The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event.[1] Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion
The 2011 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 19 February, with the season finale taking place around Aberfeldy on 1 October. 2011 sees the commencement of a two-year partnership with leading motorsport tyre manufacture, DMACK Tyres.[2]
David Bogie began the year as defending champion after winning six out of the eight events in 2010.
Following the Speyside stages in August, David Bogie was declared champion for the third successive year despite there being two events remaining. A magnificent 4 wins out of 6 events so far means that, due to the SRC nominate 6 best results out of 8 rule, he is uncatchable in the title race.[3]
In season 2011, as in 2010, there will be 8 events held on a variety of surfaces.[4]
| Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Feb | Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally | Gravel / Snow | (website) | ||
| 2 | 19 Mar | Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally | Gravel | (website) | ||
| 3 | 16 Apr | CARS Recovery Granite City Rally | Gravel | (website) | ||
| 4 | 29 May | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | Asphalt | (website) | ||
| 5 | 25 Jun | Gravel | (website) | |||
| 6 | 6 Aug | Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages | Gravel | (website) | ||
| 7 | 3 Sept | ProTune Remapping Merrick Stages | Gravel | (website) | ||
| 8 | 1 Oct | Colin McRae Forest Stages | Gravel | (website) |
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers [5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placing | Driver / Co-Driver | Car | |||
| 1 | Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally (19 February) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | Jock Armstrong / Kirsty Riddick | Subaru Impreza | |||
| 2 | Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally (19 March) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |
| 2 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Evo 6 | |||
| 3 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | CARS Recovery Granite City Rally (16 April) | 1 | Dave Weston / Aled Davies | Ford Focus WRC | |
| 2 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | David Wilson / Dave Robson | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 4 | Jim Clark Reivers Rally (29 May) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Metro 6R4 | |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | Jock Armstrong / Barry McNulty | Subaru Impreza | |||
| 5 | RSAC Scottish Rally (25 June) | 1 | Jock Armstrong / Kirsty Riddick | Subaru Impreza | |
| 2 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 6 | Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages (6 August) | 1 | David Bogie / Kevin Rae | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |
| 2 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | Mike Faulkner / Lousie Sutherland | Mitsubishi Evo 6 | |||
| 7 | ProTune Remapping Merrick Stages (3 September) | 1 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Evo 6 | |
| 2 | Robbie Head / Claire Mole | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | Wayne Sisson / David MacFadyen | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 8 | Colin McRae Forest Stages (1 October) | 1 | Euan Thorburn / Paul Beaton | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |
| 2 | Shaun Sinclair / Chris Hamill | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | |||
| 3 | Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy | Mitsubishi Evo 6 | |||
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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 6 scores out of 8 events as his/her final overall Championship score.