Lydden Winter Series / BTRDA round 1 March 6th

[Minicross424]

Best of luck to everyone in my old formula, Minicross.

[gas305]

I for one will be there tomorrow. I went to the last winter series and most of the british rounds last year, all superb! I have been a long term rallycross fan since my dad competed in the 70`s. I really think rallycross needs us fans to hang in there, the sport is coming good again. It is a shame there is not a lot of money about at the moment but rallycross still represents excellent value for money. I really hope to be able to compete soon since i have given up 2 wheel racing and hope to add to the entries. In the meantime let us not moan about every event`s entry list.

[AndyS]

Well said!

[Stephen H]

just had a message to say

1st pouwels
2nd godfrey
3rd wood

[BOY BLUNDER]

Well it was bloody freezzzzzzing today,but,what a good day.Entry not fantastic,but what was there put on some good entertainment.The circut looked great,well done LHMC,shame steve hill had a technicle problem that kept him out all day,well done to Powells once again he is a very quick supercar,and cant wait for the belgium rnd on easter sunday,driver of the day for me was young Paige Bellerby she did dri,ve well all dayand it was brilliant to see the lovely mk11 well done Martin you had some good races out there today but,the mini's are back.:-),what a good day.

BB....

[D Smeets]

Any pics of the new joker-section? where is it? not first corner anymore?

[Spectator]

Originally Posted by BOY BLUNDER

Well it was bloody freezzzzzzing today,but,what a good day.Entry not fantastic,but what was there put on some good entertainment.The circut looked great,well done LHMC,shame steve hill had a technicle problem that kept him out all day,well done to Powells once again he is a very quick supercar,and cant wait for the belgium rnd on easter sunday,driver of the day for me was young Paige Bellerby she did dri,ve well all dayand it was brilliant to see the lovely mk11 well done Martin you had some good races out there today but,the mini's are back.:-),what a good day.

BB....

Must agree with everything BB says but especially that it was freezing. It was a real lazy wind went through you not round you.
How the lads and lasses in orange stood it I don't know.
Young Paige has inherited bucket loads of the Bellerby driving genes, she is a champion of the future.
More spectators than I had expected so well done LHMC for getting message out to the public.
Can't wait for Easter

[HairyDJ]

The wind was a bit biting, but it managed to blow the Chessons dust away from us towards the poor folk on post 3!

2 first timers in the juniors -hope both of you develop (and enjoy) as the year progresses, good to see a bit of a challenge to Brad on occasions.

BertMk2 - enjoyed the last heat most of all, but you can never have too much tail out rwd entertainment

minicross was good to see back & I was surprised to see the suzuki so nippy - much better showing than the Mallory event last year where swift didn't seem the right description - be good to see a few up against each other later in the year

Thank you to LHMC for the offer of Burger & a cuppa for lunch - we stayed put in the car with the heater on, but if we'd known I'd have packed a bit less of our own grub and made the most of the gesture.

roll on the next fix .....

[Stephen H]

So Pauwels did Lydden yesterday and is busy racing at the Duivelsberg Circuit today for round one of the Belgium Championship.

Hopefully he will consider doing back to back meetings at Easter at Lydden, with Belgium on the Sunday and British on Monday.

[dajoker1]

as one of the lads in orange yes it was freezing..junior girls did very well as they had no expierence of lydden..paige will be one to watch this season.. roll on easter weekend

[BertMk2]

Good days rallycross I thought despite the ridiculously cold wind

Martin did well with the Escort I thought, won a heat and finishing 4th in the 'A' final was more than we realistically expected. The car wasn't handling right all day as the car was running more ground clearance than normal and that threw all the front settings out on the suspension. Also the tyres were the odds 'n sods that were past running on a rally - one of them let go causing the slide into the course markers at the chicane. There's a bit of work to do to the drivers door!

Anyway, first batch of pictures (including evidence of why Martin shouldn't be allowed out on his own )

[BertMk2]

Some more piccies:

[rich_cooper]

WOW Hill's Evo X looks evil

Hope he will be doing Mallory at the end of this month!

[Hickey]

Anyone know Godfrey had his 2.0L engine in at the weekend? The thing looked rapid, so would be surprised if it was the 1.6L...

Other than that, great day out and really good teaser for Bank Holiday Monday, looking forward to it already.

[BertMk2]

I thought it was a 2 litre in this weekend - certainly there was something about his car not being in super 1600 spec on the comentary. It was certainly very very quick wasn't it? Anyone know if that's the engine he'll be using in UK events this year or was it just a one off?

[bigted]

It was the two litre, with a new gearbox. He started using the two litre engine in the middle of last year in Britain and kept using the 1600 in europe.

[Hickey]

By the way, surprised no-one else has mentioned it, I thought James Coney did fantastically well for his first outing in the stock hatch, especially in the Final. It was completely unfair that he got spun out by Gordon Rodgers (who shouldnt have been in that category) and made him go from a certain win to 5th. I hope that gets looked into, cos that was so unjust.

[snowen250]

I couldnt agree more Hickey it was a superb performance and i told him so in the paddock after the race. Considering it was his first ever race meeting he did a superb job and i think could be one to watch out for, especially his pace off the line.

The move that disposed him definately needs looking in to

Simon

[baldtom]

As a boy in orange on post 5, just wanted to say that the racing was fantastic, especially the finals. Well done to everyone who turned out, made my 200+ mile round trip more than worth it.

Blindin to see the Minicross back, and enjoyed the RXs too, and agree with the comments re the stock hatch final, although my view wasnt the best.

Roll on the Easter Weekend, and the ERC......

[StockHatch782]

Originally Posted by snowen250

Considering it was his first ever race meeting he did a superb job and i think could be one to watch out for, especially his pace off the line.

Yep, he surprised a few of the regulars with his pace; a very impressive debut in my opinion.

Originally Posted by snowen250

The move that disposed him definately needs looking in to

I think we need to be careful – things like this are never as clear cut as they seem from an outside perspective. I'm not accusing or defending anyone, just saying that it can be difficult to tell exactly what's going on from the spectator banks.

[StockHatch782]

Originally Posted by baldtom

As a boy in orange on post 5, just wanted to say that the racing was fantastic, especially the finals. Well done to everyone who turned out, made my 200+ mile round trip more than worth it.

And as a boy in blue in one of the cars, can I return the compliment and say thanks to all the marshals for coming to help run the meeting – as ever, we couldn't have had our day out of the home without you.

Also to the spectators cheering (or booing) us on (or off), thanks for braving the cold. You're all appreciated by the drivers (comments about having too much to eat before the finals or even pointing out where the throttle pedal is notwithstanding... you know who you are).