Coley to contest Rallycross GP at Croft
Andrew Coley, the voice of World Rallycross, is set to swap the microphone for a steering wheel and contest the coveted season finale the MSA British Rallycross Grand Prix at Croft circuit in North Yorkshire on 11th October.
He will be behind the wheel of Craig Lomax’s team Extreme’s Championship winning S1600 Citroen C2R2.
Previously Coley has driven in the Latvian Lada class earlier this year. He made his British Rallycross debut in an RX150 at the penultimate round of this years series at Lydden Hill in August.
He didn’t need much convincing to take up the offer of a seat for the Grand Prix. The challenge for Coley will be to tame the extra power that a Super 1600 car has to offer.
Speaking to British Rallycross today Coley said " I’m incredibly grateful to Craig (Lomax) for entrusting me with his S1600 championship
winning machine. All my previous rallying experience was in front wheel drive cars, but the C2 has a lot more power than I’m used to, so I’m really excited to see how the car feels and how I get on at Croft next month."
Andrew is best known as the ‘Voice’ of the FIA World Rallycross commentating on the fledgling FIA World Rallycross Championship. It is
obvious to all that his passion for Rallycross is without a doubt unquestionable.
Andrew has spent most of his motorsport career in and around rallying,
until now….
Career history
1998 Started rallying in 1600 Nova, won ASEMC 1600 in 1999
2000 on the MSA’s pilot scheme for young driver, ‘Fit to be Champion,’ contested Roger Clark Award
2001 MSA National Gravel (ANCRO back then!) class A7 runner up in SEAT Ibiza run/funded by 22 Motorsport
2006 Dakar Challenge UK crew, finished 2nd from 200 European entries and nominated as NISMO reserve driver for Dakar
2007 bought 206 Cup Car, 2 events, 1 class win
2008 MSA National Gravel Champions class A6
2009 Started working part time as a TV commentator for Eurosport on IRC/ERC coverage
2013 Appointed TV commentator for FIA European Rallycross
Championship, and in 2014 when it became the FIA World Rallycross Championship
