Scottish Rally Championship

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Scottish Rally Championship
Scottish Rally Championship (logo).jpg
Country United Kingdom
Inaugural season1968
DriversVaries from event to event
Tyre suppliersopen
Drivers' champion Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Euan Thorburn
Official website scottishrallychampionship.co.uk/
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

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

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Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion. The championship has always been a breeding ground for many World Rally Championship drivers, including Colin & Alister McRae, Robbie Head and Barry Clark.

Notable previous champions have included Mitsubishi Ralliart founder Andrew Cowan, who won the championship in 1976 in a Colt Lancer, and former World Rally Champion, Colin McRae who performed a giant killing act when he took the series crown in 1988 in his humble Vauxhall Nova.

Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally 2008

The 2008 season finale, the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally saw an enhanced entry list of 'rally legends' in honour of Colin who died in 2007. The impressive entry list included ex-World Championship drivers Hannu Mikkola, Ari Vatanen (partnered by his 1981 WRC winning co-driver David Richards), Björn Waldegård, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Andrew Cowan and Louise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars. A handful of current WRC drivers also took part including Matthew Wilson and Travis Pastrana. The event was deemed a great success, attracting record spectator numbers to the Perthshire forests. Outright winner was Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC, with Colin's brother Alister winning the "legends" portion of the rally.

Champions

SeasonDriverCo-DriverCar
2024 Euan Thorburn Volkswagen Polo R5
2023 David HendersonChris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2
2022 David Bogie Cameron Fair & Claire Mole (joint) Mini John Cooper Works WRC/Ford Fiesta Rally2
2021 Garry Pearson Niall Burns Skoda Fabia R5
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Euan ThorburnPaul Beaton Ford Focus WRC
2018 Andrew Gallacher Jane Nicol Ford Focus WRC
2017 Euan ThorburnPaul Beaton Ford Fiesta R5
2016 Jock Armstrong Robbie Mitchell Subaru Impreza
2015 Jock ArmstrongPaula SwinscoeSubaru Impreza
2014 Euan ThorburnPaul BeatonFord Focus WRC
2013 David BogieKevin RaeFord Focus WRC
2012 David BogieKevin Rae Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Metro 6R4
2011 David BogieKevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Metro 6R4
2010 David BogieKevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Ford Focus RS WRC
2009David BogieKevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Toyota Corolla WRC
2008Jimmy GirvanKirsty RiddickSubaru Impreza
2007Gary AdamGordon AdamSubaru Impreza
2006Dave WestonSteven ClarkFord Focus WRC
2005Barry JohnsonStewart MerrySubaru Impreza WRC
2004Raymond MunroStewart MerrySubaru Impreza WRC
2003Raymond MunroNeil EwingSubaru Impreza WRC
2002Barry JohnsonGordon AdamSubaru Impreza
2001cancelled due to outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease
2000Andrew WoodAnn ParkerAudi 90
1999Jon BurnStan QuirkMG Metro 6R4
1998Jimmy PatersonFred BellSubaru Impreza
1997Brian LyallJohn BennieSubaru Impreza
1996Jimmy ChristieMurdo CampbellMG Metro 6R4
1995David GillandersMartin ForrestFord Escort RS Cosworth
1994Michael HorneMonty Pearson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1993 Murray Grierson Stewart Merry MG Metro 6R4
1992Raymond MunroNeil EwingFord Sierra RS Cosworth
1991Donald MilneBob WilsonNissan Engined Metro 6R4
1990Jimmy GirvanCampbell RoyToyota Celica GT-Four ST165
1989Andrew WoodCampbell RoyVauxhall Astra
1988 Colin McRae Derek Ringer Vauxhall Nova, Nissan 240RS, Peugeot 205 RWD, Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1987 Murray Grierson Roger AndersonOpel Kadett 400
1986Ken WoodPeter Brown MG Metro 6R4
1985George MarshallRoger AndersonNissan 240RS
1984Ken WoodPeter Brown Rover Vitesse SD1
1983Jimmy FlemingRobin CunninghamToyota Celica
1982Ken WoodPeter Brown Triumph TR7 V8
1981Donald HeggieIan MungallFord Escort RS1800
1980Drew GallacherJohn Eyres Vauxhall Chevette
1979Drew GallacherDavid McHarg Ford Escort
1978Drew GallacherDavid McHargFord Escort
1977Charles SamsonAlec SamsonFord Escort
1976 Andrew Cowan Hugh McNeill Colt Lancer
1975Charles SamsonAlec SamsonFord Escort
1974Arthur JasperBill CrabbFord Escort
1973Drew GallacherIan MuirFord Escort RS1600
1972James RaeMichael MalcolmFord Escort RS1600
1971Bob WatsonHugh McNeilFord Escort Twin Cam
1970James RaeMichael MalcolmFord Escort 1300 GT
1969Donald HeggieGeorge DeansEscort Twin Cam
1968Mike HibbertIan WithersFord Escort

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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 rallies and one tarmac event. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion

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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.

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

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