2023 Scottish Rally Championship

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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.

2023 calendar

For season 2023 there will be eight events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces. [2]

RoundDatesEventRally HQSurfaceWebsite
14 MarchSnowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website)
221–22 AprilSpeyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website)
328 May Jim Clark Reivers Rally Duns Tarmac (website)
423–24 JuneArgyll Rally Dunoon Tarmac (website)
522 JulyRSAC Scottish Rally Moffat Gravel (website)
612 AugustGrampian Forest Rally Banchory Gravel (website)
716 SeptemberGalloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)
821 OctoberCarlisle Stages Rally Kielder Gravel (website)

2023 events podium

RoundRally namePodium finishers [3]
PlacingDriver / Co-DriverCarTime /
Diff leader
1Snowman Rally
(4 March)
1 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza 43:46
2John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:09
3Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +0:15
2Speyside Stages Rally
(21 / 22 April)
1Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Ford Fiesta R5 50:40
2 Jock Armstrong / Hannah Mckillop Subaru Impreza +0:29
3John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:34
3Jim Clark Reivers Rally
(28 May)
1David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 34:50.5
2Hugh Brunton / Drew Sturrock Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 +00:51.3
3Rory Young / Allan Cathers Citroën DS3 Rally 2 +01:01.1
4Argyll Rally
(23 / 24 June)
1Rory Young / Allan Cathers Citroën DS3 Rally 2 57:53
2Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +00:27
3Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +01:32
5RSAC Scottish Rally
(22 July)
1 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza 43:09
2Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Ford Fiesta R5 +0:05
3David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 +0:57
6Grampian Forest Rally
(12 August)
1David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 45:52
2Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +0:03
3 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza +0:05
7Galloway Hills Rally
(16 September)
1David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 1:00:10
2 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza +0:22
3Barry Groundwater/ Charlotte McDowall Subaru Impreza WRC +3:24
8Carlisle Stages Rally
(21 October)
1David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 40:27
2John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:07
3Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +0:41

Competitors Points Classification

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.

Driver Overall

PosDriverCarSNO
SSR
JCR
ARG
SCO
GFR
GHR
CSR
 Points [4]
1David Henderson Ford Fiesta Rally2 Ret2530Ret27303030147
2 Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza 3028242530272824143
3John Wink Hyundai i20 R5 2827232626252728136
4Michael Binnie Ford Fiesta R5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2726Ret2728Ret26Ret134
5Mark McCulloch Proton Satria Evo S2000 17232628DNS281127132
PosDriverCarSNO
SSR
JCR
ARG
SCO
GFR
GHR
CSR
 Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (DNF)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlankDid not start (DNS)
BlueNominated dropped points

Co-Driver Overall

PosCo-DriverSNO
SSR
JCR
ARG
SCO
GFR
GHR
CSR
 Points [5]
1Chris LeesRet2628Ret27303030145
2Hannah McKillop3028222530272825143
3Neil Shanks28DNS212626252728135
4Michael Hendry17242428DNS281727131
5Michael Wilkinson232123DNS25242526123
PosCo-DriverSNO
SSR
JCR
ARG
SCO
GFR
GHR
CSR
 Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenNon-podium finish
PurpleDid not finish (DNF)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
BlankDid not start (DNS)
BlueNominated dropped points

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