2024 Scottish Rally Championship
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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.
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 | ||