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BRX 40

British Rallycross Championship celebrates 40th anniversary

5th August 2016

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

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