Revised date for Rally of Scotland

The penultimate round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the RAC MSA Rally of Scotland, will start a day later than first scheduled.

Originally due to run from 14-16 October, the gravel event will now get underway on Friday 15 October with the finish timetabled for Sunday 17 October.

Although the locations for the ceremonial start, central service park and ceremonial finish have yet to be finalised, organisers are promising a similar competitive distance (approximately 210 kilometres) as last year, although there are moves afoot to reduce the overall length of the road sections, which totalled 600 kilometres when the event first ran in November 2009.

Andrew Coe, the Chief Executive of event organiser International Motor Sports, said: “We are delighted to be returning to the stunning landscapes and historic venues of Scotland and are hoping that the slightly earlier date will mean more daylight hours for competitive rallying as well as providing the perfect showcase for Scotland’s outstanding natural landscape."

“With year one of the event under our belts, we are working with Event Scotland, Stirling and Perth and Kinross to deliver a world-class motorsport event which Scotland can be truly proud of.”

The rally will continue to use closed gravel roads in the counties of Stirling and Perth and Kinross. Full details of the route and ticket information for spectators will be announced in the coming months.