Gollop Wins Opener!!!!!

Peter S · 9 Mar 2003, 19:17 (Ref:530443)

Will Gollop has won the first round of the British rallycross championship from Dermot Carnegie

Full results will follow.

I have videod the entire finals and will be online at www.rallyracing.nl if you want to eatch it either tonight or tommorow morning. This includes Gollop and Carnegies first corner clash....Gollop went of the road over the gravel and still lead!!!! His new Focus has taken the championship to another level, as the Group B cars lagged behind.

Stuart Hill · 9 Mar 2003, 19:36 (Ref:530469)

Hi peter, could you tell me how to watch the video please? had a look at your website but could not find it.
thx

Peter S · 9 Mar 2003, 19:56 (Ref:530498)

Its not on yet. Will be on either tonight or tommorow morning on the news section, just got to compress some files first cos with 4 laps (each lap will be in a individual video) the file is pretty large at the moment so it has to be cut down. Even managed to get Arthurs commentary in the back ground.

A exclusive will gollop winner picture will be online soon.

full Results below

British Rallycross Championship
Round 1 Croft (9th March 2003)

Final Results:

Superfinal – (Grand Final - Counts towards overall British Championship)
(Fastest 8 drivers from the Modified and Supercar A-finals)

1. Will Gollop – Ford Focus Wrc
2. Dermot Carnegie – Ford Focus Wrc
3. Pat Doran – Ford RS200
4. Lawrence Gibson – Metro 6R4
5. Helmut Holfeld – Ford Escort Cosworth
6. Mike Turpin - Vauxhall Nova
7. Mike Manning – Ford Escort Cosworth
8. Steve Mundy – Ford Focus

Supercar A final

1. Dermot Carnegie – Ford Focus Wrc
2. Mike Manning – Ford Escort Cosworth
3. Will Gollop – Ford Focus Wrc
4. Pat Doran – Ford RS200
5. Lawrence Gibson – Metro 6R4
6. Helmut Holfeld – Ford Escort Cosworth
7. Steve Mundy – Ford Focus
8. John Mcluskey – Peugeot 306 (DNF)
9. Andy Grant – Ford Escort Wrc (DNS)
10. Terry Briggs & John Cross didn’t start the final

Modified A Final

1. Mike Turpin – Vauxhall Nova
2. Christopher Evans – Nissan Micra
3. Gordon Rogers – Vauxhall Corsa
4. Dave Bellerby – Vauxhall Nova
5. David Ward – Vauxhall Corsa
6. Lance Foster - Mini
7. Joel Doran – Peugeot 206
8. Paul Broatch – Peugeot 205 (DNF)

Stock Hatch A Final

1. Chris Cake – Peugeot 205 Gti
2. Gary Dixon – Vauxhall Nova
3. James Harrold – Peugeot 205 Gti
4. Jamie Lea – Peugeot 205 Gti
5. David Gorse – Peugeot 205 Gti
6. Jim Cooke – Peugeot 205 Gti
7. Don Shannon – Citroen Saxo

Note that there was no B or C finals run for this class, as there was no time left, due to the darkness that was falling.

Minicross A Final (all in Minis)

1. Gary York
2. John Binks
3. Danny Budd
4. Martin Yates
5. Ralph Budd
6. Rod Stanniland
7. Nigel Blanks

No B final could be run due to the time restrictions

Junior Minicross A Final

1. Ed Morris
2. Grant Rees
3. Adam Gould
4. Jonathon Greer

(Only four cars allowed into the final, as the class is for 14-16 year olds)

National B Rallycross A Final

1. Iain Muir – MG Metro
2. Michael Boak – VW Golf
3. Rob Carr – Peugeot 205 Gti
4. Paul “Turbo” Haigh – Ford Fiesta XR2
5. Michael Smith – Peugeot 205 Gti
6. Simon White – Peugeot 205 Gti
7. Simon Parkin – Peugeot 205 Gti
8. Chris Knox – Citroen Ax

Stuart Hill · 9 Mar 2003, 20:13 (Ref:530529)

cheers peter, I look forward to it

Rod Birley · 9 Mar 2003, 20:24 (Ref:530546)

Yes, thanks for the results. Interesting to see a few finals were cancelled,what was the feeling about this.

Peter S · 9 Mar 2003, 20:56 (Ref:530573)

Not a problem really, as the heats took ages. As Croft cant start until 12pm practice lasted one and a half hours meaning that it wasnt until 1.30 before the heats started.As a result only 2 heats could be run. But it went smoothly, racing was great....anyone could have won in supercar and modified classes. I think that it may have been a bad idea to have the support classes (Stock hatch, minicross and junior minicross) as there was just to many of them and with no disrespect to any of them, they dont exactly entertain, but it does allow more people the chance to race. I think maybe that the british championship should be for modified and supercar only, and then have the Stock hatch and minicross on a seperate championship weekend. There were simply to many races to get through. Three heats and b finals for supercars and modified only may have been a better way to do it.

all in all great days racing, loads of excitement and Britiain has there number 1 rallycross driver of all time back to winning ways, what more could the championship ask for.

Did anyone see the preview of it last night on men and motors? What a great job was done on that. Look forward to seeing the first round in a couple of weeks.

Gnomex · 9 Mar 2003, 21:56 (Ref:530647)

Out of interest, can anyone tell me what sort of jump start beams / detectors do they use at Croft? How does it work? How reliable is it?

Peter S · 9 Mar 2003, 22:42 (Ref:530706)

The first two Videos of todays rallycross action are now online on the news section of www.rallyracing.nl as well as numerous photos. Watch the Gollop v carnegie first corner clash here!

Steve Gibson · 10 Mar 2003, 09:40 (Ref:531078)

Yes the First heats did take a long time which caused some finals to be cancelled but don't pick on the organisors but have a word with all the drivers who kept trying to win the championship on the first corner of the first round.
The second heats and the finals were run in about the same time as the first heats, this could be the kamakazie tactics had been found not to work and they all realised that to be in with a chance you need to get round all the laps not just to the first corner
For the person asking about jump start beams
They are very expensive very good and if tripped respond in less than 1/10 and they are checked each start as they also bleep when tripped and the start marshals trip them every time they grid the cars.
Finally a big thank you to all the marshals & officials many of who worked under extreme pressure to get the job done.
Then we all went for some

Peter G · 10 Mar 2003, 11:10 (Ref:531162)

Great to see Will Gollop back, lets hope we can see him back in the European Championships soon !!

Hog · 10 Mar 2003, 11:49 (Ref:531198)

What do you reckon Gnomex - can we get Lydden to shell out for some beams like that? Or will we be resorting to bits of string across the track attached to bells come April?

Stephen H · 10 Mar 2003, 12:37 (Ref:531257)

Does anybody know if there were plans to run 3rd runs, they were mentioned in the program, (but that does tend to be a standard timetable).

I realise a Sunday is better for driver and spectator numbers, but last years event was on a Saturday, which gave every body more time to get through the event.

Was there any reason why it wasn`t a Saturday event?

I just feel sorry for those drivers that only got practise, 2 heats and no final.

Peter S · 10 Mar 2003, 17:06 (Ref:531684)

It was decided before the heats got underway not to run 3 heats.

Gnomex · 10 Mar 2003, 20:18 (Ref:531936)

Steve - thanks for info on jump start beams - any idea who makes them or where Croft got them from?

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