British & Irish Rally Archive

BRC – Two wheel drive is back!

Posted on February 6, 2012 | No Comments
The 2012 MSA British Rally Championship held its media day at Curborough Sprint Circuit in Staffordshire on Thursday (2nd February), where some of the registered drivers and teams taking part turned out in the dry, bright and freezing conditions to celebrate the start of a...
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Renault UK signs up for 2012 MSA British Manufacturers Rally Championship

Posted on February 1, 2012 | No Comments
1998 and 1999 British Rally Champions, Renault UK has become the first manufacturer to sign up for the new two wheel drive 2012 MSA British Rally Championship. With most manufacturers having homologated two wheel drive cars, the British Manufacturer’s Rally Championship has been reinstated and...
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BRC points amendment

Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
The MSA British Rally Championship has been obliged to make an amendment to its regulations concerning stage-based bonus points. (Ref: Press release dated 20/01/2012) The regulation allowing bonus points to be awarded for fastest stage times contravenes the Motor Sport Association regulation 40.1.5 which states:...
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BRC makes a point

Posted on January 20, 2012 | No Comments
This year’s MSA British Rally Championship will adopt a bonus scheme for crews who push to the limit. Following the success of the fastest stage time points bonus in the World Rally Championship Academy, BRC organisers have decided to introduce the same system on all...
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Pirelli extends BRC contract

Posted on January 16, 2012 | No Comments
Pirelli and the BRC have agreed a deal for a further two years as tyre provider to the MSA British Rally Championship. The premium tyre manufacturer has been control tyre to the series since 2007 with the previous agreement due for completion at the end...
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Rallye Sunseeker offers Festival places

Posted on December 14, 2011 | No Comments
The opening round of the 2012 MSA British Rally Championship season, Rallye Sunseeker International, has teamed up with the Goodwood Festival of Speed to offer some excellent incentives on next season’s event. Organisers of the Dorset & Hampshire based rally, new to the BRC in...
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Impressive Roger Albert Clark win for new Pirelli GM6 Tyre

Posted on December 13, 2011 | No Comments
Pirelli continued its run of success in motorsport in 2011 when Gwyndaf Evans claimed victory on the Roger Albert Clark Rally, one of the highlights of the historic rallying calendar. Evans, who was driving a Viking Motorsport-prepared Ford Escort RS1800 alongside navigator John Millington, led...
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Successful debut for Stephen Barker and the Ford Fiesta MS1

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
Last weekend saw the successful debut of the all-new Ford Fiesta MS1 as, piloted by the 2010 FST International Shootout winner Stephen Barker, Ford and M-Sport’s latest global rally car assumed the role of Course Car on the Coppermines Grizedale Stages Rally in South Cumbria. Based...
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The new 2012 MSA British Rally Championship

Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
The MSA British Rally Championship is renowned as the best national rally championship in the world, with half its mileage on gravel and half on tarmac and open to the latest breed of dynamic two wheel drive rally machinery from a wide range of leading...
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British Rally Championship awards its winners

Posted on November 23, 2011 | No Comments
This Saturday night (19th November) saw the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship award its winners at the annual end-of-season prizegiving gala dinner, which took place the Hallmark Hotel in Manchester. The event, which welcomed a full-to-capacity room of guests, was sponsored by Greenlight Television,...
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Changes Afoot For 2012 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship

Posted on November 11, 2011 | No Comments
The Tarmac Rally Organisers’ Association is set to introduce a number of changes to next year’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship in a bid to make the series even more competitive. The Championship will maintain its winning format of six rounds for the 2012 season, with...
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BRC well represented in Wales Rally GB

Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
No less than 11 crews that have previously been registered for the MSA British Rally Championship and its supporting series the BRC Challenge will take part in this weekend’s final round of the World Rally Championship – the Wales Rally GB. Champions to the cause...
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Mid-term report with 2010 FST International Shootout winner

Posted on October 26, 2011 | No Comments
November seems like such a long time ago now! But it was back in November last year that I contested the 2010 Fiesta SportTrophy (FST) Shootout, a contest for the most impressive competitors from each national FST championship to pit their physical fitness, mental capabilities,...
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Donagh Kelly Wins Down Rally Thriller!

Posted on October 26, 2011 | No Comments
Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan secured victory at last weekend’s FMCCL Down Rally, round nine of the Hankook MSA Northern Ireland Stage Rally Championship! Driving their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9, Kelly snatched victory on the final stage of the event after Kenny McKinstry and Kenny...
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Pirelli Star Driver shootout line-up announced

Posted on October 12, 2011 | No Comments
David Bogie and Jonny Greer have been confirmed as the final nominees in the 2011 Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship’s Pirelli Star Driver competition. They take the two four-wheel-drive places for their performances on gravel and asphalt respectively. They join the six two-wheel-drive nominations,...
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