To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the MSA British Rally Championship, sponsored by Tesco 99 Octane in its golden jubilee year, the Rally Show at Chatsworth, together with BRC organisers, have arranged for four of the nine stages events that will form part of the Show to qualify for BRC points.

The Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship kicks off in April with the Pirelli International in Cumbria, followed by the Jim Clark International held in May in the Scottish Borders. The BRC will then visit the Rally Show at Chatsworth in June where all registered BRC contenders who start the event will score five class bonus points towards their end-of-year total.

To make this a very special occasion, the Show is contacting all past winners of the BRC to try and get them to Chatsworth for the weekend of June 7th/8th and is organising a birthday party for the Championship to be held on the Rally Show site on the Saturday evening.

Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship Manager, Mark Taylor said, “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. It means that all of us associated with it; competitors, rally organisers, teams and sponsors can have a mid-summer party to celebrate fifty years of glorious British rallying.”

There was excitement too from the Rally Show Director, Malcolm Neill who added “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. 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 fifty years.

We are also trying to have examples of the cars to demonstrate that have succeeded in the BRC in order to complete the picture. It should make for a very impressive party!”

Entries will officially open In February for the various rallies and stage sessions. Anybody considering entering is advised to register their name and interest on the web site at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

For more information visit: www.therallyshow.org