The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events. [1]
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. [2]
Driver Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton who won the 2017 championship [3] 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. [4]
For season 2018 there was to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces. [5]
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. [6] 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) |
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers [7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time / Diff leader | ||
| 1 | Snowman Rally (10 February) | 1 | Andrew Gallacher / Jane Nicol | Ford Focus WRC | 46:28 |
| 2 | Quintin Milne / Sean Donnelly | Subaru Impreza WRC | +0:06 | ||
| 3 | Donnie Macdonald / Andrew Falconer | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:20 | ||
| - | Border Counties Rally (Cancelled) | 1 | |||
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| 2 | Speyside Stages (21 April) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Skoda Fabia R5 | 38:34 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +1:16 | ||
| 3 | Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh | Subaru Impreza WRC | +2:00 | ||
| 3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (19 May) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Skoda Fabia R5 | 42:38 |
| 2 | Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry | Ford Fiesta R5 | +1:11 | ||
| 3 | Rory Young / Paul Beaton | Ford Fiesta R5 | +1:30 | ||
| 4 | Argyll Rally (23 June) | 1 | Andrew Gallacher / Jane Nicol | Ford Focus WRC | 41:16 |
| 2 | Donnie Macdonald / Jamie Edwards | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:05 | ||
| 3 | Bruce McCombie / Michael Coutts | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | +0:32 | ||
| 5 | Grampian Stages Rally (11 August) | 1 | Barry McKenna / Arthur Kierans [N 1] | Ford Fiesta R5 | 41:30 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +0:56 | ||
| 3 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +1:11 | ||
| 6 | Galloway Hills Rally (8 September) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Skoda Fabia R5 | 38:04 |
| 2 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:45 | ||
| 3 | Jonny Greer / Liam Regan [N 1] | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:51 | ||
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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 count their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as his/her final overall Championship score.