The Dumfriesshire/Cumbrian crew of Rory Young & Allan Cathers took their 1st ever KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship win by 27 seconds at the end of a day and a half of action.
Inheriting the lead after David Henderson & Chris Lees retired on the Saturday morning, Rory & Allan were then involved in a battle with Mark McCulloch & Michael Hendrys’ Proton Satria Evo.
The 2 crews swapped times on the opening loop of Saturday and headed into service separated by 16 seconds.
The Citroen crew then extended the gap to 27 seconds by the finish taking 3rd overall in the event, ending up just 8 seconds away from the Fiesta of Neil Roskell & Andrew Roughead in 2nd.
Michael Binnie & Claire Mole got their season back on track after their Jim Clark retirement with a 2nd podium of the season.
Top Autoshop two-wheel-drive honours were split. Ian Parker taking the navigator’s win alongside Gordon Morrison with David Hardie’s bad run of luck in 2023 finally improved, taking his 1st finish of the year.
Jordan Anderson and Harry Stubbs took both the Albyn Garage Challengers and Groundwater Lift Trucks Subaru Cup win. One year on from her last Ladies win, Ashleigh Morris was back on top in Argyll.
PROVISIONAL OVERALL TOP 5 AFTER ROUND 4 – DRIVERS
1. Jock Armstrong 107pts
2. John Wink 104pts
3. Mark McCulloch 94pts
4. Angus Lawrie 88pts
5. Michael Binnie 80pts
PROVISIONAL OVERALL TOP 5 AFTER ROUND 4 – CO-DRIVERS
1. Hannah McKillop 105pts
2. Michael Hendry 93pts
3. Paul Gribben 88pts
4. Paul Beaton 86pts
5. Claire Mole 81pts