The organisers of the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship have confirmed that 'bonus' points will be up for grabs at the Rally Show at Chatsworth in June.
The event, which took place for the first time in 2007, will enjoy an official tie up with the BRC this year and it has been arranged that four of the nine stages will qualify for points. Indeed all registered BRC contenders who start the event will score five class bonus points towards their end-of-year tally.
The Rally Show at Chatsworth will also be used to mark the 50th anniversary of the British Rally Championship - as previously confirmed last month. The BRC 'birthday bash' will be held on the Saturday evening and to mark the occasion the Show is contacting all past winners of the BRC to try and get them to Chatsworth for the weekend of June 7-8.
"We are simply delighted to be able to accept this invitation and bring the spectacle of the premier British championship to the crowds at Chatsworth," said BRC manager, Mark Taylor. "It means that all of us associated with it - competitors, rally organisers, teams and sponsors - can have a mid-summer party to celebrate 50 years of glorious British rallying."
Chatsworth Rally Show director, Malcolm Neill meanwhile is also excited to have an official presence from the BRC: "To have such an influx of top-quality modern rally cars and their drivers is a real boost for us in the second year that we have staged this unique event. And it will be a personal pleasure to have many of the people with us who have given so much to British rallying over the last 50 years," he continued.
"We are also trying to have examples of the cars which have succeeded in the BRC to demonstrate, in order to complete the picture. It should make for a very impressive party!"
