Bamber Bridge’s Dan Lofthouse will start the Britpart MSA
British Cross Country Championship event at Myherin next weekend knowing that
another win will guarantee him the championship crown.
Lofthouse has won all three events this year and has 258
points, 38 points ahead of Toby Jefferson with Paul Myers in third on 207.
“The car has been serviced but we’ve made no changes to the
spec ahead of Myherin,” said Lofthouse. “We’ve been flat out in the workshop
completing a second Lofthouse Freelander for a customer so there has been no
time to work on our own car. It’d be good to wrap up the title at the weekend
to take the pressure off us for the final round.”
Currently in 7th place is Andi Skelley who has
purchased a Milner R4 since the last round and he will give the car its BCCC
debut at the weekend.
Skelley commented: "It will take some getting used to,
it's totally different from my previous car with a sequential box and
independent suspension, I'm looking forward to trying it out at Myherin."
Ryan Cooke has made modifications to his Milner LRM-1 in a
bid to resolve the problems he experienced at the last round in Radnor.
“We have had a full rethink on the fuel and exhaust system
to try to keep heat temperature down and increase fuel supply to the engine. Hopefully
that will stop the engine cutting out like it was doing at Radnor” said Cooke.
In the Trophy championship Paul Harris is in a good position
to retain his title as he is 38 points in front of second-placed Mark Jacques.
Alan Thomas is in third place.
The Freelander Challenge battle is closer with just 6 points
separating leader Matthew Morgan and Chris Ratter.
The event will start at 10am on Saturday with a full day of
competition. Day two will start at 9am with action until the early afternoon.
Spectator information is available on www.marches4x4.com.
