A revised calendar, which has taken the event crowding out of the middle of the year, and an additional round for the Gravel Cup are the key features of the 2011 Dunlop/WONAGO.com MSA British Historic Rally Championship.

The core BHRC retains the same mix of eight events, with five gravel and three asphalt events counting towards the prestigious MSA British Historic Rally Championship. The Ulster Rally, which was new on the calendar for 2010, has been retained following an overwhelmingly positive response from competitors.

With the Mid Wales Stages moving to early March to become the opening round and the Rally Isle of Man moving to late October to become the final round, the season has been stretched to eight months. This should help competitors' budgeting and the new Isle of Man date should help with the time away from family and business during mid-summer. The main BHRC now has a 10-week summer break, coming at the halfway point of the schedule.

"We are very pleased to unveil this calendar," said championship manager Simon Marks. "We've got a much better spread of events and have been able to extend the championship season and reduce the mid-season crowding of previous years."

Last year, MSA awarded a new five-year contract to the Historic Rally Car Register to manage the championship, which came as the HRCR completed a 10-year stint at the helm of the BHRC. The current agreement will take the championship through until at least 2014 under the same management.

The full BHRC calendar is:
Sun 6 March; Mid Wales Stages (gravel)
Sat 2 April; Bulldog Rally (gravel)
Sat 30 April; Pirelli Historic Rally (gravel)
Sat 4 June; Severn Valley Stages (gravel)
Fri/Sat 19/20 August; Ulster Historic Rally (asphalt)
Fri/Sat 9/10 Sept; Tour of Flanders (asphalt)
Sat 24 Sept; Trackrod Historic Cup (gravel)
Fri/Sat 29/30 October; Isle of Man Historic Rally (asphalt)

Asphalt and Gravel Cups continue

In addition to the main BHRC, the separate asphalt and gravel competitions will continue, having proved popular with competitors who prefer to compete on only one surface.

To offer the gravel competitors a mid-season event, the Swansea Bay Rally has been added to the Gravel Cup to bring the schedule up to six rallies. The Harry Flatters Rally on Epynt will again be a round of the Asphalt Cup, which is held over four events.

The Gravel Cup dates are:
Sun 6 March; Mid Wales Stages
Sat 2 April; Bulldog Rally
Sat 30 April; Pirelli Historic Rally
Sat 4 June; Severn Valley Stages
Sat 16 July; Swansea Bay Rally
Sat 24 Sept; Trackrod Historic Cup

The Asphalt Cup dates are:
Sun 31 July; Harry Flatters Rally
Fri/Sat 19/20 August; Ulster Historic Rally
Fri/Sat 9/10 Sept; Tour of Flanders
Fri/Sat 29/30 October; Isle of Man Historic Rally



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