2016 Scottish Rally Championship
| 2016 Scottish Rally Championship season | |||
| Previous: | 2015 | Next: | 2017 |
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) |
| 4 | 5 Jun | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | Kelso | Gravel | (website) |
| 5 | 25 Jun | RSAC Scottish Rally | Dumfries | Gravel | (website) |
| 6 | 13 Aug | Grampian Stages Rally | Aberdeen | Gravel | (website) |
| 7 | 10 Sep | Galloway Hills Rally | Castle Douglas | Gravel | (website) |
2016 events podium
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers[6] | |||
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| Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time / Diff leader | ||
| 1 | Snowman Rally (Feb 20) |
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 (Mar 19) |
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 (Apr 23) |
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 | ||
| 4 | Jim Clark Reivers Rally (Jun 5) |
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| 5 | RSAC Scottish Rally (Jun 25) |
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| 6 | Grampian Stages Rally (Aug 13) |
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| 7 | Galloway Hills Rally (Sep 10) |
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- Notes
Drivers' championship standings
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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 6 scores out of the 7 events as their final overall Championship score.
References
- ↑ "2016 ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship Calendar confirmed". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jim Clark Rally returns to forests". Jim Clark Rally. Jim Clark Rally. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "New SRC Champions crowned". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ "2016 ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship Calendar confirmed". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "2016 SRC Calendar". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond....". FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 April 2016.