Tuesday 13th May 2003

RallyCross at Knockhill

RS200, Metro 6R4 and Scooby WRC to do battle in the Scottish mud

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Rallycross returns to Knockhill on May 25th. The British championship last appeared there in 1990 and as none of the championship front runners took part in the non-championship test race on the revised track last October, the undulating Scottish venue will be new territory for them all.

After winning rounds three and four Pat Doran is the championship leader entering round five and his Ford RS200 Supercar should be ideally suited to the fast and smooth Knockhill track ­as long as it's a dry day.

Should the weather go against Doran, it will play directly into the hands of Will Gollop in his Focus WRC, an acknowledged wet weather expert. After crashing out of last month's round four at Lydden, Gollop is aiming to regain ground lost to Doran. Following up in third and fourth are the Focus WRC of Dermot Carnegie and the Metro 6R4 of Ulsterman Lawrence Gibson.

The championship will gain two new cars at the Knockhill event. In the Supercar class Kevin McCann (Cranleigh) will give his new Subaru Impreza WRC its first outing.

Scots are certainly in for a treat - there are few motorsports as spectacular as Rallycross.

[MoJocvh]

"should be ideally suited to the fast and smooth Knockhill track ­as long as it's a dry day.
Should the weather go against....."

Hmm sounds like the writer has never been to Knockhill then......

Yep, I hope to be there anyway. MoJo.

[PetrolTed]

I got badly sunburned there last year!

[mcecm]

Anybody planning to go on sunday?