Lydden gets final event of Us-based rallycross

LYDDEN HILL HAS SECURED THE season finale for the Us-based Global Rallycross Championship in October.

The popular Kent venue, the birthplace of rallycross in 1967, lost its World Rallycross Championship date to Silverstone for 2018, but will now stage the double-header climax for the GRC on October 27-28, and will be adapted to include a 70-foot table-top jump.

Circuit boss Pat Doran said: “I’m delighted to finally confirm Lydden

Hill as the venue for the final round of the GRC. Lydden has been at the forefront of rallycross for more than 50 years and we’ve invested in the sport throughout that time. It’s fitting therefore that the GRC’S return to Europe is here, where rallycross fans will get the opportunity to see the best GRC has to offer, including the series’ signature 70-foot table-top jump, on our purpose-built rallycross track.”

The event, which does not clash with any WRX rounds, will be the GRC’S first visit to Europe since 2013, when it joined X Games events at Barcelona and Munich.

Former GRC Champion and World RX event winner Tanner Foust has twice won at the British circuit, in the

European Rallycross Championship in 2012 and ’13, and is expected to return for the new event alongside reigning

GRC champion Scott Speed in the Volkswagen Andretti team.

Series boss Colin Dyne said: “Bringing GRC to Lydden Hill’s historic venue makes perfect sense for the series’ long-awaited return to Europe. Our teams and drivers are looking forward to battling it out for the championship on the circuit where the sport first began.”

Lydden hosted the British round of the World Rallycross Championship from 2014 to last year. The venue will also continue to host its traditional two rounds of the British Rallycross Championship on Easter and August Bank Holiday Mondays this season.