Scottish Rally adopts Rally2wd format
The RSAC Scottish Rally will run to Rally 2WD format this year.
The event, which is part of the Scottish Rally Championship, will follow the lead of a number of events in Wales in adopting a format where two-wheel-drive cars run in a separate event to four-wheel-drive cars, so they are able to take in exactly the same route as the all-wheel-drive machines, despite running first on the road.
The event will once again be based out of Lockerbie Truck Stop. The first loop of stages will be in the usual Twiglees and Castle O’er stages, which return, while the second loop will have crews heading to Beattock to tackle stages at Rivox and Gill Knowe, which haven’t been used in recent years.
Clerk of the course Jonathan Lord said: “We have listened to feedback and are pleased to be running in this exciting new split format that has been devised by the Rally2wd group, to rekindle the sometimes falling numbers in the twowheel drive fraternity.”
“As far as we are aware, we are the only Scottish Championship event to be running this way but a similar theme has been seen on selected events before and has worked very well.”