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Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship Round one, Lydden Hill, 23-24.03.08 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Current champion Ollie O'Donovan won the first round of the 2008 Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden on Easter Monday. The two-day event witnessed mixed weather conditions, including snow on Sunday, before O'Donovan emerged as the winner with Steve Hill and Dermot Carnegie joining him on the podium. Supercar
Second fastest in the first and third heats, and fastest in Monday morning's second heat, O'Donovan qualified on pole for the Supercar A final and was joined on the front row of the grid by Liam and Pat Doran. Fast from the start of the event, Liam survived a crash in Sunday afternoon's wet first heat to post seventh place. His Ford RS200 was patched up for the second day and young driver, who celebrated his 21st birthday on the eve of the event, claimed third fastest time in the second heat before being fastest in the third heat where he also set FTD at 2m43.012s.
Pat Doran had been fastest in the first heat but struggled in the second and third when gearbox problems struck his Fiesta ST and contributed to a brace of fifth fastest times.
The second row of the grid held newly crowned Irish champion Dermot Carnegie and Lawrence Gibson, the latter non-finishing his third heat after picking up a puncture. Mike Manning and Tommy Graham completed the A final qualifiers.
Pole for the B final was held by Steve Hill who managed to record a first heat time despite a puncture and rear suspension damage. Hill's misery continued in the second heat when the transfer box in his Mitsubishi broke. His only trouble free run was in the third heat where he set fourth fastest time.
"Mad Mark" started alongside Hill with Andy Grant completing the front row. Dutchman Ron Snoeck lost time with a misfire in his VW Golf in the first heat, but was quicker on Monday as he continued to learn the track on his first visit to Lydden. Alongside Snoeck on the second row was David Binks who survived second heat scare when the brakes on his Mitsubishi Lancer failed. Chris Langley was the last qualifier, Steve Mundy not making it after a crash in the third heat ended his run in the event in which he had been third fastest in Sunday's first qualifier.
Hill took a comfortable win the B final, moving ahead of "Mad Mark" and progressing to the A final. Snoeck got past Grant to take third place with Langley and Binks completing the order.
Pat Doran lost out on his hard work and was sent to the back of the grid after making a jump start in the A final. The start was closely contested, Liam Doran and O'Donovan making contact in Chesson's Drift. O'Donovan ran wide and was swamped by the pack as Doran took the lead. The RS200 slowed on the approach to the Devils' Elbow, Doran unable to change gear after the gear lever broke off. Carnegie came to the fore from Manning, Gibson and Hill but the race was halted in the third lap when Pat Doran crashed after suspension, damaged in the first corner, failed.
The restarted race was a lot more straight forward. With a hasty repair to his gear lever in place, but unable to change gear smoothly, Liam Doran opted to start from the back of the grid. O'Donovan was now alone at the front and led from start to finish, Hill making quick progress from the back to reach second place where he held off the challenge of Carnegie and Gibson.
Graham completed his trouble free run in fifth place with Doran the last man home after Manning was forced to stop in the last lap with a clutch problem in his Ford Puma.


SuperModified
There were four Belgian racers among the SuperModified entry and, following on from his strong showing at Lydden last Easter, it was Luc Maris who claimed the class win with his Volvo 242.
Maris qualified on pole and set the class FTD with a third heat run of 2m53.246s.
Allan Tapscott was best of the home side and qualified second after setting second fastest times in the first and third heats. The outside of the front row held James Bird who had been fastest in the second heat with his Renault.
Ben Power and Mike Howlin shared the second row with Philippe Van Den Heyden and Gareth Wood on the back row and waiting the arrival of the B final winner.
Terry Moore non-finished the first heat, but recovered and qualified on pole for the B final, Kevin Procter next to him with his Lotus Exige. Sean McAdden should have started from third but was ruled out after his car suffered a gearbox problem while son Nick was driving it in the BTRDA Clubmans Championship class. George Tracey Jnr was another to suffer gearbox problems but after missing his first heat drove well to get his Lotus into the B final where he shared the second row of the grid with Johan Jacobs. David Brown, driving his venerable Mini, was the last starter, Don Shannon's Volvo, that had been fastest in the first heat, being eliminated in the second heat crash.
Tracey quickly worked his way to the front of the B final and then pulled clear of Moore to record a comfortable win while Procter finished third ahead of Jacobs and Brown.
The A final was stopped in the first lap after Power spun and became stuck in the first bend. Tapscott was also missing from the re-run after his Vauxhall Corsa coasted to a halt part way through the first lap. With two of his quickest rivals out of the running, Maris then led the A final from lights to flag. Bird chased all the way, but took no risks in trying to catch a driver who will not contest the whole championship. Howlin took third place but was made to work hard for it as Tracey challenged him at every turn. Wood posted an outstanding fifth place in the first start with his new Fiesta, Van Den Heyden the last finisher.


