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BHRC gets prime-time TV slots
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Monday, 8 March 2010
The early broadcast schedules for the Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship show prime-time slots for the coverage on Motors TV. Importantly, coverage of the opening two rallies will broadcast within three weeks of the event.
All eight rounds of the BHRC will be televised in 2010, with dedicated hour-long programmes on Motors TV following each round supported by 'My Life Story'. Acceleration Television and Video, the company headed by David Winstanley, will exclusively film all eight rallies and produce television programmes as well as DVDs, which will be available through acceleration.co.uk
Coverage of the opening round on Motors TV, the Bulldog Historic Rally on 27 March, will first be broadcast at 9.15pm on Saturday 17 April. The BHRC report will be the programme immediately ahead of coverage of the WRC Rally of Turkey.
The coverage of round two, the Pirelli Historic Rally on 24 April, will first be screened on Saturday 15 May at 10.20pm, which is the time slot usually reserved for WRC events. In both cases, each programme will have several repeats in the week after the initial transmission.
More details about broadcast schedules will be published in due course. Please check TV listings for the latest information.
Added: 8th March 2010 [permalink]
Shooter and LeGood win Mehta Award
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship
Press release: Monday, 22 February 2010
Chris Shooter and Bev LeGood have been announced as the fourth winners of the 'Shekhar Mehta Spirit of Rallying' award in recognition of their performance in the 2009 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship. The award was presented at the annual HRCR awards evening on Saturday night (20 February) in Daventry.
The special 'spirit of the championship' award is a cast bronze Cheetah on a plinth and was given to the BHRC by Yvonne Mehta in memory of her late husband, one of the legends of rallying and a true ambassador for the sport. It is presented annually to a BHRC crew, selected by a panel of judges at the end of each season.
The Loughborough couple are regular BHRC contenders and are front-runners in class D3 with their Pinto-powered Ford Escort Mk2, which is always immaculately prepared by Chris at his Sparrow Hill Cars business.
"Chris and Bev work hard to afford their rallying and they are good people to have around the championship," said championship co-ordinator Simon Marks. "They are proper club competitors and they will help anybody out if they can."
Added: 22nd February 2010 [permalink]
BHRC season review on Motors TV
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The season review of the 2009 Dunlop/Gambia MSA British Historic Rally Championship is currently being broadcast on Motors TV and has four showings still to come:
Tuesday 9 February at 15.00
Wednesday 10 February at 04.35
Wednesday 10 February at 20.45
Saturday 13 February at 02.10
A DVD of the season review will shortly be available from AMG-TV via the website at www.amgtv.co.uk
We apologies for the late notification of this information; please check TV listings for the latest schedules.
Added: 9th February 2010 [permalink]
New BHRC award to support the clubmen
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Wednesday, 27 January 2010
A new series of discretionary awards in the Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship will support three clubmans crews with paid entry fees on one of the closing rounds of the 2010 season.
With the support of Holton Homes, the company of BHRC contender Peter Egerton, the BHRC 'Spirit of Clubmen' award will present three fully paid entry fees to either the Tour of Flanders or the Trackrod Historic Cup. One entry fee will be awarded to the category 1 cars, one to the category 2 cars and one to the category 3 cars.
By offering an entry to either the Tour of Flanders (10/11 September) or the Trackrod Historic Cup (25 September), the selected crews will have the choice of taking their award on an asphalt or a gravel event.
The three winners of the BHRC 'Spirit of Clubmen' awards will be selected by an expert panel and will be chosen at the end of July. The judging panel will be looking for crews that typify the ethos of clubmen, competing in a self-prepared car and running on limited funds. Notably, such crews that have suffered a catalogue of problems over the opening half of the season can still be considered.
"This is a great way to recognise and reward the effort of the lower-budget clubmen competing in the BHRC," said series co-ordinator Simon Marks. "We are very grateful to Holton Homes for supporting the awards and we really hope this will make a significant difference to the season of three crews."
Added: 27th January 2010 [permalink]
Hall plans BHRC Asphalt Cup challenge
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Triumph TR specialist Stephen Hall will return to historic rallying in 2010 to contest the Waterend Asphalt Cup, which runs over four asphalt rallies held within the Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship.
Hall, who spent the 2009 season racing a classic Triumph TR6, has recently completed the build of a fresh TR7 V8 and plans to campaign it in the Asphalt Cup. As well as the three BHRC rounds in the Isle of Man, Ulster and Flanders, the Asphalt Cup also takes in the Harry Flatters Rally on Epynt on 1 August.
Hall's business is TR Enterprises, which specialises in parts, servicing and rebuilds of all Triumph TRs. "I like the fact that the TRs are completely different," said Hall. "Over the last couple of years I wondered if I'd had enough of competing, but I've now built a new TR7 V8 for rallying. I'm going to stick to tarmac."
The latest TR7 V8 has been built up from a road car and a new shell. It should make its competition on the Southdown Stages at Goodwood on Saturday 6 February when the history of the TR7 V8 is being celebrated.
TR Enterprises is also the title sponsor for the HRCR Historic Stage Rally Challenge, which starts on Rallye Sunseeker Historique on 27 February.
