2010 Ulster Rally
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2010 Ulster Rally incorporating Rally Northern Ireland was held between 20–21 August 2010. The Rally HQ located in 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...

, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 and organised by the Northern Ireland Motor Club (NIMC) The 2010 Ulster Rally was the fifth round of the 2010 MSA British Rally Championship
2010 British Rally Championship season
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...

 and the sixth round of the 2010 MSA British Historic Rally Championship.

Rally Northern Ireland

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(20 Aug)
SS1 14:29 Knockboy 1 9.37 miles   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...

7:04.6 79.44 mph   Gwyndaf Evans
SS2 15:06 Glendun 1 9.09 miles   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:...

7:31.1 72.55 mph   Craig Breen
SS3 15:31 Torr Head 1 7.96 miles   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...

7:14.2 65.99 mph
SS4 18:47 Knockboy 2 9.37 miles   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...

6:57.6 80.76 mph
SS5 19:24 Glendun 2 9.09 miles   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...

7:19.7 58.47 mph
SS6 19:50 Torr Head 2 7.96 miles   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:...

7:05.0 67.43 mph
2
(21 Aug)
SS7 08:03 Cairncastle 1 12.54 miles   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...

9:51.6 76.31 mph
SS8 08:32 Slemish 1 9.17 miles   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...

6:53.8 79.78 mph
SS9 10:11 Tardree 1 8.09 miles   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:...

7:28.6 64.93 mph
SS10 11:01 Langford Lodge 1 6.54 miles   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...

5:03.0 77.71 mph
SS11 13:08 Cairncastle 2 12.54 miles   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:...

9:46.0 77.04 mph
SS12 13:37 Slemish 2 9.17 miles   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:...

6:53.5 79.84 mph
SS13 8.09 Tardree 2 8.09 miles   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:...

7:33.6 64.21 mph
SS14 16:31 Langford Lodge 2 6.54 miles   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...

5:08.2 63.98 mph

Final Classification

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
Ulster Rally (WRC
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...

)
1.   Derek McGarrity   James McKee Subaru Impreza S12B WRC 1:39.44.6 0.0
2.   Gareth MacHale   Brian Murphy Ford Focus 1:39.45.7 0:0.01.1
3.   Aaron MacHale   Eugene O' Donnell Ford Focus 1:43.37.0 0:03.52.4
4. Arjen de Koning Hein Verschuuren Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:52.26.3 0:12.41.7
Rally Northern Ireland (BRC
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...

)
1.   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:...

  Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta S2000 1:42:09.5 0.0 20
2.   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...

  Barry McNulty Subaru Impreza N15 1:43.36.5 0:01.50.9 18
3.   Alastair Fisher   Rory Kennedy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:44:00.4 0:01.50.9 16
4.   Jonathan Greer   Gordon Noble Subaru Impreza N11 1:44.43.2 0:02.33.7 15
5.   Bryan Bouffier   Xavier Panseri Citroën DS3 R3 1:45.12.7 0:03.03.2 14
6.   Jason Pritchard   Robbie Durant Subaru Impreza N16 1:47.20.4 0:05.10.9 13
7.   Jonathan Greer   Dai Roberts Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:47.37.0 0:05.27.5 12
8.   Mark Donnelly   Stephen O'Hanlon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:48.19.3 0:06.09.8 10
9.   Martin McCormack   David Moynihan Citroën C2 R2 Max 1:49.06.5 0:06.57.0 9
10.   Alan Carmichael   Ivor Lamont Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:49.58.2 0:07.48.7 8
Sources:

Retirements

Rally Northern Ireland Gwyndaf Evans/Phil Pugh (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X) – Engine (SS11); Molly Taylor/Coral Taylor (Citroën C2 R2 Max) – Accident (SS8); Dave Weston_Jnr/Ieuan Thomas (Subaru Impreza N2010) – Accident (SS1); Jarkko Nikara/Petri Nikara (Renault Twingo) – Accident (SS10); Mikko Pajunen/Janne Perälä (Suzuki Swift) – Accident (SS8); Robert Barrable/Damien Connolly (Citroën C2 R2 Max) – Lost Wheel (SS7);

2010 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...

