Round 2 of the Britpart MSA British Cross Country
Championship takes place next weekend at the Forrest Lodge venue near St.John’s
Town of Dalry in South West Scotland.
After switching to the southern part of Forrest Lodge last
year this year’s course will return to the northern end of the site and will
use a similar route to the one used in 2009. The course will have a mix of Cat
1 gravel roads and offroad sections together with a quarry near the end.
Leading the championship after the first round is Dan
Lofthouse on 86 points. After early competition from Tim Dilworth ended with
engine problems on Dilworth’s car Lofthouse took a convincing win at Radnor.
Martin Cox finished second and has 81 points with Toby Jefferson in third on
75. Jefferson’s daughter Megan will be in the navigator’s seat for Forrest
Lodge, it will be her first BCCC event.
After problems with punctures at Radnor which cost him a lot
of time Ian Bartlett has swapped tyre brands for Forrest Lodge and he’s hoping
the stronger sidewalls of his new tyres will reduce the risk of punctures.
In the Trophy class Richard Keasey leads the championship
after winning a close battle with Paul Harris at round 1. Defending champion
Harris is keen to overturn that result next weekend in his Bristol Street
Motors-supported GSR Maxilight.
Fresh from representing Race2Recovery at the Jim Clark rally
last weekend Chris Ratter will be trying to repeat his round 1 win in the
Freelander Challenge. He has also been hard at work repairing the Freelander of
Ian Letman which rolled at Radnor.
The action on Saturday will kick off at 10am and, other than
any stoppages to recover broken cars, there will be racing until around 5pm.
Sunday’s competition will start at 9am with the event finishing early in the
afternoon. Limited spectator parking is available in the picnic area at the
entrance to the venue, please do not park on the verges on the access roads.
The venue will be arrowed from the A713.
