Murray Grierson, is a Scottish rally driver from Dalbeattie. Jimmy's brother in law Hugh "Shug" Steele is also a former rally driver.

Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe started the season as defending champions having won the 2016 Championship.[2]. The Ford World Rally Team, also known as the Ford Motor Co. A handful of current WRC drivers also took part including Matthew Wilson and Travis Pastrana. He achieved his best result at the 2007 Rally Japan, finishing in fourth place. Kenneth Eriksson is a now retired World Rally Championship rally driver. Notable previous champions 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. Scottish Rally Championship added a new photo. June, meanwhile welcomed a new event to the calendar, the Argyll Rally which saw a return to the forests of Cowal after an absence of 14 years. This was a one-year deal announced in December 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. Since 1996, M-Sport has prepared and run the official Ford World Rally Team cars in the World Rally Championship and since 2014 the company also is the official Bentley Motorsport outfit, competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series. He started his rallying at the age of 31 driving his own Mk1 Cortina fitted with Lotus running gear followed by an Escort Mk1 twin cam. Andrew Cowan was a Scottish rally driver, and the founder and senior director of Mitsubishi Ralliart until his retirement on 30 November 2005. The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies.[1]. The Motorsport UK KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship comprises seven exhilarating events and launches this year with the Snowman Rally, based in Inverness, on 6th March 2021. Team prior to 2005, is Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team. Colin Steele McRae, MBE was a Scottish rally driver from Lanark, Scotland. The championship has always been a breeding ground for many World Rally Championship drivers, including Colin & Alister McRae, Robbie Head and Barry Clark. Outright winner was Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC, with Colin's brother Alister winning the "legends" portion of the rally. 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, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Andrew Cowan and Louise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars.

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Aside from his rallying career, McRae has maintained and run a very busy plumbing business in his home town of Lanark. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion. Due to calendar changes within the British Rally Championship, the Scottish Rally, usually held in June was brought forward to May. 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, Malcolm Wilson, Russell Brookes, Jimmy McRae, Andrew Cowan and Louise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars. He also helped Mitsubishi to the world manufacturers' title in 1998, and Peugeot in 2002.

This was to avoid affecting championship runner-up positions.