Crews in the
Britpart MSA British Cross Country Championship will head to
Bovington in Dorset next weekend for round two of the 2016 series.
Justin Birchall
leads the title race after the first round at Pikes Peak. He has 86
points, 5 ahead of Ben Duckworth. Colin Gould is in third on 75
points. Mark Jacques is in fourth after debuting his Chevy-powered
Lofthouse at round one with Andy Powell in fifth.
Bovington will see
the UK debut of Martin Gould’s Buxton 4x4 Rivet. The car, which was
very successful in the French Tout-Terrain championship, was
scheduled to compete at round one but various issues with it meant
that Gould had to use a Polaris instead.
“We are really
looking forward to debuting the new car at Bovington,” said Gould.
“I’m excited to be finally getting behind the wheel and mixing it
up with the rest of the field. We’ve rectified the issues that
prevented us from using the car at Pikes Peak so we’re hoping for a
strong season and a push for the top spot.”
After crashing out
at Pike Peak Richard Coleby has had his Polaris rebuilt ready for
Bovington.
“Jac Mackinnon and
the Agricar team have been hard at work,” said Coleby. “All four
front arms, a drive shaft and both rear trailing arms were bent
beyond repair. However, the chassis and cage held up incredibly well
considering we rolled three times. The car is looking even better
than before and we’re ready for round two.”
Joining the BCCC
after a successful Clubman event at Pikes Peak is Jonny Koonja. He’ll
be in his Simmbugghini as he continues his return to driving after
several years co-driving.
2014/2015 BCCC
champion Mike Moran sat out round one as his new Lofthouse car was
not ready. The frame has now been finished so if all the parts can be
bolted to it in time then the car could debut next weekend.
In the BCC Trophy
Phill Bayliss has a 6 point lead over Ben Clay with Steve Anning in
third, a further 4 points behind. Bayliss has fitted in competing in
a club event in Lincolnshire between BCCC rounds.
In the Freelander
Challenge Graham White leads the pack on 61 points with Pat Masters
in second on 55 and Brian Chase in third on 49. After engine
problems prevented him from starting round one current champion Ian
Linford has fitted a new engine to his Freelander and should be
appearing at Bovington. Ian Morson has now registered for the
Challenge and he has put an entry in for round two.
At the time of
writing four Clubman entries had been received. Jeremy Callow will be
first away in his Polaris, followed by Steve Llewellyn in a Tornado
90. Rob Bool has entered his ex-Mike Moran AT 4x4 Challenger and
Oisin Riley completes the Clubman entries in his TMC M3.
The event will be
held at the Bovington army training venue and it will start at 10am
on Saturday with day two starting at 9am. Unfortunately, as the site
is on MoD land, there will be no access for spectators.
Pictures and news
from the event will be available on www.facebook.com/msabccc.