Stock Hatch
Rising star of the class Craig Brown bagged pole for the A final after setting fastest times in the first and third heats. Former champion Julian Godfrey started alongside Brown and set FTD as he dashed to fastest time in the second heat with a 3m07.377s best.
The front row of the grid was completed by current class champion Tony Lynch who had a rough start to the event with a crash in his first practice run but then settled into the groove.
Ryan Lawford shared the second row with 'Diesel' Joe Cunningham, Phil Chicken and Tina Scott on the third row with their new 16-valve cars.
Bob Ward did not start the B final in which Russ Simpson outpaced Don MacLeod to take the win.
The A final had a troubled start, the first attempt halted when Cunningham spun into the Devil's Elbow gravel trap in the first lap. The second start was stopped after Lawford hit the tyre barrier at the same part of the track. It was third time lucky and this time Godfrey led the pack with Lynch snapping at his heels until the second lap when Godfrey slid wide in the Devil's Elbow and lost the lead. Lynch went ahead and had the Stock Hatch brat pack on his tail with Brown, Lawford and Cunningham leading the chase.
Godfrey recovered to take fourth place ahead of Simpson while Chicken landed seventh and Scott completed a good debut for her new Citroen C2 VTS in eighth place.


Junior
One year after her first event Jess Gwynne claimed her first victory in the Junior Rallycross championship that is sponsored by her grandfather's renowned Bill Gwynne Rally School.
Fastest in the first and third heats the latter also establishing the class FTD at 3m28.287s, Gwynne started the A final from pole position, Daniel O'Brien qualifying second after setting fastest time in the second heat. The third qualifier was Matt Thompson who had been second fastest in the first and third heats. Samantha Thom had a tough weekend, the weather making her trip from Northern Ireland a trial in itself. There were also car problems to overcome during the event as Thom qualified fourth, sharing the second row with newcomer Keifer Hudson. Conor Flynn was put out of the event with engine problems on Sunday afternoon.
Gwynne led the A final from start to finish and opened a small but vital gap between herself and O'Brien as she moved confidently to her first victory.
O'Brien was worked increasingly hard by Thom as the race went on but held on to his second place as Thompson closed on the battle for second place, the three covered by 0.9s at the chequered flag. Hudson was the last car home, but acquitted himself well among more experienced drivers in only his second event.


Superfinal
The first five Supercar finishers were joined in the eight-car Superfinal by SuperModified winner Maris and the top two from the Stock Hatch A final, Lynch and Brown.
At the front the race fell in to a similar pattern to the Supercar A final, O'Donovan leading from Hill, Carnegie and Gibson. The top four were reasonably close throughout, but O'Donovan's slender lead always looked just enough to keep him beyond the immediate reach of Hill who always had to keep an eye on Carnegie in his mirror.
Graham was not able to run with the top four and took fifth again, comfortably ahead of Maris. Brown was the last finisher, Lynch retiring his car with an overheating problem in the second lap.


BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Championship
The event also formed the second round of the BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Championship. The Stock Hatch class was the best supported here and featured both B and A finals. The B final also contained the lone Minicross car of Kris Hudson who ran away with the race win.
Second on the road, but best of the Stock Hatch cars and winning a place in the A final was Adrian Love who finished well ahead of Stephen Cork. Jason O'Donovan took a steady run into fourth place while Bob Ward, Bob Hardie and Mark Strange were closely matched in their race for fifth place.
The A final also had a clear winner as Richard Horton sprinted away from pole position, established a useful lead and took the win ahead of a frantic battle for second place.
Darren Clark initially held second but was pursued throughout by Dave Martin and Craig Brown. Brown put in a good charge in the last couple of laps and worked his way up to second place, Clark slipping back to third but remaining ahead of Martin.
Phil Chicken was fifth here with Love sixth. Gary Johnston had been close to the second place duel before being forced to retire his car in the second lap while London-based Pole Slawomir Woloch was a non-starter after the engine in his Peugeot stopped on the grid.
The Junior final was won by Thom who led from the start and held move free of Gwynne, Thompson and O'Brien the latter falling back after suffering a puncture and Hudson.
Chris Langley was the only starter in the championship's new Supercar class and easily won the combined Supercar/SuperModified A final. Behind Langley, Ray Morgan enjoyed his first event for several years and won the SuperModified class with his Escort. David Brown claimed second place with his Mini, Mark Watson losing time when his Ford Focus stalled on the grid and then also suffering a mid-race spin. Nick McAdden was set for second place to Morgan until suffering gear selection problems in his Corsa and slipping to fourth place.


The event will be broadcast by Motors TV as follows:
04.04.08 at 2200
05.04.08 at 0300
05.04.08 at 1500
06.04.08 at 0300
09.04.08 at 1400
10.04.08 at 0100
10.04.08 at 0600




This event report is written by Tim Whittington. For editorial use, it may be reproduced in whole or in part free of charge.

 
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