Rallycross Season Opens at Lydden Hill

22 March 2005

After the cancellation of the opening round of the BTRDA championship at Croft earlier in the month, Lydden hill, in Kent, will now play host to the opening round of both the BRDA and BTRDA championships on the 28th of March (Easter monday).

This will be the first competitive event for MSportUK featured driver, Simon Horton, in his brand new Rover Metro GTI stock hatch and he is looking forward to racing at what is known as the home of British rallycross.

"I would have preferred the new car to have its first race to at a more local circuit, but due to situations out of our hands we will have had to make its debut the Lydden event. I’m sure everything will be fine on the day, but there is always that small amount of worry when you introduce a new car, especially when the first race is so far away." Commented Simon.

"If the weather is good and I can get the metro off the line quickly, which is not always the easiest I can assure you, then I think it will be a tricky little car to catch and should certainly give the front runners something to think about."

Since the cancelled Croft event, Simon has spent more time setting up the car and is determine to push hard to secure a good points finish and get the season off to a great start. Both Simon and his cousin Richard, who drives a Peugeot 205 in the stock hatch class, will again be racing each other and it will be good to see the difference between both the cars and the driving styles.

See 2005 series calendar for British Rallycross Championships