 Drivers' championship (after 5 rounds of 6)

EWLINE
Pos Driver BUL
 
PIR
 
JCR
 
IOM
 
ULS
 
YOR
 
 Pts 
1   Jonathan Greer 5 2 4 4 7 75
2   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...

1 Ret 3 1 2 74
3   Jason Pritchard 7 6 5 3 6 69
4   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...

Ret 1 1 2 Ret 58
5   Adam Gould 3 10 6 Ret 4 53
6   Elfyn Evans
Elfyn Evans
-Biography:The son of former WRC driver Gwyndaf Evans, he is sponsored by the family Ford motor dealership in Dolgellau, first established by his great-grandfather in Dinas Mawddwy, renamed to Gwyndaf Evans Motors in 1983....

9 9 13 8 11 49
7   Daníel Sigurðarson 8 4 7 Ret 20 46
8   Dave Weston, Jr. 2 Ret 8 6 Ret 42
9   Jarkko Nikara
Jarkko Nikara
Jarkko Nikara is a Finnish rally driver. He lives in Saarijärvi, Finland.- Career :Nikara started racing at the age of 16 in national autocross competitions. The next year, he participated in Finnish rallysprint races, winning the junior championship. In 2006, he was the Finnish Junior rally...

13 7 14 5 Ret 38
10   Mark Donnelly
Mark Donnelly
Mark Donnelly is a Canadian singer famous for singing the national anthem "O Canada" at Vancouver Canucks home games. Donnelly is well known for holding the microphone to the crowd and encouraging the crowd to sing along....

11 17 11 12 13 38
11   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:...

Ret 3 Ret 1 36
12   Alastair Fisher Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 34
13   Robert Barrable 15 12 9 10 Ret 31
14   Euan Thorburn 4 14 DNS 9 30
15   Matti Rantanen
Matti Rantanen (rally driver)
Matti Rantanen is a Finnish rally driver from Lammi.- Career :Rantanen began rallying in 2003 in his native Finland. In 2004 and 2005 he competed in the Finnish Junior Rally Championship, and the main Finnish Rally Championship in 2005 and 2006...

Ret Ret 12 7 15 29
16   Alan Cookson Ret 8 10 Ret 20
17   John MacCrone 24 Ret 23 13 16 18
18   Max Utting 14 15 16 16 17
19   Owen Murphy Ret 5 Ret 14
20   Darren Gass 6 13
21   Mikko Pajunen 17 11 19 Ret Ret 12
22   Steve Graham
Steve Graham
Steve Graham is an Australian Paralympic winter sport coach. He was head coach of Australia's Winter Paralympic team for the 1994 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics and the 2010 Winter Paralympics. , Graham is the current head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport's Winter Paralympic...

25 21 21 20 26 5
23   Molly Taylor 18 19 17 14 Ret 5
24   David Bogie
David Bogie
David Bogie is a Scottish rally driver from Dumfries. He currently holds the titles of Scottish Rally Champion and British Rally Champion. He is the first person to hold both titles simultaneously.-Career:...

12 Ret 8
25   Joe McGonigle 19 16 15 Ret Ret 8
26   Luke Pinder
Luke Pinder
Luke Pinder is a 27 year old British rally driver from Shipley, West Yorkshire. Pinder has been involved with motorsports since the age of 13 having started competing in Autograss and moving to rallying when he passed his driving test at the age of 17....

20 13 Ret 7
27   Tom Clark 20 Ret 27 7
28   Peter Taylor Ret 18 Ret 15 6
29   Peter Horsey 16 4
30   David Harrison 23 Ret 18 4
31   John Boyd 21 Ret 18 2
32   Spencer Wilkinson 22 Ret 1
Pos Driver BUL
 
PIR
 
JCR
 
IOM
 
ULS
 
YOR
 
 Pts 



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