Jock Armstrong Explained

Jock Armstrong
Nationality: Scottish
Birth Date:23 January 1970
Current Series:Scottish Rally Championship
First Year:2003
Co-Driver:Kirsty Riddick, Paula Swinscoe, Cameron Fair
Starts:57
Wins:9
Titles:Scottish Rally Champion
Title Years:2015 SRC
2016 SRC

John "Jock" Armstrong (born 23 January 1970) is a British rally driver from Castle Douglas. He was Scottish Rally Champion in 2015 and 2016.[1]

Career

His first rally was in 1989 driving a Vauxhall Nova. In 1993 he won the UK Colway Tyres budget championship in a 1300cc Vauxhall Nova, ahead of drivers with more powerful cars.[2]

In October 2015, Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe were crowned the 2015 Scottish Rally champions.[3] During the Jim Clark Reivers rally in May, Armstrong and Swinscoe were given a 1-minute time penalty dropping them from first to third place, however following an appeal in late September this was overturned and the pair were granted the win.[4] By the end of the season they had achieved two wins and three second places in their Subaru Impreza.[5]

SRC season 2016 saw Armstrong and Swinscoe repeat their feat and crowned Scottish Rally Champions for the second year in succession. After a close run season in 2017 they finished runners-up in the SRC title race.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EWRC Competitor results. 19 February 2017.
  2. News: Barbara in the sibling driving seat . . 17 January 1997 . 1 January 2016.
  3. News: Armstrong crowned Scottish rally champion . Southern Reporter . 2 October 2015. 1 January 2016.
  4. News: Tribunal decision . John Fife. 1 October 2015. 1 January 2016.
  5. News: Updated final points . SRC. 12 December 2015. 1 January 2016.