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]
Round	Rally name	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

^ ^a ^b ^c Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.
^ 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

^ "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.
^ "Scottish Rally Championship – Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Home". jimclarkrally.org.
^ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

External links

[Ineligibles-8] Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.

[9] Per the championship's sporting regulations, Armstrong was awarded victory over Pearson after recording a faster time on the first stage

[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.

[10] "Home". jimclarkrally.org.

[11] "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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