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 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.
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]
| Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Cancelled | Snowman Rally | Inverness | Gravel / Snow | (website) |
| 1 | 16 Mar | Border Counties Rally | Jedburgh | Gravel | (website) |
| 2 | 20 Apr | Speyside Stages Rally | Elgin | Gravel | (website) |
| 3 | 18 May | RSAC Scottish Rally | Lockerbie | Gravel | (website) |
| 4 | 22 Jun | Argyll Rally | Dunoon | Gravel | (website) |
| 5 | 10 Aug | Grampian Stages Rally | Banchory | Gravel | (website) |
| 6 | 14 Sep | Galloway Hills Rally | Dalbeattie | Gravel | (website) |
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers [4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time / Diff leader | ||
| - | Snowman Rally (Cancelled) | 1 | |||
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| 3 | |||||
| 1 | Border Counties Rally (16 March) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 40:51 |
| 2 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:33 | ||
| 3 | Stephen Petch / Michael Wilkinson [N 1] | Ford Fiesta | +1:26 | ||
| 2 | Speyside Stages (20 April) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 39:46 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +0:41 | ||
| 3 | Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII | +1:29 | ||
| 3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (18 May) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Škoda Fabia R5 | 40:14 |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | +00:06 | ||
| 3 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +00:20 | ||
| 4 | Argyll Rally (22 June) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 40:36 |
| 2 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +01:02 | ||
| 3 | Bruce McCombie / Michael Coutts | Ford Focus WRC | +01:44 | ||
| 5 | Grampian Stages Rally (10 August) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 42:30 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +0:27 | ||
| 3 | John Wink / Neil Shanks | Hyundai i20 R5 | +1:55 | ||
| 6 | Galloway Hills Rally (14 September) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Mini WRC | 41:15.2 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +1:08.3 | ||
| 3 | Michael Binnie / Claire Mole | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | +1:52.6 | ||
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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.