2016 Scottish Rally Championship

The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.[1][2]

The 2016 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 20 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 10 September. Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe will start the season as defending champions having won the 2015 Championship.[3]

Aberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib will sponsor the series for the fourth year in a row.[4]

Alongside the main championship, 2016 will see a number of initiatives run over the course of the year including the following:

  • Scottish 2WD Rally Championship - Open to registered 2 Wheel drive cars
  • SRC Juniors - Open to registered young drivers and co-drivers
  • SRC Ladies - Open to registered female crews
  • SRC Subaru cup - Open to registered Subaru cars
  • SRC 205 Cup - Open to registered Peugeot 205 and Citroen C2 cars

2016 calendar

For season 2016 there is to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.[5]

Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website
1 20 Feb The Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website)
2 19 Mar Border Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website)
3 23 Apr Speyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website)
- 5 Jun Jim Clark Reivers Rally Kelso Gravel (website)
4 25 Jun RSAC Scottish Rally Dumfries Gravel (website)
5 13 Aug Grampian Stages Rally Aberdeen Gravel (website)
6 10 Sep Galloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)

Calendar changes

On 24 May, the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally Rally management team announced via a press release that the 2016 event – usually round 4 of the championship and held in June, would not take place. Insufficient entries was cited as the reason.[6]

2016 events podium

Round Rally name Podium finishers[7]
Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /
Diff leader
1 Snowman Rally
(20 February) 		1 Donnie Macdonald / Andrew Falconer Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 50:15
2 Dale Robertson / Stuart Louden Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 +0:07
3 Quintin Milne / Sean Donnelly [N 1] Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 +0:30
2 Border Counties Rally
(19 March) 		1 Jock Armstrong / Paula Swinscoe Subaru Impreza 41:17
2 Garry Pearson / Robbie Mitchell Ford Fiesta R5 +0:00 [N 2]
3 Shaun Sinclair / Kirsty Riddick Ford Focus WRC +0:07
3 Speyside Stages
(23 April) 		1 Garry Pearson / Robbie Mitchell Ford Fiesta R5 42:32
2 Jock Armstrong / Paula Swinscoe Subaru Impreza +0:08
3 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:41
 – Jim Clark Reivers Rally
(5 June) 		1 Rally cancelled [8]
2
3
4 RSAC Scottish Rally
(25 June) 		1 Garry Pearson / Robbie Mitchell Ford Fiesta R5 54:07.4
2 Jock Armstrong / Paula Swinscoe Subaru Impreza +0:12.9
3 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:13.8
5 Grampian Stages Rally
(13 August) 		1 Dave Weston Jnr / Aled Davies [N 1] Subaru Impreza WRC 42:47
2 John MacCrone / Rhianon Gelsomino Ford Fiesta R5 +0:06
3 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton [N 1] Peugeot 208 R5 +0:21
6 Galloway Hills Rally
(10 September) 		1 Jock Armstrong / Paula Swinscoe Subaru Impreza 38:39
2 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +0:57
3 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX +1:28
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.
  2. ^ Per the championship's sporting regulations, Armstrong was awarded victory over Pearson after recording a faster time on the first stage

Drivers' championship standings

Pos Driver Car TSR
 BCR
 SSR
 JCR
 SCO
 GSR
 GHR
  Points[9]
1 Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza 11 1 2  – 2 3 1 143
2 Garry Pearson Ford Fiesta R5 4 2 1  – 1 2 Ret 142
3 Mike Faulkner Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 12 4 3  – 3 7 2 131
4 Mark McCulloch Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 3 5 7  – 4 4 3 131
5 Bruce McCombie Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6 6 5  – 6 5 4 124
6 Barry Groundwater Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X 9 9 10  – 7 6 DNS 109
7 Scott McCombie Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 7 13 Ret  – 8 8 9 105
8 Alasdair S Graham Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 22 12 14  – 11 12 7 94
9 Donnie MacDonald Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 1 8 11  – 10 DNS DNS 91
10 Iain Wilson Subaru Impreza N12 15 18 17  – 13 9 6 90
Pos Driver Car TSR
 BCR
 SSR
 JCR
 SCO
 GSR
 GHR
  Points 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Non-podium finish
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Blank Did not start (DNS)
Blue Nominated dropped points

Points are awarded to the highest placed registered drivers on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the season, competitors nominate their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as their final overall Championship score.

References

  1. ^ "2016 ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship Calendar confirmed". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Jim Clark Rally returns to forests". Jim Clark Rally. Jim Clark Rally. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ^ "New SRC Champions crowned". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ "2016 ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship Calendar confirmed". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ "2016 SRC Calendar". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Scottish Rally Championship – Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Home". jimclarkrally.org.
  9. ^ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 April 2016.