Scottish Rally Championship

Scottish Rally Championship

The Scottish Rally Championship is a series of rallies run throughout Scotland over the course of a year which takes in 7 gravel rallies & 1 tarmac event which take in some breathtaking rally action and some of the best of Scotland's scenery. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points is declared Champion. The championship has always been a breeding ground for many World Rally Championship drivers, including Colin & Alister McRae, Robbie Head and most recently Barry Clark.

The Championship is presently sponsored by "County Saab", a chain of new & used car dealerships throughout Scotland,its owner Neale Dougan competes in a Subaru Impreza WRC.

2008 has seen the series receiving an increasing number of competitor registrations.

Notable Championship winners have included Mitsubishi Ralliart founder Andrew Cowan, who won the championship in 1976 in a Colt Lancer, and former World Rally Champion, Colin McRae who performed a giant killing act when he took the series crown in 1988 in his humble Vauxhall Nova.

Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally 2008 The 2008 season finale, the "Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally" saw an enhanced entry list of 'rally legends' in honour of Colin who died in 2007. The impressive entry list included ex-World Championship drivers Hannu Mikkola, Ari Vatanen (partnered by his 1981 WRC winning co-driver David Richards), Björn Waldegård, Stig Blomqvist, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Andrew Cowan and Louise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars. A handful of current WRC drivers also took part including Matthew Wilson and Travis Pastrana. The event was deemed a great success, attracting record spectator numbers to the Perthshire forests. Outright winner was Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC.

2008 calendar

* Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally - Inverness - 16 February. [http://snowmanrally.co.uk (website)]
* Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally - Jedburgh - 5 April. [http://www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk/ (website)]
* MultiWage Granite City Rally - Aberdeen - 26 April. [http://www.granitecityrally.co.uk (website)]
* Jim Clark Reivers Rally - Kelso - 25 May. [http://www.jimclarkrally.com/ (website)]
* RSAC Scottish Rally - Dumfries - 28 June. [http://www.scottishrally.co.uk/ (website)]
* Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages - Elgin - 9 August. [http://www.speyside-stages.co.uk/ (website)]
* Merrick Forest Stages - Newton Stewart - 6 September. [http://www.merrickstages.co.uk (website)]
* Colin McRae Forest Stages - Perth - 27 September. [http://www.mcraestages.co.uk (website)]

2008 Results

Past winners since 1968

ee also

*World Rally Championship
*British Rally Championship

External links

* [http://www.scottishrallychampionship.co.uk/ Scottish Rally Championship Homepage]
* [http://www.scottishrally.co.uk/ RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage]


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