OVENDEN TO STEP UP TO SUPERCAR
Supernational title winner will graduate to a Citroen DS 3 at Titans RX event at Lydden Hill this month
Back-to-back Supernational rallycross champion Tristan Ovenden will make his Supercar debut in the support class to the Titans RX Europe event next week at Lydden Hill.
Ovenden, who is currently unbeaten in British RX Supernational this season with his Renault Clio V6, will sample the top-tier category in an LD Motorsports Citroen DS3, run by his own team for his local event.
Ovenden said: “We’re looking at our options for next year and Pat Doran has given us as chance to have a go with this car, so it’s the ideal opportunity for the team to assess what it’s like to run a Supercar over a whole weekend. It will give us a better idea of what we can and can’t do next year.”
While Ovenden’s team will run the DS3 most recently raced by
Jake Harris in British RX events themselves, it will work alongside Liam Doran’s LD Motorsports squad at the Kent event. Ovenden previously tested a different DS3 at Lydden two years ago.
“The car’s left-hand-drive but I’ve driven a Supercar at Lydden a couple of years ago, so hopefully it won’t be too alien when I get in,” he added.
While the Titans RX series will run separate rounds on both days, the British RX Supercars will run a World Rx-style two-day format.
Ovenden said: “It’s the ideal format. We’ll have some time for a debrief after each run, it’s all nice and spread out so hopefully we’ll get time to acclimatise slowly. Then, on Sunday, hopefully come the final we can have a go and see what happens. To run a Supercar at our home circuit will be a dream, whether it works out for me or not in the future, this is a fantastic chance. I’m really looking forward to it – it will be brilliant.”