2019 Scottish Rally Championship

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The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events. [1]

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The 2019 series began on the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 9 February, with the season finale taking place around Dalbeattie on 14 September.

Following the Grampian Stages Rally in August, Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton were declared champions in their Ford Focus WRC. They had won four of the five events thus far and were uncatchable in the points table.

2019 calendar

For season 2019 there are to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces. [2]


Snowman Rally On 7 February it was announced via the organisers Facebook account that the 2019 event would be cancelled. The reason given was attributed to the extremely unsafe conditions of the course, with all stages having a thick covering of Ice. [3]


RoundDatesEventRally HQSurfaceWebsite
-CancelledSnowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website)
116 MarBorder Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website)
220 AprSpeyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website)
318 MayRSAC Scottish Rally Lockerbie Gravel (website)
422 JunArgyll Rally Dunoon Gravel (website)
510 AugGrampian Stages Rally Banchory Gravel (website)
614 SepGalloway Hills Rally Dalbeattie Gravel (website)

2019 events podium

RoundRally namePodium finishers [4]
PlacingDriver / Co-DriverCarTime /
Diff leader
-Snowman Rally
(Cancelled)		1
2
3
1Border Counties Rally
(16 March)		1 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton Ford Focus WRC 40:51
2Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen Ford Fiesta R5 +0:33
3Stephen Petch / Michael Wilkinson [N 1] Ford Fiesta+1:26
2Speyside Stages
(20 April)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC39:46
2 Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair Subaru Impreza +0:41
3Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII +1:29
3RSAC Scottish Rally
(18 May)		1 David Bogie / John Rowan Škoda Fabia R5 40:14
2Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC+00:06
3Garry Pearson / Dale BowenFord Fiesta R5+00:20
4Argyll Rally
(22 June)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC40:36
2Garry Pearson / Dale BowenFord Fiesta R5+01:02
3Bruce McCombie / Michael CouttsFord Focus WRC+01:44
5Grampian Stages Rally
(10 August)		1Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC42:30
2 Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair Subaru Impreza +0:27
3John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +1:55
6Galloway Hills Rally
(14 September)		1 David Bogie / John Rowan Mini WRC 41:15.2
2Jock Armstrong / Cameron FairSubaru Impreza+1:08.3
3Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +1:52.6
  1. ↑ Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.

Drivers Points Classification

PosDriverCarSNO
BCR
SSR
SCO
ARG
GSR
GHR
 Points [5]
1 Euan Thorburn Ford Focus WRC -11211DNS*148
2 Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza -524DNS*22135
3Michael Binnie Mitsubishi Evo IX -449*443131
4Keith Morris Mitsubishi Evo IX -131010Ret*77109
4=Alan Dickson Mitsubishi Evo IX -10*910797109
PosDriverCarSNO
BCR
SSR
SCO
ARG
GSR
GHR
 Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (DNF)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlankDid not start (DNS)
BlueNominated dropped points

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "SRC homepage". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "SRC calendar revealed for 2019". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Coogie Urquhart Snowman Rally – Statement on behalf of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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