25/03/2026
Blyton Park Round 1 of the BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Championship Report 📋
⬜️ Practice - Back in the Car after wayyy too many months out, car felt loose, not much grip on the rear, but all works.
🟧 Heat 1 - P1 on the grid for the 1st race of the year! Good Start, keep the lead into turn 1. Manage to get some good laps in and build a lead. Finish P1.
⬜️ Heat 2 - Starting P6 on the back row for the second heat, up into 3rd by turn 1. I managed to get past Graham into 2nd coming up to last turn at the end of lap one, then the chase was on to catch Leigh-Anne. Now for a full two laps of going left and right and trying to brake later it came down to the last turn on the final lap round the outside by 0.016 definitely the closest finish I’ve ever had! P1.
Words don’t do the race justice especially not mine, I’ll upload the race at some point.
(If anyone has any footage of the last turn please do send) 📹
🟧 Heat 3 - Second Row Start P4 on the grid. Great start through the middle of the grid into P1 before turn 1, good pace during the heat finishing P1.
⬜️ Final - Starting P1, not the best start, had to brake before turn one due to the impending tyre wall in front of me. Reduced to 4 laps, had a good couple laps of bumper to bumper with Leah but on the loose on Lap 4 the car cut out and that was the end of the race for me. Ended up just being a relay had popped out which is a shame to end the day that way. DNF
Thanks to Brian McGuinness for finding the issue after the final, at least it was a small issue.
Unfortunate to end the day that way after 3 heat wins with some great racing, the pace is good, happy with the end we’ll try again at Round 2!
Thank you to my Brother for the work and driving me to the races, and to Hannah for making sure the windscreen is clean as well as Immy for double checking my spelling and keeping my head up. 🧡
Also a massive thank you to my Sponsors for be with me for another season, not quite the start we wanted but the car is good and the pace is there.
Thank you to the Marshals couldn’t race without you and to the organisers for putting on the events!
See you at Round 2 in June. 📅
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