Consistency has been key for rallycross newcomer Oliver Bennett (Bristol) in the opening three rounds of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship. The Ford Fiesta racer leads the standings heading into the fourth and fifth rounds at Mondello Park in Ireland this weekend [July 22 – 23].
Tony Bardy will return to the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship for the fourth and fifth rounds at Mondello Park in Ireland later this month, racing Ollie O’Donovan’s Ford Focus Supercar.
Julian Godfrey (Heathfield) became the third different British RX winner in as many events by claiming victory in the third round of Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship at Pembrey Circuit in South Wales, in a dominant display [June 25].
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Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship title-contender Nathan Heathcote will make his debut in the RX Academy series in Finland this weekend, driving a Renault Clio Cup RX car in the single-make championship.
Former MSA Junior Rallycross Champion Kevin Hansen, who now races for Team Peugeot-Hansen in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, was reintroduced to his title-winning Junior Swift car at the British round of World RX at Lydden Hill last week.
The youngest MSA British Rallycross Champion ever, Dan Rooke, who secured the title last season racing a Citroen DS3 Supercar, finished second in the opening round of the RX2 International Series in Belgium last weekend.
Oliver Bennett is set to race in his home round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in three weeks’ time at Lydden Hill, the venue where he scored his first rallycross podium at round two of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship last month.
Ollie O’Donovan (Iver) experienced a turbulent day in the second round of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill [April 17] but climbed from sixth on the grid in the final to claim his first win of the season.
