British Rallycross Championship celebrates 40th anniversary
A couple of weeks ago, July 25 marked the 40###sup/sup### anniversary of the British Rallycross Championship’s first ever event.
Find a selection of photographs of past and present British Rallycross Champions on the British RX Facebook page, and for further reading, this week’s Motorsport News includes a feature on British RX at 40.
A list of every British Rallycross Champion diver is pasted below.
| 1976 | Trevor Hopkins | Ford Escort |
| 1977 | Trevor Hopkins | Ford Escort |
| 1978 | Trevor Hopkins | Ford Escort |
| 1979 | Bruce Rushton | Ford Escort |
| 1980 | Graham Hathaway | Ford Escort |
| 1981 | Keith Ripp | Ford Fiesta |
| 1982 | Keith Ripp | Ford Fiesta |
| 1983 | Keith Ripp | Ford Fiesta |
| 1984 | John Welch | Ford Escort |
| 1985 | Trevor Hopkins | Ford Fiesta |
| 1986 | John Welch | Ford Escort |
| 1987 | Mark Rennison | Ford RS200 |
| 1988 | Mark Rennison | Ford RS200 |
| 1989 | Michael Shield | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1990 | Steve Palmer | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1991 | Will Gollop | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1992 | Denis Biggerstaff | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1993 | Mike Turpin | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1994 | Dermot Carnegie | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1995 | Dermot Carnegie | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 1996 | Will Gollop | Peugeot 306 |
| 1997* | Will Gollop | Peugeot 306 |
| 1998* | Helmut Holfeld | Peugeot 306 |
| 1999* | Dermot Carnegie | Ford Escort |
| 2000* | Lawrence Gibson | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 2001* | Dermot Carnegie | Ford Focus |
| 2002* | Pat Doran | Ford RS200 |
| 2003 | Dermot Carnegie | Ford Focus |
| 2004 | Dermot Carnegie | Ford Focus |
| 2005 | Pat Doran | Ford Fiesta |
| 2006 | Christopher Evans | Opel Astra |
| 2007 | Ollie O'Donovan | Peugeot 306 |
| 2008 | Lawrence Gibson | MG Metro 6R4 |
| 2009 | Pat Doran | Ford Fiesta |
| 2010 | Pat Doran | Ford Fiesta |
| 2011 | Julian Godfrey | Ford Fiesta |
| 2012 | Julian Godfrey | Ford Fiesta |
| 2013 | Julian Godfrey | Ford Fiesta |
| 2014 | Julian Godfrey | Ford Fiesta |
| 2015 | Julian Godfrey | Ford Fiesta |
| 2016 | TBC | TBC |