2024 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 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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[5]
Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time /
Diff leader
1 Speyside Stages
(20 April) 		1 David Bogie / John Rowan Volkswagen Polo R5 38:14
2 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:19
3 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:29
2 Jim Clark Reivers Rally
(26 May) 		1 Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 50:35.3
2 David Henderson / Chris Williams Ford Fiesta Rally2 + 00:04.0
3 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria Evo + 01:37.3
3 Argyll Rally
(21-22 June) 		1 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 1:02:57
2 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:51
3 Michael Binnie / Claire Mole Ford Fiesta R5 + 1:05
4 RSAC Scottish Rally
(20 July) 		1 David Bogie / Kirsty Riddick Volkswagen Polo R5 43:50
2 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:36
3 Finlay Retson / Paul Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 + 0:37
5 Grampian Forest Rally
(9-10 August) 		1 Euan Thorburn / Keir Beaton Volkswagen Polo R5 54:20.3
2 Scott Beattie / Peredur Davies Ford Fiesta R5 +00:26
3 Hugh Brunton / Terry Mallin Škoda Fabia Rally2 +01:04
- Galloway Hills Rally
(14 September)
CANCELLED 		1 -
2 -
3 -
6 Snowman Rally
(19 October) 		1 John Wink / Neil Shanks Hyundai i20 R5 40:11
2 Scott Beattie / Emily Easton-Page Ford Fiesta R5 +0:09
3 Jock Armstrong / Owen Paterson Škoda Fabia Proto +0:22
7 Anglo Caledonian Rally
(24 November) 		1 Mark McCulloch / Michael Hendry Proton Satria Evo 45:24
2 John Wink / Jack Bowen Hyundai i20 R5 +0:15
3 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 
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 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

  1. ^ "SRC homepage". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 Provisional Scottish Rally Championship Calendar". SRC. SRC. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Snowman Rally saved as new date confirmed for event to take place in 2024". Ross-Shire Journal. Ross-Shire Journal. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Statement From the Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally". Galloway Hills Rally. Galloway Hills Rally. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Live Results". Rallies.info. Rallies.info. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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