The Motorsport UK Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year that comprises both gravel and tarmac surface rallies. The 2024 series will commence on the forest tracks around Inverness on 2 March with the season finale due to take place in the Forests, around Castle Douglas on 14 September.
The title sponsor for 2024 is Asset Alliance Group who have committed to sponsoring the championship for three years.
Following the Grampian Forest Rally in August, Euan Thorburn was declared champion having won three out of the five events thus far. Keir Beaton was declared Co-Driver champion following the Snowman Rally in October.
2024 calendar For season 2024 there will be seven events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces.
On 4 January the organisers announced that the series opener, the Snowman Rally, usually held in early March, would not take place. The reason given was the expiry of the previous agreement to use forestry land. Discussions quickly took place between the organisers and Forestry and Land Scotland to resolve the issue and a rescheduled date was announced in October.
On 24 July organisers announced the cancellation of the 2024 Galloway Hills Rally. Due to take place on 14 September, the reason given for cancellation was the failure to agree a new deal with Forestry and Land Scotland for use of the forestry roads on the event.
The reserve event, the Anglo Caledonian Rally, held in November will count towards the 2024 Motorsport UK Scottish Rally Championship.
Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website 1 20 April Speyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website) 2 26 May Jim Clark Reivers Rally Duns Tarmac (website) 3 21–22 June Argyll Rally Dunoon Tarmac (website) 4 20 July RSAC Scottish Rally Dalbeattie Gravel (website) 5 9–10 August Grampian Forest Rally Banchory Gravel (website)- Cancelled Galloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website) 6 19 October Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel (website) 7 24 November Anglo Caledonian Rally Carlisle Gravel (website)
2024 events podium
Round Rally name Podium finishers Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /Diff leader 1 Speyside Stages (20 April)1 David Bogie / John Rowan Volkswagen Polo R5 38:142 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:193 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:29 2 Jim Clark Reivers Rally (26 May)1 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 50:35.32 David Henderson / Chris Williams Ford Fiesta Rally2 + 00:04.03 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria Evo + 01:37.3 3 Argyll Rally (21-22 June)1 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 1:02:572 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:513 Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Ford Fiesta R5 + 1:05 4 RSAC Scottish Rally (20 July)1 David Bogie / Kirsty Riddick Volkswagen Polo R5 43:502 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:363 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:37 5 Grampian Forest Rally (9-10 August)1Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 54:20.32 Scott Beattie / Peredur Davies Ford Fiesta R5 +00:263 Hugh Brunton / Terry Mallin Škoda Fabia Rally2 +01:04 - Galloway Hills Rally (14 September) CANCELLED1 - 2 - 3 - 6 Snowman Rally (19 October)1 John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 40:112 Scott Beattie / Emily Easton-Page Ford Fiesta R5 +0:093 Jock Armstrong / Owen Paterson Škoda Fabia Proto +0:22 7 Anglo Caledonian Rally (24 November)1 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria Evo 45:242 John Wink / Jack Bowen Hyundai i20 R5 +0:153 Jock Armstrong / Owen Paterson Škoda Fabia Proto +0:39
Competitors Points Classification
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered competitor on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. Every finisher will receive at least 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will count their best 5 scores out of the 7 events as their final overall Championship score.
Driver Overall Pos Driver Car (s) SSR JCR ARG SCO GFR GHR SNO ACR Points 1 Euan Thorburn Volkswagen Polo R5 27 30 30 28 30 - DNS DNS 145 2 Mark McCulloch Proton Satria EVO S2000 23 27 24 23 26 - 26 30 133 3 John Wink Hyundai i20 R5 Ret 24 23 25 Ret - 30 28 130 4 Jock Armstrong Škoda Fabia Proto Subaru Impreza 26 23 DNS Ret 23 - 27 27 126 5 Stephen Petch Ford Fiesta Rally2 26 DNS DNS 24 24 - 25 26 124 Pos Driver Car (s) SSR JCR ARG SCO GFR GHR SNO ACR Pts
Co-Driver Overall Pos Driver SSR JCR ARG SCO GFR GHR SNO ACR Points 1 Keir Beaton 27 26 23 28 30 - 25 DNS 136 2 Michael Hendry 23 27 24 23 27 - 27 30 135 3 Owen Paterson 26 24 9 Ret 24 - 28 28 130 4 Michael Wilkinson 25 DNS DNS 24 25 - 26 27 127 5 Paul Beaton 28 30 30 27 Ret - 0 DNS 115 Pos Driver SSR JCR ARG SCO GFR GHR SNO ACR Pts
References
External links
RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage