Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship title-contender Nathan Heathcote will make his debut in the RX Academy series in Finland this weekend, driving a Renault Clio Cup RX car in the single-make championship.
Former MSA Junior Rallycross Champion Kevin Hansen, who now races for Team Peugeot-Hansen in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, was reintroduced to his title-winning Junior Swift car at the British round of World RX at Lydden Hill last week.
The youngest MSA British Rallycross Champion ever, Dan Rooke, who secured the title last season racing a Citroen DS3 Supercar, finished second in the opening round of the RX2 International Series in Belgium last weekend.
Oliver Bennett is set to race in his home round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in three weeks’ time at Lydden Hill, the venue where he scored his first rallycross podium at round two of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship last month.
Ollie O’Donovan (Iver) experienced a turbulent day in the second round of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill [April 17] but climbed from sixth on the grid in the final to claim his first win of the season.
Keep up with the action from round two of British RX
For the first time since rallycross celebrated its 50th anniversary in February, the birthplace of the sport, Lydden Hill, will be the scene of frantic rallycross action as the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship heads to Kent for its second round and the traditional Easter Bank Holiday event [April 17].
The entry list for the second round of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship is now online.
British RX podium finisher James Grint will debut a brand-new Mitsubishi Mirage RX Supercar in the second round of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill next month (April 17).
Nathan Heathcote (Ashford) won the opening round of the Toyo Tires MSA British Rallycross Championship at Croft Circuit [March 19] on his debut event in the top-level Supercar category.
