2021 Scottish Rally Championship

The 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 2021 series was to begin on the forest tracks around Inverness on 6 March, with the season finale due to take place around Dalbeattie on 11 September.

2021 calendar[]

For season 2021 there was to be seven events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces. The 2021 reserve event will be the Carlisle Stages Rally in October.^[2]

Calendar Changes[]

The first three rounds of the series, the Snowman Rally, the Speyside Stages and the Jim Clark Reivers Rally have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] ^[4]

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Round	Dates	Event	Rally HQ	Surface	Website
1	25/26 June	Argyll Rally	Dunoon	Tarmac	(website)
2	24 July	RSAC Scottish Rally	Lockerbie	Gravel	(website)
3	14 Aug	Grampian Forest Rally	Banchory	Gravel	(website)
4	11 Sep	Galloway Hills Rally	Dalbeattie	Gravel	(website)
5	23 Oct	Carlisle Stages Rally	Carlisle	Gravel	(website)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Original Date	Event	Rally HQ	Surface	Website
-	6 Mar	Snowman Rally	Inverness	Gravel / Snow	(website)
-	17 Apr	Speyside Stages Rally	Elgin	Gravel	(website)
-	30 May	Jim Clark Reivers Rally	Duns	Tarmac	(website)

2021 events podium[]

Round	Rally name	Scottish Rally Championship Podium finishers^[6]
Round	Rally name	Placing	Driver / Co-Driver	Car	Time / Diff leader
-	Snowman Rally (Cancelled)	1
		2
		3

-	Speyside Stages Rally (Cancelled)	1
		2
		3

-	Jim Clark Reivers Rally (Cancelled)	1
		2
		3

1	Argyll Rally (26 June)	1	Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh	Ford Fiesta R5	53:12
		2	Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair	Ford Fiesta R2	+1:46
		3	Richard Hill / Steffan Evans	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+3:37

2	RSAC Scottish Rally (24 July)	1	David Bogie / John Rowan	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	0:42:48
		2	Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair	Ford Fiesta R2	+0:58
		3	Garry Pearson / Niall Burns	Škoda Fabia R5	+1:47

3	Grampian Forest Rally (14 August)	1	Garry Pearson / Niall Burns	Škoda Fabia R5	40:17
		2	Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair	Ford Fiesta R2	+0:25
		3	Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh	Ford Fiesta R5	+1:55

4	Galloway Hills Rally (11 September)	1	David Bogie / John Rowan	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	36:57
		2	Garry Pearson / Niall Burns	Skoda Fabia R5	+0:29
		3	Scott Beattie / Paula Swinscoe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	+1:11

5	Carlisle Stages Rally (23 October)	1	Garry Pearson / Niall Burns	Skoda Fabia R5	38:11
		2	Scott Beattie / Paula Swinscoe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	+1:56
		3	Michael Binnie / Claire Mole	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+2:12

Drivers Points Classification[]

Pos	Driver	Car	SNO	SSR	JCR	ARG	SCO	GFR	GHR	CSR	Points^[7]
1	Garry Pearson	Ford Fiesta R5/Skoda Fabia R5	-	-	-	DNF*	3	1	2	1	115
2	Jock Armstrong	Ford Fiesta R5	-	-	-	2	2	2	7	DNF*	107
3	Scott Beattie	Mitsubishi EVO 7	-	-	-	DNP*	8	8	3	2	99
4	Ian Forgan	Subaru Impreza/Ford Fiesta R5	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	6*	97
5	Mark McCulloch	Ford Escort RS	-	-	-	4	7	9	9	DNP*	92
Pos	Driver	Car	SNO	SSR	JCR	ARG	SCO	GFR	GHR	CSR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Non-podium finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
*	Nominated dropped points

Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver 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 4 scores out of the 5 events as his/her final overall Championship score.

References[]

^ "SRC homepage". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "2021 Scottish Rally Championship calendar unveiled". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "2021 Snowman Rally cancelled". Press & Journal. Press & Journal. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ "Covid-19 claims Moray rally for second year running as McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages, the second round of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship is cancelled". Grampian Online. Grampian Online. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Rally - JCR cancelled". John Fife. John Fife. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

External links[]

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[1] "SRC homepage". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[2] "2021 Scottish Rally Championship calendar unveiled". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[3] "2021 Snowman Rally cancelled". Press & Journal. Press & Journal. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[4] "Covid-19 claims Moray rally for second year running as McDonald & Munro Speyside Stages, the second round of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship is cancelled". Grampian Online. Grampian Online. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[5] "Rally - JCR cancelled". John Fife. John Fife. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[6] "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[7] "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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