2010 British Rally Championship season
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The 2010 Dulux
Trade MSA
British Rally Championship season was the 52nd season of the British Rally Championship
. The season consisted of six rounds and began on March 27, with International Rally North Wales. The season ended on September 25, at the International Rally Yorkshire. Dulux
Trade was the title sponsor of the series, which is part of a two-year deal agreed in February 2010.
Irishman Keith Cronin
won the championship for the second year in a row in a Subaru Impreza
, taking wins in both the Bulldog and Isle of Man rallies on the way to the title.
Dulux
Dulux is an internationally available brand of paint. It is produced by AkzoNobel . The brand name Dulux has been used by both ICI and DuPont since 1931 and was one of the first alkyd-based paints.-History:...
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Motor Sports Association
The Motor Sports Association , is the official governing body of motorsport in the United Kingdom.-Responsibilities:...
British Rally Championship season was the 52nd season of the British Rally Championship
British Rally Championship
The Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship is a yearly rallying series based in the United Kingdom. It comprises seven events with eight scoring opportunities throughout the British Isles. The first championship was run in 1958 and it has been licensed by the MSA Motor Sports Association since...
. The season consisted of six rounds and began on March 27, with International Rally North Wales. The season ended on September 25, at the International Rally Yorkshire. Dulux
Dulux
Dulux is an internationally available brand of paint. It is produced by AkzoNobel . The brand name Dulux has been used by both ICI and DuPont since 1931 and was one of the first alkyd-based paints.-History:...
Trade was the title sponsor of the series, which is part of a two-year deal agreed in February 2010.
Irishman Keith Cronin
Keith Cronin
Keith Cronin is an Irish rally driver. He won the 2009 British Rally Championship, in his first year in the series, defeating multiple champion Mark Higgins in his privately entered Cronin Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9. Cronin successfully defended his title in 2010 driving a Subaru...
won the championship for the second year in a row in a Subaru Impreza
Subaru Impreza
Introduced in November 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door sedan/saloon or five-door station wagon/estate. According to a Motor Trend article written March 1992 on page 26, the name of Subaru's new compact was, initially, to be...
, taking wins in both the Bulldog and Isle of Man rallies on the way to the title.
Calendar
The calendar consisted of six rounds as in 2009.Round | Dates | Location | Rally HQ | Surface | Winner |
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1 | 27 March | Bulldog International Rally North Wales | Bala Bala, Gwynedd Bala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980... |
Gravel | Keith Cronin Keith Cronin Keith Cronin is an Irish rally driver. He won the 2009 British Rally Championship, in his first year in the series, defeating multiple champion Mark Higgins in his privately entered Cronin Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9. Cronin successfully defended his title in 2010 driving a Subaru... |
2 | 23–24 April | Pirelli International Rally | Carlisle City of Carlisle The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages... |
Gravel | Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans is a Welsh rally driver, ex-school bus driver, and car dealer. He won the British Rally Championship in 1996, and was also the runner-up in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2010... |
3 | 28–29 May | Jim Clark International Rally | Duns Duns Duns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit... |
Asphalt | Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans is a Welsh rally driver, ex-school bus driver, and car dealer. He won the British Rally Championship in 1996, and was also the runner-up in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2010... |
4 | 9–10 July | Isle of Man International Rally Rally Isle of Man Rally Isle of Man is a rally competition held in the Isle of Man. It was first held in 1963, and later became a well-known event in the British Open Rally Championship and the European Rally Championship... |
Douglas Douglas, Isle of Man right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping... |
Asphalt | Keith Cronin Keith Cronin Keith Cronin is an Irish rally driver. He won the 2009 British Rally Championship, in his first year in the series, defeating multiple champion Mark Higgins in his privately entered Cronin Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9. Cronin successfully defended his title in 2010 driving a Subaru... |
5 | 20–21 August | International Rally Northern Ireland 2010 Ulster Rally 2010 Ulster Rally incorporating Rally Northern Ireland was held between 20–21 August 2010. The Rally HQ located in Antrim, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland and organised by the Northern Ireland Motor Club The 2010 Ulster Rally was the fifth round of the 2010 MSA British Rally Championship and the sixth... |
Antrim Antrim, County Antrim Antrim is a town in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six Mile Water, half a mile north-east of Lough Neagh. It had a population of 20,001 people in the 2001 Census. The town is the administrative centre of Antrim Borough Council... |
Asphalt | Craig Breen Craig Breen Craig Breen is an Irish rally driver. He is the current World Rally Championship Academy champion, winning his first event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland and sealing the championship with a win at Wales Rally GB.-Career:... |
6 | 24–25 September | International Rally Yorkshire | Pickering Pickering, North Yorkshire Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south... |
Gravel | Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans Gwyndaf Evans is a Welsh rally driver, ex-school bus driver, and car dealer. He won the British Rally Championship in 1996, and was also the runner-up in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2010... |
Drivers championship standings
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