Former British Rallycross Champion Ollie O’Donovan won todays round of the MSA British Rallycross Championship in association with The Shannon Group at a rain soaked Lydden Hill circuit in Kent. The results however is provisional with a final decision to be made in due course.

With heavy rain for most of the day, the conditions were testing for all the crews, with O’Donovan winning the MSA Supercars in association with Odyssey Battery in his Ford Focus. Starting from pole, courtesy of fastest times in all three heats He headed home current British Champion Julian Godfrey in his Ford Fiesta with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 of Steve Hill taking third.

With fastest time in practice, and his second overall, Godfrey clinched this years British Rallycross title too.

Will Tuerlings was fourth with former Lydden Hill Winter Champion Mark Flaherty finishing a creditable fifth in the LD Motorsport run Citroën DS3, his first Rallycross outing in many years. Andy Grant was sixth, Steve Mundy seventh and Steve Harris eighth, all driving Ford Focus, with Simon Horton ninth in his Subaru Impreza.

In the MSA Supernational, it was Dave Bellerby in the Lotus Exige that took the win, heading home the Peugeot 206 GTi of Guy Corner with Stuart Emery taking third. Bellerby adapted well to the conditions, taking two heat wins, with Emery the other.

The MSA Swift Junior was won by Charlie Bean, with Drew Bellerby second and Jake Taylor Third. Jennie Hawkes took fourth.

The Suzuki Swifts provided some good racing all day, and the in the final Chris Mullen started from pole, with Tristan Ovenden alongside, and Graham Rodemark completing the front row. An incident after the start saw Mullen sidelined, and Ovenden went on to win, from Dave Ellis with Darren Scott third. Rob Maynard was fourth having made the gird via the B Final, with Graham Rodemark fifth and Martin Hawkes sixth. The results however is provisional with a final decision to be made in due course.

HotHatch provided the first Champion of the year, when the Citroën Saxo of Craig Lomax won the final, and with it the title. It was just reward for Lomax who has worked hard this year to maintain the challenge. He headed home the similar car of Tomasz Marciniak with Tomasz Weilgosz taking third in the Peugoet 106 GTi. Jeff Hope-Davies was fourth and Mariusz Mehlberg fifth.

Marx Scott continued on his way towards the RX150 title this year with another victory in the category, but for once did not start on pole. That went to Richard Moore who has been impressive all day, as was Stephan Jones who was on the outside of the front row, in his first ever event. Jones took the award for “Driver of the Day” nominated by Chris Pullman and Dan Wright. Back to the final though, and Scott won from Moore, with Adam Sargant third and Jones fourth.

The BMW Mini was won by Kris Hudson who held off brother Keifer for the win, with David Bell taking third. John Clayton was fourth and Rebecca Ryder fifth.

In the Retro Rallycross, it was the MG Metro 6R4 of Rob Gibson that won, from Ray Morgan in the Ford Escort. Gibson had missed some rounds, but with a newly rebuilt engine in the Metro, was back on song at Lydden in the wet conditions. Third went to Ian Biagi in the Mini, with the Porsche 911 of Barry Stewart fourth.

Jack Thorne won the Super 1600.

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