Navigational Rallying
Navigation rallies take place on public roads in more or less standard cars, usually in the hours of darkness. Navigational rallies are often referred to as "road rallies", but strictly speaking there are some differences in the rules, and true road rallies are extinct in Scotland, though still flourishing in Wales.
Navigation rallies are legally restricted to an average speed of 30 mph. The object is to follow the correct route while maintaining this average speed, no faster, no slower. The "30 average" may not sound very fast, but that includes the time spent stationary working out the route on the map; maintaining the required average speed in practice requires some enthusiastic driving.
Being the fastest on the road is not the way to win a road rally. The score is kept in terms of penalty points; you get a small penalty for being late at a time control (checkpoint), and larger penalties for being early, for missing out part of the route, for arriving at a checkpoint in the wrong direction, or for missing a checkpoint entirely.
The winners are the crew who follow the correct route, and arrive at each control on time; the navigation is at least as important as the driving.
Road Events News
Scottish Navigational Rally Championship 2023
The regulations for the 2023 Scottish Navigational Rally Championship have been published and are available below.
There will be three classes as usual (Expert, Non-Expert and Novice) over 8 rounds:
John Robson Rally, Hexham & District Motor Club
18/19 February
Gropers Rally, Stonehaven & District Motor Club Regs are now available in Downloads below!
25 February
Moonless Rally, Saltire Rally Club
15 April
March Hare Rally, 63CC
13 May
Autumn Rally, Highland Car Club
19 August
Hairst Rally, Stonehaven & District Motor Club
30 September
Boontree Birl Rally, 750 Motor Club (Scotland)
2 December
Solway coast, Solway Car Club
Date TBC
The Championship Coordinator is Iona Johnstone-Gibb.
Results of the 2022 Championship
|
Club |
Points |
Place |
| Expert Drivers |
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|
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| Andy Tong |
SDMC |
40 |
1st |
| Charlie Brown |
750MC |
24 |
2 |
| Alan Radin |
HCC |
18 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Expert Navigators |
|
|
|
| Duncan Cameron |
SDMC |
42 |
1 |
| Gordon Reid |
SDMC |
24 |
2 |
| Graham Watson |
HCC |
18 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Non-Expert Drivers |
|
|
|
| Andrew Hunter |
Saltire |
35 |
1 |
| Raymond Rollo |
Saltire |
12 |
2= |
| Adrian Stewart |
SDMC |
12 |
2= |
|
|
|
|
| Non-Expert Navigators |
|
|
|
| Sam Hunter |
Saltire |
35 |
1 |
| Tom Hynd |
Saltire |
22 |
2 |
| Maurice Miller |
Saltire |
12 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Novice Drivers |
|
|
|
| Geoff Bateman |
Saltire |
42 |
1 |
| Kyle Cartmell |
63cc |
22 |
2 |
| Neil Jones |
750MC |
19 |
3= |
| Cameron Stout |
63cc |
19 |
3= |
|
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| Novice Navigators |
|
|
|
| Barry Allman |
Saltire |
42 |
1 |
| Louise Cook |
63cc |
19 |
2 |
| Rhys Purvin |
SDMC |
12 |
3= |
| Frazer Matchett |
Saltire |
12 |
3= |
Full 2022 Results are in the Downloads section below.
Road Event Downloads - Regulations, entry forms, results etc
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