesta R5+0:37
7 Colin McRae Forest Stages
(4 Oct)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC43:51
2Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer EVO 9+2:01
3Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza+2:36
8Galloway Hills Rally
(26 Oct)		1Jock Armstrong / Paula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza46:43
2David Bogie / Kevin RaeFord Fiesta R5+0:38
3Desi Henry / Damien Duffy [N 1] Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9+1:37
Notes
  1. 1 2 Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.

Drivers' championship standings (Top 10)

PosDriverCarTSR
BCR
GCR
JCR
SCO
GSS
MFS
CMFS
GHR
 Points [6]
1 Euan Thorburn Ford Focus WRC 121 –22*11DNS176
2 David Bogie Ford Focus WRC/Ford Fiesta R5+ 41Ret –113Ret2171
3Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza Ret32 –334*31166
4Mike Faulkner Mitsubishi EVO IX 3Ret3 –44225*162
5Barry GroundwaterMitsubishi EVO IX567 –56DNS4DNS147
6Dougal BrownMitsubishi EVO IX610*15* –78553146
7Dale RobertsonMitsubishi EVO IX16*1412 –DNS11675125
8Mark McCullochSubaru Impreza996 –Ret10Ret148124
9Fraser WilsonMitsubishi EVO IX111110 –28*175Ret4118
10Bruce McCombieMitsubishi EVO788 –Ret5Ret9DNS113
PosDriverCarTSR
BCR
GCR
JCR
SCO
GSS
MFS
CMFS
GHR
 Points 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (DNF)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlankDid not start (DNS)
*Nominated dropped points

Points were 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 Championship, competitors nominated their best 6 scores out of the 8 events as their final overall Championship score.

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References

  1. ↑ SRC Homepage
  2. 1 2 "Three dead after Scottish car rally collisions". BBC News. BBC. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "SRC events list". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thrilling" 2014 season in prospect". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Flying Finish, SRC rally results". Flying Finish. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Current Standings, SRC". SRC. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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