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 | |||
2 | |||||
3 | |||||
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 | ||
|
|
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.
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises both gravel and closed surface rallies.
Sébastien Eugène Emile Ogier is a French rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC), who is teamed with the co-driver Julien Ingrassia. He has won the World Rally Drivers' Championship 8 times, in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021.
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. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
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. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
Thierry Jean Neuville is a Belgian rally driver who is competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport. During his career, he has finished as runner-up in the drivers' championship five times. He helped Hyundai win their first manufacturers' title in 2019, as well as repeating the feat in 2020. His current co-driver is compatriot Martijn Wydaeghe.
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. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
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. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
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. 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.
Euan Thorburn is a British rally driver from Duns. He was Scottish Rally Champion in 2014, 2017 and 2019 and was the BTRDA Champion for 2013 and 2019.
The 2015 Scottish Rally Championship season was the 47th season of the Scottish Rally Championship, a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year. It was due to be contested over eight gravel rallies, but this was reduced to six events in 2015 after two rallies were cancelled. 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.
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The 2017 FIA World Rally Championship was the 45th season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews contested in thirteen events—starting in Monte Carlo on 19 January and ending in Australia on 19 November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Drivers were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with 2017-specification World Rally Cars were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The series were supported by the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships and the newly created WRC Trophy at every round, and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected rounds.
The 2017 MSA British Rally Championship was the 58th season of the British Rally Championship. It featuredure eight classes:
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 MSA British Rally Championship was the 60th season of the series, the premier rally competition in the UK.
The 2018 Wales Rally GB was a motor racing event for rally cars that took place over four days between 4 and 7 October 2018. The event was open to entries competing in World Rally Cars and cars complying with Group R regulations. It marked the seventy-fourth running of Rally Great Britain and was the eleventh round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship, the highest class of competition in international rallying. Sixty crews, including manufacturer teams and privateers, were entered to compete in the World Rally Championship, the FIA World Rally Championship-2 and FIA World Rally Championship-3 support series and the MSA British Rally Championship. The 2018 event was based in Deeside in Flintshire and consisted of twenty-three special stages throughout North and Mid-Wales. The rally covered a total competitive distance of a 318.34 km and an additional 1,083.01 km in transport stages.
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises both gravel and tarmac surface rallies. The 2020 series began on the forest tracks around Inverness on 7 March, with the season finale due to take place around Dalbeattie on 19 September.
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises both gravel and tarmac surface rallies. The 2021 series was to begin on the forest tracks around Inverness on 6 March, with the season finale due to take place around Dalbeattie on 11 September.
The Motorsport UK Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year that comprises both gravel and tarmac surface rallies. The 2023 series will commence on the forest tracks around Inverness on 4 March with the season finale due to take place in Kielder Forest, Northumberland on 21 October. The championship will be sponsored by KNC Groundworks for the fifth year in succession.