the big push and, following a supreme effort - amazingly they went through the stage exactly 8.8 seconds faster than Pryce/Williams which mean both crews finished the event on equal times. Although nothing short of remarkable, the same thing happened on a BRC round in 2006, when Mark Higgins and Rory Galligan recorded a dead-heat on the Jim Clark Rally. To resolve these situations, organisers refer to the tie-break regulation that states that the fastest time on the first stage will be taken into consideration. In this case, the advantage swung to Cave/Parry by just 0.1 second and provided the Welshmen with their second BRC victory of the year. Although left wondering what might have been, Pryce/ Williams remained philosophical and admitted that they were still pleased to finish in second place. But for Cronin/Clarke third was a perfect result, as they had achieved what they had set out to do and were both delighted - and relieved - to have made it to the finish
to become 2012 MSA British Rally Champions. They finished the season on 102 points, with Cave/Parry second on 94 and Pryce/Williams third on 87. Henry/McNulty were another crew pleased to have ended the event on a positive note by crossing the line in fourth place. But Henry was even more pleased when he found out that he had been nominated as the final driver to go through to the Pirelli Star Driver shoot-out, which will award its winner with a prize drive in a Citroën DS3 in next year’s BRC. Korhonen was also happy with the outcome of his weekend, as last year’s Pirelli Star Driver winner rounded off his last ever event driving the Skoda Fabia by winning R2 (Class 6) and finishing fifth overall. Black/Wakely ended their rally in sixth, after overhauling Cathcart/Morgan – who were second of the R2 runners - on the penultimate stage.
Final Overall Classification: 01) T. Cave/C. Parry Citroën DS3 R3 - 01h 06m 21.4s 02) O. Pryce/I. Williams Citroën DS3 R3 + 00.0s 03) K. Cronin/M. Clarke Citroën DS3 R3T + 29.3s 04) D. Henry/B. McNulty Citroën DS3 + 47.2s 05) J. Korhonen/M. Salminen Skoda Fabia R2 + 02m 07.3s 06) C. Black/P. Wakely Citroën DS3 R3T + 02m 17.6s 07) M. Cathcart/J. Morgan Ford Fiesta R2 + 02m 42.6s 08) S. Rokland/K. Hjalmarsen Ford Fiesta R2 + 02m 53.5s 09) A. Parpottas/J. Aldridge Ford Fiesta R2 + 05m 13.4s 10) G. Jones/K. Devine Ford Fiesta R2 + 05m 43.7s