British Rallycross Championship R5 - Lydden Hill
 

So after getting soaked at the British Drift Championship a couple of weeks ago I was hoping the weather would be better when the British Rallycross visited Lydden: sadly my hopes were dashed as it pissed down! :lol:

Thanks to a hastily modified up freezer bag I was still able to use my camera though, so here are some pictures…

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A few Belgian Super National drivers made the journey over. Coupled with a couple of Super 1600’s cars, the mixed-grid Super National races were the most interesting of the day.

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Dave Bellerby won the Super National final with a great drive in his Lotus Exige…

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…but the best drive (for me anyway) came from Jack Thorne in a S1600 Citroen C2. Not only was he the fastest Super 1600 car on track, but he was faster than most of the more powerful Super National field as well.

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The Suzuki Swift class has been the closest Championship of 2014, with 3 drivers in sight of the title.

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Chris Mullen looked the man to beat at Lydden, but he was taken out in the final leaving Tristan Ovenden a clear track to take the win.

Ovenden now has an 11 point Championship lead over last year’s Swift Champion Graham Rodemark with just one round to go. Gutted I can’t make it to Croft as I’m sure there will be some paint traded to decide the Championship winner!

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Marc Scott took the RX150 Championship at Lydden with his fifth win in five rounds.

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Despite a couple of last minute cancellations (including Pat Doran in his RS200 :(), there was a good showing in the Supercars, including the return of 90’s rallycrosser Mark Flaherty. With zero seat time in the car prior to the first set of heats, it was a pretty steep learning curve for Flaherty. He took a respectable fifth and I’m sure there is more to come once he has the measure of the car.

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Ollie O'Donovan is now running the ex-Kevin Procter Ford Focus and he was bloody quick (despite being down on power on the day).

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Ollie took a slightly controversial win (the final was originally flagged and there was some discussion as to whether Ollie should have been allowed to run), but it didn’t make a huge difference to the Championship as Julian Godfrey still scored enough points to take the 2014 title.

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I've got my fingers crossed that Ollie O'Donovan's pace and the return of Flaherty is a good sign for 2015, as Godfrey hasn’t really faced any consistent challenge in 2014.

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Wil Teurlings having a moment in his Volvo S40. I’m assuming this is running an inline 5 cylinder engine, as the engine note sounded exactly an 80’s Sport quattro. Very cool!

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With 4WD on his side Rob Gibson was, unsurprisingly, the winning Retro car in the Retro Rallycross Challenge.

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James Harrold had his Beetle out again. It looked a bit of a handful in the wet…

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..plus it was chucking out lots of flames: double win!

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Not the most pleasant conditions for spectating, but the rain really mixed up some of the racing. I now have a whole two days wait to watch some more rallycross! :D

cool pics as allways

Looks properly wet :pics:

Another great set of pics :doubleup: Love the flaming beetle :pics:

Great pictures!

I went to this too, got very wet! It was a good day though.

Cheers! :)

It was seriously wet. With the exception of my right hand (which was wrapped up with my camera) I was absolutely saturated.

That's one of my faves as well. I saw it flaming as it came out of the chicane, but wasn't sure if I'd timed the shot right!

I saw your pictures! :doubleup: Was one of the worst days (weather wise) I've seen at Lydden but at least the racing was good!