The
Scottish Rally Championship is a
rallying
Rally is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (often called ''rally racing),'' navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. ...
series run throughout
Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The 2019 series began on the snow-covered
forest tracks around
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
on 9 February, with the season finale taking place around
Dalbeattie on 14 September.
Following the ''Grampian Stages Rally'' in August,
Euan Thorburn
Euan Thorburn (born 19 October 1986) is a British Rallying, rally driver from Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns. He was Scottish Rally Championship, Scottish Rally Champion in 2014 Scottish Rally Championship, 2014, 2017 Scottish Rally Championship, ...
and regular co-driver Paul Beaton were declared champions in their
Ford Focus WRC
The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for ''Rallye Sport ...
. They had won four of the five events thus far and were uncatchable in the points table.
2019 calendar
For season 2019 there are to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.
Snowman Rally
On 7 February it was announced via the organisers
Facebook account that the 2019 event would be cancelled. The reason given was attributed to the extremely unsafe conditions of the course, with all stages having a thick covering of Ice.
2019 events podium
Drivers Points Classification
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 5 scores out of the 6 events as his/her final overall Championship score.
References
External links
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RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage
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