2010 MSA Asphalt Rally Championship & BTRDA Asphalt Rally Challenge

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Posted: November 29, 2010 9:10 PM

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COLE CLINCHES OUTRIGHT VICTORY IN 2010 REIS MSA ASPHALT RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP WITH KUMHO-SHOD FOCUS WRC

Posted: September 2, 2010 2:30 PM

The Kumho-shod Focus WRC pairing of Damian Cole and Craig Drew are the 2010 REIS MSA Asphalt Rally champions. Even with two rounds of the series remaining, a maximum points scoring on the Eventsigns Mewla Rally of last weekend (August 29) - their fifth maximum of the season – has put the crew beyond the reach of their rivals.

Following an incorrect tyre choice on the first couple of stages, Cole and Drew found themselves trailing the Subaru Impreza S14 of Lloyd and Handley by just over 30 seconds at the event’s halfway point. Then, showing the spirit and determination that has made him the driver to beat this year, Cole began eating into Lloyd’s lead. However, the fightback so nearly came to nought when a dashboard light caused a momentary lapse in Cole’s concentration, allowing the car to leave the road while flat out in sixth gear! Amazingly, the damage that could so easily have been catastrophic was confined to a chunk out of one of the rear wheels. The related Kumho tyre remained inflated, but a further minute had been lost, leaving the team in third position at the start of the final stage.

Luck really was on their side, as a problem with the Lloyd/Handley Subaru then caused it to slide into a ditch from where there was no escape. So, despite a day of dramas, Cole and Drew still finished second overall in the rally, clinched the MSA Asphalt Championship and were awarded the coveted ‘Kings of Epynt’ title – a good day’s work by any standard.

Said Kumho’s European Motorsport Manager, Steve Thompson,
“We are delighted for Damian and Craig, for whom anything less than a championship win was never going to suffice. They have played their hand to perfection. With the system counting the best five results from nine events, they achieved an unbeatable maximum points, something no other team can manage, even with two rounds left to run. Their victory gives Kumho its first motorsport champions of the year and we look forward to many more over the coming weeks.”

Championship Points after Final Round

Posted: September 2, 2010 2:27 PM

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TV TIMES

Posted: April 15, 2010 1:32 PM

2010 MSA Asphalt Rally Championship on TV

2010 REGULATIONS PUBLISHED

Posted: December 21, 2009 10:27 AM

Regulations are now available.
Championship Rounds Confirmed:

New for 2010 :

• 9 events with best five scores to count towards final tally.
• Calendar to suit all budgets.
• Ferry travel not essential.
• Less ‘time away from home’.
• New Class (B14) for current/former World Rally Cars.
• BTRDA Asphalt Rally Challenge for 2WD vehicles, including class for those with sequential gearboxes. Crews will also score points in MSA Championship.
• ‘Rally First’ category for cars up to 1400cc complying with BTRDA ‘Rally First’ technical regulations.

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2010 Richard Egger Insurance MSA Asphalt Rally Championship incorporating the ‘BTRDA Asphalt Rally Challenge’

Posted: October 21, 2009 9:49 AM

The BTRDA is pleased to announce that, following a major restructuring of the Richard Egger Insurance Asphalt Rally Championship calendar, the Rally Championship Control Panel has granted an MSA permit for the 2010 Series. In line with suggestions from the RCCP, the calendars of the MSA Championship and the BTRDA Asphalt Rally Series have been merged to form a nine-round series, with each competitor’s best five scores counting towards their final score. In this way, everyone will have greater flexibility to choose the rounds that best suit their budget.

In the light of a recent on-line ‘Competitor Survey’, the organisers of the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship have also made changes to reflect views held therein, i.e. to keep costs down and time spent away from home to a minimum whilst, at the same time, still including challenging events and the best of British and Irish asphalt stages.

The ‘BTRDA Asphalt Rally Challenge’ will be for 2WD, normally-aspirated cars with awards for overall and capacity classes and, for the first time, contenders will also be eligible to score points in the MSA Asphalt Rally Championship.

Further details will be released shortly and Regulations will be available in December.

Provisional Calendar

Posted: October 21, 2009 9:49 AM

1. Tour of Epynt 14th March
2. Manx 7-8th May
3. Jim Clark National 28-29th May
4. Rally of the Midlands 18-19th June
5. ALMC (Dublin) 18th July
6. Tyneside Stages (Otterburn) 1st August
7. Mewla Rally (Epynt) 29th August
8. Patriot Stages (Caerwent) 26th September
9. Cheviot Keith Knox Rally (Otterburn) 24th October

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