2023 Scottish Rally Championship

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.[1] The 2023 series will commence on the forest tracks around Inverness on 4 March with the season finale due to take place in Kielder Forest, Northumberland on 21 October. The championship will be sponsored by KNC Groundworks for the fifth year in succession.

Following the Carlisle Stages Rally in October David Henderson and regular co-driver Chris Lees were declared 2023 champions having won four of the eight events in their Ford Fiesta Rally2.

2023 calendar

For season 2023 there will be eight events held on both gravel and tarmac surfaces.[2]

Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website
1 4 March Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website)
2 21–22 April Speyside Stages Rally Elgin Gravel (website)
3 28 May Jim Clark Reivers Rally Duns Tarmac (website)
4 23–24 June Argyll Rally Dunoon Tarmac (website)
5 22 July RSAC Scottish Rally Moffat Gravel (website)
6 12 August Grampian Forest Rally Banchory Gravel (website)
7 16 September Galloway Hills Rally Castle Douglas Gravel (website)
8 21 October Carlisle Stages Rally Kielder Gravel (website)

2023 events podium

Round Rally name Podium finishers[3]
Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /
Diff leader
1 Snowman Rally
(4 March) 		1 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza 43:46
2 John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:09
3 Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +0:15
2 Speyside Stages Rally
(21 / 22 April) 		1 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Ford Fiesta R5 50:40
2 Jock Armstrong / Hannah Mckillop Subaru Impreza +0:29
3 John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:34
3 Jim Clark Reivers Rally
(28 May) 		1 David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 34:50.5
2 Hugh Brunton / Drew Sturrock Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 +00:51.3
3 Rory Young / Allan Cathers Citroën DS3 Rally 2 +01:01.1
4 Argyll Rally
(23 / 24 June) 		1 Rory Young / Allan Cathers Citroën DS3 Rally 2 57:53
2 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +00:27
3 Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +01:32
5 RSAC Scottish Rally
(22 July) 		1 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza 43:09
2 Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Ford Fiesta R5 +0:05
3 David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 +0:57
6 Grampian Forest Rally
(12 August) 		1 David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 45:52
2 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +0:03
3 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza +0:05
7 Galloway Hills Rally
(16 September) 		1 David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 1:00:10
2 Jock Armstrong / Hannah McKillop Subaru Impreza +0:22
3 Barry Groundwater/ Charlotte McDowall Subaru Impreza WRC +3:24
8 Carlisle Stages Rally
(21 October) 		1 David Henderson / Chris Lees Ford Fiesta Rally2 40:27
2 John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 +0:07
3 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria EVO +0:41

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. At the end of the Championship, competitors will count their best 5 scores out of the 8 events as their final overall Championship score.

Driver Overall

Pos Driver Car SNO
 SSR
 JCR
 ARG
 SCO
 GFR
 GHR
 CSR
  Points[4]
1 David Henderson Ford Fiesta Rally2 Ret 25 30 Ret 27 30 30 30 147
2 Jock Armstrong Subaru Impreza 30 28 24 25 30 27 28 24 143
3 John Wink Hyundai i20 R5 28 27 23 26 26 25 27 28 136
4 Michael Binnie Ford Fiesta R5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 27 26 Ret 27 28 Ret 26 Ret 134
5 Mark McCulloch Proton Satria Evo S2000 17 23 26 28 DNS 28 11 27 132
Pos Driver Car SNO
 SSR
 JCR
 ARG
 SCO
 GFR
 GHR
 CSR
  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

Co-Driver Overall

Pos Co-Driver SNO
 SSR
 JCR
 ARG
 SCO
 GFR
 GHR
 CSR
  Points[5]
1 Chris Lees Ret 26 28 Ret 27 30 30 30 145
2 Hannah McKillop 30 28 22 25 30 27 28 25 143
3 Neil Shanks 28 DNS 21 26 26 25 27 28 135
4 Michael Hendry 17 24 24 28 DNS 28 17 27 131
5 Michael Wilkinson 23 21 23 DNS 25 24 25 26 123
Pos Co-Driver SNO
 SSR
 JCR
 ARG
 SCO
 GFR
 GHR
 CSR
  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

References

  1. ^ "SRC homepage". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "2023 Dates Confirmed as KNC Groundworks Extend Title Sponsorship". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Rally Results from Scotland & Beyond..." FlyingFinish.co.uk. Flying Finish. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Current Standings". SRC. Scottish Rally Championship. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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