Galloway Hills Rally set to mark 50th anniversary

THE Scottish Rally Championship heads South for round six of the 2025 season, the Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally. The event celebrating both its 50th year and 25 years of sponsorship by the Armstrong Group. Topping the SRC crews once again, David Bogie and Kirsty Riddick come into this round on a hot streak of two wins in a row. With maximum scores on all three rounds entered so far, a top five SRC finish on the Hills would guarantee David a record-extending 7th title. The co-driver’s championship is less clear cut and will not be decided until the final round in December. Event sponsor and multi-time winner Jock Armstrong lines up just behind the Skoda in his own Fabia. Another former hills winner, Mark McCulloch and Michael Hendry have had an excellent year in their Evo powered Proton. Argyll winner Rory Young makes his first gravel start of the year in his Skoda Fabia, reunited with regular partner Allan Cathers. The Skoda sits just in front of the Fiesta ranks, Stephen Petch and Michael Wilkinson, Ian Forgan and Chris Lees and John Crawford and Josh Davison all Ford crews worth watching. Bob Adamson is the sole VW representative taking part. Local man Angus Lawrie teams up with former SRC Champion Jane Nicol and tops the conventional 4wd cars in his Mitsubishi. Seeded just ahead of a big Class M6 battle. Duncan Campbell and Michael Cruickshank’s Impreza squaring off with the Evos of Martyn Erskine and Peter Carstairs and Brett McKenzie and Barry Young. Paddy Munro and Andrew Stevenson top the G&M Mechanical Services 2wds seeding. Jack Ryan and Robin Nicolson top the Groundwater Lift Trucks Subaru Cup entries. Natalie Robinson tops both the Lady drivers and the Moates Offshore Juniors seeds. The Haddo Energy Super Seniors will be a private MK2 battle between Steve Bannister and Callum Atkinson and John Rintoul and Ross Hynd. You can follow all the action as it happens on the SRC Facebook and YouTube channels.