Following their ultra successful campaign in 2009 in the Cronin Motorsport, Cremin Coaches liveried Mitsubishi Evo IX, the reigning British Rally Champions will not be competing together, at least for the first rally of the 2010 campaign.

2009 got off to a dream start on the Sean Conlon Memorial Forestry Rally in Mitchelstown. Keith and regular nav, Greg, took the lead on the second stage and did not relinquish it for the remainder of the event. They eventually won the event by a margin of 35 seconds.

On the West Cork Rally 2009 Keith and Greg set 6 fastest times in their Group N Evo 9. This is something that has never before been achieved in a multi stage rally on the island of Ireland. They had some difficulties on the Saturday which saw them drop between 3.5 and 4 minutes but they eventually finished a strong 4th overall just behind Uncle Denis. They won Group N by nearly 10 minutes and won both rounds of the Evo Challenge comfortably.

These two events were merely a 'warming up' exercise for the main focus of the year, the British Rally Championship. This is a championship in which Irish Drivers and indeed co-drivers have featured very strongly over the years. However, this has not transpired into Championship wins as the only Irish driver to win the Championship was Billy Coleman in 1974.