2019 Scottish Rally Championship
# 2019 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.

The 2019 series began on the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 9 February, with the season finale taking place around Dalbeattie on 14 September.

Following the Grampian Stages Rally in August, Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton were declared champions in their Ford Focus WRC. 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.

| Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Cancelled | Snowman Rally | Inverness | Gravel / Snow | (website) |
| 1 | 16 Mar | Border Counties Rally | Jedburgh | Gravel | (website) |
| 2 | 20 Apr | Speyside Stages Rally | Elgin | Gravel | (website) |
| 3 | 18 May | RSAC Scottish Rally | Lockerbie | Gravel | (website) |
| 4 | 22 Jun | Argyll Rally | Dunoon | Gravel | (website) |
| 5 | 10 Aug | Grampian Stages Rally | Banchory | Gravel | (website) |
| 6 | 14 Sep | Galloway Hills Rally | Dalbeattie | Gravel | (website) |

## 2019 events podium

| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Rally name | Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | Time / Diff leader |
| - | Snowman Rally (Cancelled) | 1 | | | |
| - | Snowman Rally (Cancelled) | 2 | | | |
| - | Snowman Rally (Cancelled) | 3 | | | |
| 1 | Border Counties Rally (16 March) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 40:51 |
| 1 | Border Counties Rally (16 March) | 2 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +0:33 |
| 1 | Border Counties Rally (16 March) | 3 | Stephen Petch / Michael Wilkinson | Ford Fiesta | +1:26 |
| 2 | Speyside Stages (20 April) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 39:46 |
| 2 | Speyside Stages (20 April) | 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +0:41 |
| 2 | Speyside Stages (20 April) | 3 | Freddie Milne / Patrick Walsh | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII | +1:29 |
| 3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (18 May) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Škoda Fabia R5 | 40:14 |
| 3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (18 May) | 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | +00:06 |
| 3 | RSAC Scottish Rally (18 May) | 3 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +00:20 |
| 4 | Argyll Rally (22 June) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 40:36 |
| 4 | Argyll Rally (22 June) | 2 | Garry Pearson / Dale Bowen | Ford Fiesta R5 | +01:02 |
| 4 | Argyll Rally (22 June) | 3 | Bruce McCombie / Michael Coutts | Ford Focus WRC | +01:44 |
| 5 | Grampian Stages Rally (10 August) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Ford Focus WRC | 42:30 |
| 5 | Grampian Stages Rally (10 August) | 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +0:27 |
| 5 | Grampian Stages Rally (10 August) | 3 | John Wink / Neil Shanks | Hyundai i20 R5 | +1:55 |
| 6 | Galloway Hills Rally (14 September) | 1 | David Bogie / John Rowan | Mini WRC | 41:15.2 |
| 6 | Galloway Hills Rally (14 September) | 2 | Jock Armstrong / Cameron Fair | Subaru Impreza | +1:08.3 |
| 6 | Galloway Hills Rally (14 September) | 3 | Michael Binnie / Claire Mole | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | +1:52.6 |

* ↑ Crew was not registered to score points towards the Scottish Rally Championship.

## Drivers Points Classification

| Pos | Driver | Car | SNO | BCR | SSR | SCO | ARG | GSR | GHR | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Euan Thorburn | Ford Focus WRC | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNS* | 148 |
| 2 | Jock Armstrong | Subaru Impreza | - | 5 | 2 | 4 | DNS* | 2 | 2 | 135 |
| 3 | Michael Binnie | Mitsubishi Evo IX | - | 4 | 4 | 9* | 4 | 4 | 3 | 131 |
| 4 | Keith Morris | Mitsubishi Evo IX | - | 13 | 10 | 10 | Ret* | 7 | 7 | 109 |
| 4= | Alan Dickson | Mitsubishi Evo IX | - | 10* | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 109 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | SNO | BCR | SSR | SCO | ARG | GSR | GHR | Pts |
| 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 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.