Added: 20th January 2010 [permalink]
BHRC makes bumper start at Gaydon Open Day
Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Tuesday, 19 January 2010
The Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship got off to a flying start at the annual HRCR Open Day at Gaydon on Saturday (16 January 2010).
The Open Day is the start-off point for the coming season as championship registrations open and crews start to firm up their plans for the year ahead. In one day, championship manager Simon Marks took 28 driver and 11 co-driver registrations, a higher number than in previous years. "It was very busy; we took more registrations on the day than ever and it was particularly encouraging to record that 10 of those registrations were from new competitors."
Most of the eight events in the 2010 BHRC were represented and all reported strong interest from existing and new competitors. One leading organising team commented that they had been inundated with enquiries about their event.
A number of development for the BHRC were unveiled at the Open Day:
1) Championship supporters
Alongside title support from Dunlop and WONAGO.com, the BHRC enjoys additional backing from six organisations. The BHRC management team is delighted that the support of Mintex, West Wales Rally Spares, Richard Egger Insurance and Water End Properties continues in 2010. Meanwhile, new for the coming season is support from Minilite and Passmores Classic Timber Garages.
2) Assisted travel package for Ulster
The organisers of the Ulster Historic Rally (20/21 August) have announced a special package deal for registered BHRC contenders. With the support of Tourism Ireland, a special price of from £595 will cover the event entry fee and a return ferry crossing for a car/van and trailer plus two people.
3) 2010 television package
All eight rounds of the championship will be televised in 2010, with dedicated hour-long programmes on Motors TV following each round. The new deal for the championship has been arranged by Acceleration Television and Video, the company headed by David Winstanley. With the support of 'My Life Story', this year's BHRC will benefit from unrivalled TV coverage as well as DVDs of each round, an end of season compilation DVD and brief post-event web reports
4) Under 25 awards
The achievements of young drivers will be marked in the 2010 championship following the announcement of a series of awards for the best driver and co-driver under the age of 25. The HRCR Under 25 Award will be supported by Dunlop, West Wales Rally Spares and XS Racing and will reward the best class points' score by a driver and co-driver.
5) Gravel and asphalt mini-series
The 2010 BHRC will feature two dedicated mini-series for gravel and asphalt rallies, with five gravel rallies in the Water End Properties Gravel Cup and four asphalt events qualifying for the Water End Properties Asphalt Cup. Both series are already attracting considerable competitor interest and the development has encouraged some crews to return to competition after a break.
Added: 19th January 2010 [permalink]
New under 25 awards for BHRC
Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Saturday, 16 January 2010
The achievements of young drivers will be marked in the 2010 Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship following the announcement of a series of awards for the best driver and co-driver under the age of 25.
The HRCR Under 25 Award will be supported by Dunlop, West Wales Rally Spares and XS Racing and will reward the best class points' score by a driver and co-driver. The awards are open to registered BHRC contenders provided that they are also members of the Historic Rally Car Register.
The leading young driver and co-driver will each receive an award and a £100 voucher to be exchanged at West Wales Rally Spares. The leading driver will also receive four Dunlop competition tyres supplied by Mr Tyre (Motorsport) Ltd.
The driver and co-driver with the second best class total points' score will win an award and a £50 voucher to be exchanged at West Wales Rally Spares. The second placed driver will also receive two Dunlop competition tyres supplied by Mr Tyre (Motorsport) Ltd
In addition, the winning crew will be offered the opportunity to take its car along to a pre-2011 season test day with XS Racing, one of the leading preparation teams in the BHRC.
"We are delighted to announce these awards to recognise the younger crews," said BHRC co-ordinator Simon Marks. "Inevitably, the average age of our competitors is a little more than 25, but the recent rise to prominence of Martin McCormack shows that rising young stars can make their mark in the BHRC before progressing into more modern machinery."
Added: 16th January 2010 [permalink]
BHRC gets major new TV deal
Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally ChampionshipPress release: Friday, 15 January 2010
All eight rounds of the Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship will be televised in 2010, with dedicated hour-long programmes on Motors TV following each round.
With the support of 'My Life Story', this year's BHRC will benefit from unrivalled TV coverage as well as DVDs of each round, an end of season compilation DVD and brief post-event web reports. In 2009, only the five one-day gravel rallies were broadcast, but this year fans of historic rallying will also be able to see all the asphalt action from the Isle of Man, Ulster and Flanders.
The new deal for the championship has been arranged by Acceleration Television and Video, the company headed by David Winstanley. His team will exclusively film all eight rallies and produce television programmes as well as DVDs, which will be available through www.rallytv.co.uk.
Backing for the TV package is being provided by 'My Life Story', a new business venture from Acceleration Television offering any individual the chance to have a DVD made of their life story, with prices starting from around £800. More details are available at: www.mylifestorydvd.co.uk
Winstanley said: "I've been a big fan of the BHRC for some time. The cars and the characters in the championship make for excellent television and we plan to bring the full story of the championship season to the TV."
Championship manager Simon Marks welcomed the new arrangement: "David put forward an innovative solution that has allowed the management committee of the Dunlop/Wonago.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship to appoint Acceleration Television to provide TV coverage and DVD sell-through for 2010."
More details about broadcast schedules will be published in due course.
Added: 15th January 2010 [permalink]
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