European Rallycross, Lydden Hill - April 8th & 9th 2012
 

Just two weeks after the British Rallycross Championship kicks off, the European Championship follows, hurrah! :)

Sunday April 8th & Bank Holiday Monday April 9th is the first Round of the European Rallycross Championship. I'm sure most of you are au fait with rallycross, but if not it involves grids of 4 -6 cars racing round mixed surface tracks. The races are short (3 laps for heats, 4 laps for finals) so you get to see a lot of races in one day. Plus if its a boring race, its over quickly! The cars in the top (Division 1) class include a lot of ex-WRC and WRC-derived machines, all of which are running 550+BHP!

If you haven't been to Lydden before then its a great circuit to watch as you can pretty much see the whole circuit from any point on the track. Its just down the road from Dover; so to get there is only a quick blast round the M25 and down the M2 or M20 for most folk! :doubleup:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Lydden+Hill,+Wootton,+Kent+CT4,+Unite d+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&geocode=FejXDAMdIJcSAA&split=0&s ll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=6.881357,14.941406&hq=&hnear=Lydden+ Hill,+Wootton,+Kent,+United+Kingdom&z=14

Racing kicks off at around 10 and normally ends around half 4 - 5; even if its busy, you should get out of the circuit pretty quickly, so you haven't got a long crawl home afterwards.

Just to get you in the mood, here's a video from a previous Supercar final of a European Rallycross Round at Lydden:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0nGAp-fJs

Sunday will be the first set of heats, with the rest of the heats and the all important finals on Monday. Pricing for the weekend is as follows:

Sunday £15 (adult).
Monday £20 (adult).
Weekend Ticket £30.
Weekend Camping £5 (adult).
Under 12s go free.

I'm going both days and, at present, I'm unsure how early I'm setting off (probably around 7) which might be a bit early for you guys. Once I have a time though I'll put it up here if anyone wants to convoy down! :)

Excuse the double post, but the provisional entry list is now up:

http://www.erc24.com/db/newlive/org_...012_124741.htm

25 Supercars and there are still two weeks to go! :doubleup:

Is anyone interested in going to this event from the Hastings and Eastbourne area?

Its always a good day out :nod:

Just a few days to go to this, can't wait! Full timetable for the weekend is now up:

Sunday April 8:

Circuit opens: 0800
Free practice: 1230 – 1330
Lunch
Free practice: 1340 – 1440
Official timed practice: 1445 – 1545
First qualifying heat: 1600

Monday April 9:

Circuit opens: 0800
Warm-up: 0900 – 1000
Second qualifying heat: 1015
Third qualifying heat: 1245
Drivers’ presentation/autograph session: 1430
Finals: 1500
Unofficial Prize-giving/podium: After finals
Prize-giving in the hospitality marquee: 1800

I shall be heading down around 11ish (from the Croydon area) on Sunday, and around half 7 (from the Bromley area) on Monday. If you want to convoy down there, then let me know!

:doubleup:

I'll be there monday weather pending

ill be at the hairpin as usual ,monday that is .look out for the smokey bbq

I'm there on Monday :)

Interesting development: Timur Timerzyanov (one of the faves to win) has been refused entry at the UK border. He is now on the way back to Russia, where he is going to collect more paperwork and fly back again.

Lets hope he can make it!

Whoops.

Bet that'll add some expense for him!

A good day, and yes we got v.wet.

The weather put me off, would have liked to have been there tho - would have been a lot more interesting that painting the bathroom!

watched a bit of it on tv....it looked it and kept the crowds away it seemed

Watched it this afternoon on TV aswell, looked great fun!!!

If you were painting the bathroom brown and stood in the shower with it on, it would of been about the same.

Have u got any pics Scott I didn't get any as I was to cold and wet ?

I'm cold, wet, got pelted with rocks and covered in a ****load of mud...


...pretty fricking awesome two days really :D

Some great racing, but conditions were utterly foul. A well deserved win from Foust, he looked quick the whole weekend: friendly guy as well! :doubleup: