RACING REPORTS
BTRDA CLUBMANS RALLYCROSS: LYDDEN HILL BY HAL RIDGE MAY 8
TOUGH NUT BLEASDALE HEADS HOME THE SUPER MODIFIED RUNNERS AT LYDDEN HILL
The three best races of the day in the opening round of the BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Series at Lydden Hill came at the very end, as Jason Bleasdale, Harry Vaulkhard and Caitlin May emerged on top to claim victory in the Super Modified, Production and Junior categories respectively.
BMW M3 racer Slawomir Woloch claimed pole for the Super ModifiedAfinal and led on lap one, but a mistake at the North Bend hairpin on the opening tour allowed Bleasdale the opportunity to seize the lead with his Vauxhall VX220. While Woloch continued to apply constant pressure for the six-lap encounter, he had to settle for second. Fred Ling finished third in a Ford Fiesta, while one of the drives of the day was delivered by Oliver Foord (BMW Mini), who executed a brave move around the outside of Stanley Bovill’s rear-wheel-drive Ford Escort at Paddock bend in the latter stages of the race for track position and finished fourth.
Five drivers were embroiled in a race-long battle for the podium in the Production final, in which former World Touring Car Championship driver Harry Vaulkhard traded places for the lead with James Orton in the opening stages. Maciej Florczak ultimately crossed the finish line first in his Peugeot 106, but having forgotten the take the joker, victory went the way of Vaulkhard. The Citroen Saxo driver had
