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. [1] 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.
Following the Carlisle Stages Rally in October David Henderson and regular co-driver Chris Lees were declared 2023 champions having won four of the eight events in their Ford Fiesta Rally2.
For season 2023 there will be eight events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces. [2]
Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
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1 | 4 March | Snowman Rally | Inverness | Gravel / Snow | (website) |
2 | 21–22 April | Speyside Stages Rally | Elgin | Gravel | (website) |
3 | 28 May | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | Duns | Tarmac | (website) |
4 | 23–24 June | Argyll Rally | Dunoon | Tarmac | (website) |
5 | 22 July | RSAC Scottish Rally | Moffat | Gravel | (website) |
6 | 12 August | Grampian Forest Rally | Banchory | Gravel | (website) |
7 | 16 September | Galloway Hills Rally | Castle Douglas | Gravel | (website) |
8 | 21 October | Carlisle Stages Rally | Kielder | Gravel | (website) |
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers [3] | |||
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Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time / Diff leader | ||
1 | Snowman Rally (4 March) | 1 | Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop | Subaru Impreza | 43:46 |
2 | John Wink / Neil Shanks | Hyundai i20 R5 | +0:09 | ||
3 | Michael Binnie / Claire Mole | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +0:15 | ||
2 | Speyside Stages Rally (21 / 22 April) | 1 | Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton | Ford Fiesta R5 | 50:40 |
2 | Jock Armstrong / Hannah Mckillop | Subaru Impreza | +0:29 | ||
3 | John Wink / Neil Shanks | Hyundai i20 R5 | +0:34 | ||
3 | Jim Clark Reivers Rally (28 May) | 1 | David Henderson / Chris Lees | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 34:50.5 |
2 | Hugh Brunton / Drew Sturrock | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | +00:51.3 | ||
3 | Rory Young / Allan Cathers | Citroën DS3 Rally 2 | +01:01.1 | ||
4 | Argyll Rally (23 / 24 June) | 1 | Rory Young / Allan Cathers | Citroën DS3 Rally 2 | 57:53 |
2 | Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry | Proton Satria EVO | +00:27 | ||
3 | Michael Binnie / Claire Mole | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +01:32 | ||
5 | RSAC Scottish Rally (22 July) | 1 | Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop | Subaru Impreza | 43:09 |
2 | Michael Binnie / Claire Mole | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:05 | ||
3 | David Henderson / Chris Lees | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | +0:57 | ||
6 | Grampian Forest Rally (12 August) | 1 | David Henderson / Chris Lees | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 45:52 |
2 | Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry | Proton Satria EVO | +0:03 | ||
3 | Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop | Subaru Impreza | +0:05 | ||
7 | Galloway Hills Rally (16 September) | 1 | David Henderson / Chris Lees | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 1:00:10 |
2 | Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop | Subaru Impreza | +0:22 | ||
3 | Barry Groundwater/ Charlotte McDowall | Subaru Impreza WRC | +3:24 | ||
8 | Carlisle Stages Rally (21 October) | 1 | David Henderson / Chris Lees | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | 40:27 |
2 | John Wink / Neil Shanks | Hyundai i20 R5 | +0:07 | ||
3 | Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry | Proton Satria EVO | +0:41 | ||
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered competitor 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 8 events as their final overall Championship score.
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