| Jock Armstrong | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |  Scottish |
| Born | 23 January 1970 |
| Scottish Rally Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2003 |
| Co-driver | Kirsty Riddick, Paula Swinscoe, Cameron Fair |
| Starts | 57 |
| Wins | 9 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 SRC 2016 SRC | Scottish Rally Champion |
John "Jock" Armstrong (born 23 January 1970) is a British rally driver from Castle Douglas. He was Scottish Rally Champion in 2015 and 2016. [1]
His first rally was in 1989 driving a Vauxhall Nova. In 1993 he won the UK Colway Tyres budget championship in a 1300cc Vauxhall Nova, ahead of drivers with more powerful cars. [2]
In October 2015, Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe were crowned the 2015 Scottish Rally champions. [3] During the Jim Clark Reivers rally in May, Armstrong and Swinscoe were given a 1-minute time penalty dropping them from first to third place, however following an appeal in late September this was overturned and the pair were granted the win. [4] By the end of the season they had achieved two wins and three second places in their Subaru Impreza. [5]
SRC season 2016 saw Armstrong and Swinscoe repeat their feat and crowned Scottish Rally Champions for the second year in succession. After a close run season in 2017 they finished runners-up in the SRC title race.
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