2012 Scottish Rally Championship

Rallying series held in Scotland featuring gravel and tarmac events 2012 Scottish Rally Championship 2011 2013 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.SRC Homepage Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion David Bogie began the year as defending champion after winning four out of the eight events in 2011. The 2012 season began in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 18 February, with the season finale taking place around Perth on 6 October. 2012 was the final year of a two-year partnership with leading motorsport tyre manufacture, DMACK Tyres.http://www.scottishrallychampionship.co.uk/siteResources/sitepix/pdf/DMACK%20SRC%20Release.pdf SRC Press release 2011-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721024116/http://www.scottishrallychampionship.co.uk/siteResources/sitepix/pdf/DMACK%20SRC%20Release.pdf 2011-07-21 dead Following the Merrick Stages Rally in September, David Bogie and Kevin Rae were declared champions. The award ceremony took place on 1 December 2012 at Hilton Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen. 2012 Calendar In season 2012 there were 8 events held on a variety of surfaces.http://www.scotcars.co.uk/motorsport/2011/november/2012-src-dates-confirmed SRC 2012 Calendar confirmed Scotcars Scotcars 2011-11-27 2011-11-27 Round Dates Event Rally HQ Surface Website 1 18 Feb Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally Inverness Gravel / Snow (website) 2 17 Mar Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally Jedburgh Gravel (website) 3 14 Apr Coltel Granite City Rally Aberdeen Gravel (website) 4 3 Jun Jim Clark Reivers Rally Kelso Asphalt (website) 5 30 Jun RSAC Scottish Rally Dumfries Gravel (website) 6 4 Aug Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages Elgin Gravel (website)7 1 Sept Ian Broll Merrick Stages Wigtown Gravel (website)8 6 Oct Colin McRae Forest Stages Aberfeldy Gravel (website) 2012 Results Round Rally name Podium finishers http://www.flyingfinish.co.uk/ Flying Finish, SRC rally results 1 Oct 2012 Flying Finish Placing Driver / Co-Driver Car Time 1Arnold Clark Thistle Snowman Rally(18 February)1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 50:032 Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 +1:083 Peter Taylor / Andrew RougheadFord Focus WRC +2:43 2Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally (17 March)1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 42:172 Mike Faulkner / Peter FoyMitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 +1:503 Jonathan Greer / Dai RobertsMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 +1:59 3Coltel Granite City Rally (14 April)1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 33:582 Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC +0:333 Paul Benn / Daniel O'BrienFord Focus WRC +1:51 4 Jim Clark Reivers Rally(3 June)1 Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC 43:272 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 +1:193 Barry Groundwater / Mike Dickson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 +1:21 5 RSAC Scottish Rally(30 June)1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 42:072 Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC +0:503 Jock Armstrong / Kirsty RiddickSubaru Impreza +0:57 6 Gleaner Oil & Gas Speyside Stages (4 August)1 Euan Thorburn / Paul BeatonFord Focus WRC 43:012 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 +0:263 Jock Armstrong / Kirsty RiddickSubaru Impreza +0:27 7 Ian Broll Merrick Stages (1 September)1 David Bogie / Kevin RaeMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 39:392 Jock Armstrong / Kirsty RiddickSubaru Impreza +0:113 Mike Faulkner / Peter Foy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 +0:49 8 Colin McRae Forest Stages (6 October)1 Quintin Milne / Martin ForrestMitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 45:472 Barry Groundwater / Neil ShanksMitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 +33:93 David Bogie / Kevin RaeFord Escort RS +58:8 Drivers Points Classification (Top 5) Pos Driver Car TSR BCR GCR JCR SCO GSS MFS CMFS  Pts  1 David Bogie Mitsubishi Evo 9 1 1 1 Ret* 1 2 1** 178 2 Mike Faulkner Mitsubishi Evo 6 2 2 30* 2 4 4 3 Ret* 163 3 John McClory Subaru Impreza 5 8 7 39* 10* 8 6 3 145 4 Barry Groundwater Mitsubishi Evo 9 6 4 22 3 5 Ret* Ret* 2 143 5 Euan Thorburn Ford Focus WRC 34 5 2 1 2 1 Ret* Ret* 142 Pos Driver Car TSR BCR GCR JCR SCO GSS MFS CMFS  Pts  ** David Bogie finished third overall on the Colin McRae Forest Stages but, having already won the SRC title, was not registered for SRC points. This was to avoid affecting championship runner-up positions. 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 nominate their best 6 scores out of the 8 events as his/her final overall Championship score. References External links Scottish Rally Championship Homepage RSAC Scottish Rally Homepage Category:Scottish Rally Championship seasons Scottish Rally Championship Scottish Rally Championship