This isn't tested, but try (after you added the code you'll need to go to settings> Permalinks and click save for it to take effect):
add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'my_rewrite_rules');
function my_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
$new_rules = array(
'(.+)/year/(.+)' => '?category_name='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(1).'&year='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(2),
);
// Add the new rewrite rule into the top of the global rules array
$wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
}
That should take: http://yourwebsite.com/foobar/year/2011 and return results in category foobar, in 2011.
I'm not sure that structure is the the best way to go about it. To avoid unwanted issues, I would suggest using: http://yourwebsite.com/category/foobar/year/2011 and use instead:
'category/(.+)/year/(.+)' => '?category_name='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(1).'&year='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(2)
Hope this helps!