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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
Pat and Liam Doran have announced their plans for the 2008 Rallycross Season and
there is plenty of activity taking place at the Doran camp to keep the fans
stimulated for their fix of Rallycross over the coming season.
Pat Doran has announced that he intends to run full BRC campaign taking part in
the Kumho Tyres British Rallycross Championship. All seven rounds will be
attended by the big guy where he will kick off the Duo Motorsport campaign at
his - quite literally 'home' circuit of Lydden Hill, Doran said "So much has
taken place over the winter break I don't know where to begin, most people are
aware that I have taken ownership of Lydden and I intend to make lots of changes
in effort to bring back European Rallycross where it belongs. We've started
making amendments to the paddock area already and we aim to have hard standing
throughout before the season opener over the easter weekend, we aim to get the
old offices replaced with some proper static buildings. On top of that we will
be pushing hard to get the spectator facilities improved too!"
While Lydden’s calendar of events is unlikely to change
significantly in the short term, there are areas in which Doran plans to make
immediate changes. “I have to work within the terms of the planning consent for
the track and I want to assure our neighbours that I’ll be a good landlord.
We’re going to make some investment in the circuit and its facilities, I want to
tidy things up and improve the image of the place as well as the facilities for
competitors and spectators,” said Doran. “The circuit has been neglected for the
last ten years, I can’t believe some of the buildings are still standing!”
On asking Pat about his plans for the 'established' Duo Racing
team he replied " For a starter we have bought our RS200 back from George
(Tracey) and I can confirm that Liam will be piloting her hopefully at every
round of the MSA Championship" Doran said "The RS200 will be decalled with the
new Hydrex/Duo Rallycross Team livery (yet to be revealed) and will look
amazing, Liam has already driven 'Rosie' on several occasions and he fully
intends to show the guys in the modern machinery the way home and show the
spectators what Rallycross is all about"
Pat himself intends to run a
full BRC campaign in his Fiesta ST Supercar "We've done a lot of work on the
Fiesta over the winter break, she's literally been stripped right back to
nothing and we've put her on a diet to fall in line with the new european regs"
Pat went on to say "The european regs have changed to allow a minimum weight of
1300kgs including driver - this makes the game a whole lot more exciting and
means we can now compete in Europe and be competitive" he said, "although we are
running a full BRC campaign I intend to do a few rounds with the 'big boys' too,
we've got a great team now, we learned a lot last year, the Fiesta is lighter,
we've sorted a whole host of faults from a power perspective and we really think
our capabilites of success have improved ten-fold!"
The exisitng RWD
Fiesta of Liam Doran's which was used in the Supermodified category will be
retained for show events and displays while it's developments will be continued.
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