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A fantastic grid of eclectic machinery lined up at Lydden Hill Race Circuit – the birthplace of rallycross – earlier this month to sign off the 2022 campaign, and while the event ultimately didn’t unfold in the way that was expected, on the first day of action the Retro Rallycross Championship drivers put on a fabulous show.
The opening day of the event began dry, but got progressively more wet throughout and it was newcomer Lee Wood with his Ford Escort who topped the Super Retro times in Q1, leading a rear-wheel-drive top five. Former champion Barry Stewart made a welcome return with his Porsche 911 and won the first of the Super Retro Q1 races to be second quickest, ahead of Allan Tapscott in a Ford Escort and Nigel Davey, the latter having switched to an iconic Triumph TR7 for the final round of the campaign.
Crowd favourite Vincent Bristow was fifth with his BMW E36 in Q1, while Retro RX debutant Ruud Lavrijsen, from Belgium, was sixth, and first of the front-wheel-drive brigade with his Peugeot 205. Meanwhile, 10th of the 12 in class, 2022 Super Retro champion John Cross had a difficult opening session.
In the Retro Rallycross class, newly crowned champion Tony Lynch stopped the clocks first with his Toyota MR2, ahead of Terry Moore’s Mini, the pair significantly quicker than the rest of the field. Rob Buckmaster (Ford Fiesta) and Simon Hart (Ford Escort) completed the top four, but sadly that was the only competition the Retro drivers would have on track.
With delays on Saturday afternoon pushing the following qualifying races back, and then the entire being abandoned the following day due to extreme weather conditions, the final round of the Retro Rallycross Championship was declared null and void.
Therefore, the coveted John Button Memorial Trophy was awarded on the points scored up until the final weekend of the season, and on a tight count-back scenario, the crown went the way of former Supernational Rallycross Champion Tony Lynch, for the first time.
“We always enjoy going to Lydden Hill, it’s the spiritual home of rallycross and we had a wonderful entry. While they were able to, our drivers produced some great action for the fans, as they always do,” said Retro RX founder Shirley Gibson. “It’s a great shame that the event was cut short, but sometimes there is simply nothing you can do about the weather and the safety of drivers, teams, marshals and fans has to come first. Overall it’s been a brilliant season for the Retro Rallycross Championship, we’ve had some great events and we’re already very much looking forward to the new season, where we have some new and exciting additions to reveal. Finally, huge congratulations to Tony Lynch and his team for securing the John Button Memorial Trophy. Tony has been a welcome addition to Retro RX in recent years and some of the racing he has delivered this year on track has been deserving of a championship title.”