GODFREY TARGETS SEVENTH BRX TITLE IN FIESTA SUPERCAR
Engine builder predicts an uphill battle in his older Ford machine
Six-time Supercar champion Julian Godfrey will embark on a quest for a record-breaking seventh crown this season in the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy, to move him ahead of series legend Dermot Carnegie.
Godfrey, who finished fourth in the standings last year following a number of technical issues with his venerable Ford Fiesta Supercar, will once again campaign the ex-Pat
Doran machine run by his own Julian Godfrey Engineering team.
The renowned engine builder, who has claimed titles at each of the series’ levels he has competed in, graduated to the Supercar division in 2011 and won the biggest title in his first five attempts. He claimed a sixth crown in 2019.
“I’m going to use the same car and try to be at the front,” said Godfrey. “It gets harder as more and more fast drivers come in, but I was a bit unlucky last year. In the first round at Lydden Hill I lost drive in the final, then had a problem through the day in round two. I won at Pembrey and then had dramas again at Knockhill. I think the bad luck made my position compared to the front look worse than it was.”
Godfrey is looking forward to the two overseas events for the series thisyear. “I raced at Dreux [France] in 2012 in Super1600,” he added. “The conditions weren’t good that weekend but it’s a good track and that will be a good event this year. I really like Mondello Park in Ireland. That has been quite a kind track to me over the years so I’m looking forward to going there. I think it’s still possible for me to win the championship, it is very competitive now but if I can have less bad luck than last year, I do think it’s possible.”