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02/09/2010 BRC's Pirelli Star Driver shines on IRC

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:39:52 GMT

Last weekend saw reigning British Rally Champion and current Pirelli Star Driver Keith Cronin and co-driver Barry McNulty contest the ninth round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, showing good speed on the Czech asphalt event.

Their Proton Satria debut, just a week after a Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship boosting outing in Ulster, proved that the pace at the front of the current BRC ..

02/09/2010 Sunseeker steps up for 2011

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:54 GMT

Following the announcement that in 2011, Rallye Sunseeker will form part of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship (BRC), opening the series as round one, several leading lights of previous Rallyes Sunseeker were happy to tell us their thoughts on the excellent news that the rally has achieved.

In the next few weeks we will be bringing several releases with quotes from members of the rally team, marshals ...

01/09/2010 Rally Yorkshire is blueprint for future of top level forest rallying

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:30:29 GMT

The format of Rally Yorkshire, with international, national and regional championships all coming together under a single umbrella event is a blue print for the future of top level forest rallying in Britain, says event clerk of the course Rod Parkin.

Parkin, who has more than 40 years experience in the organisation of the sport, believes that major forest events will need to attract a wide range of championships if they are to survive ...

26/08/2010 BRC 2011 Open Day announced

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:08 GMT

The Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship and BRC Challenge are looking forward to 2011 with the second running of their successful Sweetlamb Rally Complex open day, planned for Friday 22^nd October.

Once again drivers will give demonstration runs to prospective competitors on of Sweetlamb’s gravel stages and representatives will be in attendance to answer questions ....

25/08/2010 Evans claims Kick Energy FST UK crown... again!

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:35:25 GMT

21-year-old Elfyn Evans from Machynlleth scored his third Fiesta SportTrophy championship crown at the weekend, with his sixth consecutive Kick Energy Fiesta SportTrophy UK (FST UK) victory on the International Rally NI. Part of the Toddsleap.com Ulster Rally.

In only his second event driving a Fiesta R2, Evans and co-driver Andrew led from the start and led all the way as they cruised to victory on the challenging ...

24/08/2010 Donnelly tops tables after Ulster

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:07:03 GMT

Mark Donnelly and Aidan Friel survived a last minute electrical glitch to win round five of the Citroën Racing Trophy UK on International Rally NI, part of the Toddsleap.com Ulster Rally, this weekend.

With an original field of six Citroën C2R2 Max rally cars originally due to start the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship event, just four ultimately rolled over the start ramp. Missing were the two English ...

23/08/2010 Evo Challenge round five report

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:10:20 GMT

For the second time this season, Alastair Fisher and co-driver Rory Kennedy scored maximum points in the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge, when they won the fifth round of the series, International Rally NI, part of the Toddsleap.com Ulster Rally.

Jonny Greer/Dai Roberts finished second and, in doing so, strengthened their case for the title with one round still to go ...

21/08/2010 Breen wins Rally NI

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:57:11 GMT

Craig Breen and Gareth Roberts won International Rally NI, part of the Toddsleap.com Ulster Rally by a margin of nearly a minute and a half after two days of competition, not only his debut event win, but the first UK victory for the awesome Fiesta Super 2000.

Keith Cronin and Barry McNulty took second, strengthening their bid for back to back victories in the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship, after a fierce fight with Gwyndaf Evans and Phil Pugh ended when the Welshman hit a wall ....

21/08/2010 Service F quotes

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:10:02 GMT

1 JR MOTORSPORTS
Crew: Gwyndaf EVANS (GB) / Phil PUGH (GB)
DOB: 04/06/1959 / 06/09/1968
Live: Machynlleth, Powys / Ballyclare, Co. Antrim
Car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 (R4)

Went off in SS10 at end of 800 metre straight, hitting a wall and damaging the radiator. Car made it back to serviceand team did a great job of repairing the suspension and body damage, but engine had lost all compression.

1/08/2010 Evans retires from Rally NI

simonmoss@rallybrc.co.uk (Simon Moss) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:40:15 GMT

Gwyndaf Evans and Phil Pugh have retired from International Rally NI after hitting a wall on stage ten of the event.

The JR Motorsports Mitsubishi made it to service in Antrim sporting a damaged front left hand corner, but Evans was not confident even at that point that the car could continue.