2016 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.
The 2016 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 20 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 10 September. Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe will start the season as defending champions having won the 2015 [Scottish Rally Championship season|2015 Championship].
Aberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib will sponsor the series for the fourth year in a row.
Alongside the main championship, 2016 will see a number of initiatives run over the course of the year including the following:
- Scottish 2WD Rally Championship - Open to registered 2 Wheel drive cars
- SRC Juniors - Open to registered young drivers and co-drivers
- SRC Ladies - Open to registered female crews
- SRC Subaru cup - Open to registered Subaru cars
- SRC 205 Cup - ''Open to registered Peugeot 205 and Citroen C2 cars''
2016 calendar
For season 2016 there is to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.| Round | Dates | Event | Rally HQ | Surface | Website |
| 1 | 20 Feb | The Snowman Rally | Inverness | Gravel / Snow | |
| 2 | 19 Mar | Border Counties Rally | Jedburgh | Gravel | |
| 3 | 23 Apr | Speyside Stages Rally | Elgin | Gravel | |
| - | 5 Jun | Jim Clark Reivers Rally | Kelso | Gravel | |
| 4 | 25 Jun | RSAC Scottish Rally | Dumfries | Gravel | |
| 5 | 13 Aug | Grampian Stages Rally | Aberdeen | Gravel | |
| 6 | 10 Sep | Galloway Hills Rally | Castle Douglas | Gravel |
Calendar changes
On 24 May, the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally Rally management team announced via a press release that the 2016 event – usually round 4 of the championship and held in June, would not take place. Insufficient entries was cited as the reason.2016 events podium
;NotesDrivers' championship standings
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered drivers on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the season, competitors nominate their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as their final overall Championship score. |