2009 Rally Scotland

2009 Rally Scotland
Round 11 of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season ← Previous event
Rally Scotland Logo
Host country	UK
Rally base	Perth and Stirling
Dates run	November 19 – 21 2010
Stages	13 (204.50 km; 127.07 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Guy Wilks Phillip Pugh
Crews	34 at start, 20 at finish

The 2009 Rally Scotland, 1st Rally Scotland was the 11th and final round of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The event was held between 19–21 November during some of the wettest weather seen in the UK.^[1] The rally was officially started at the historic site of Scone Palace on Thursday 19th and concluded with a ceremonial finish at Stirling Castle on Saturday 21st. The first ten cars were flagged away at the start by the First Minister of Scotland, Rt Hon Alex Salmond and Sir Jackie Stewart.

The weather and the battle between Kris Meeke and Guy Wilks dominated the weekend with Meeke winning the rally on the road.^[2] However, due to a technical infringement involving the front subframe of Meeke's car, Meeke was excluded giving the rally win to Wilks.^[3] This was the first IRC win for Guy Wilks.^[4][5]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Guy Wilks	Phillip Pugh	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:17:07.5	0.0	10
2.	Alister McRae	Billy Hayes	Proton Satria Neo	2:19:54.8	2:47.3	8
3.	Jonathan Greer	Dai Roberts	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:22:29.3	5:21.8	6
4.	Jock Armstrong	Kirsty Riddick	Subaru Impreza	2:23:48.4	6:40.9	5
5.	Kaspar Koitla	Andres Ots	Honda Civic Type R	2:30:58.6	13:51.1	4
6.	Eamonn Boland	Mick Morrissey	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:31:56.3	14:48.8	3
7.	Sebastien Rousseaux	Serge Legars	Subaru Impreza	2:34:06.8	16:59.3	2
8.	Tom Cave	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta	2:34:15.2	17:07.7	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (19 Nov)	SS1	20:11	Scone Palace 1	1.53 km	Kris Meeke	1:09.6	79.14 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS2	20:26	Scone Palace 2	1.53 km	Kris Meeke	1:08.8	80.06 km/h
2 (20 Nov)	SS3	08:50	Craigvinean 1	17.34 km	Kris Meeke	11:09.4	93.25 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS4	10:03	Blackcraig	11.50 km	Guy Wilks	6:47.4	101.62 km/h
	SS5	12:12	Errochy	21.56 km	Kris Meeke	13:09.4	98.32 km/h
	SS6	13:23	Drummond Hill	18.66 km	Guy Wilks	11:41.2	95.80 km/h
	SS7	16:05	Craigvinean 2	17.34 km	Kris Meeke	11:21.0	91.67 km/h
3 (21 Nov)	SS8	08:00	Achray 1	16.41 km	Guy Wilks	10:59.2	89.62 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS9	08:34	Fairy Knowe 1	7.59 km	Kris Meeke	5:14.4	86.91 km/h
	SS10	09:10	Loch Ard 1	33.52 km	Kris Meeke	22:02.9	91.22 km/h
	SS11	12:56	Achray 2	16.41 km	Guy Wilks	11:13.2	87.75 km/h
	SS12	13:30	Fairy Knowe 2	7.59 km	Guy Wilks	5:18.6	85.76 km/h
	SS13	14:06	Loch Ard 2	33.52 km	Jock Armstrong	23:53.2	84.20 km/h

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