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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
| 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
[edit]| Round | Rally name | Scottish Rally Championship Podium finishers[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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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
[edit]- ^ "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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