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Current champion Ollie O'Donovan (London) won the opening round of the 2008 Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden on Easter Monday (March 24). O'Donovan qualified on pole for the Supercar A final which he won and then took a clear victory in the Superfinal, but his path to victory was not as easy or clear cut as it may seem from that.

Snow left the track very wet for Sunday's first qualifying heat during which Pat Doran (Winkleigh) set the fastest time with O'Donovan second and Steve Mundy (Ludlow) a strong third.

The weather was better during the second day of the event and O'Donovan set fastest time with a race win in the second heat. There was another win in the third, but O'Donovan's duel with Dermot Carnegie (Dublin) had slowed his time and Liam Doran sprinted through to set fastest time in his Ford RS200.

O'Donovan shared the front row of the A final with the Dorans, Liam second and Pat in third place. The start of the A final was frenetic with several cars making contact as they slid into the still slippery first corner. At the end of the first lap it was Carnegie who led but the race was halted in the third lap when a suspension breakage caused Pat Doran to crash.

The restart was cleaner and this time O'Donovan, who had been stuck in the middle of the pack in the first race, broke free and led from start to finish as B final winner Steve Hill (Aylesbury) charged through to second place ahead of Carnegie and Lawrence Gibson (Banbridge).

It was a similar story in the Superfinal, O'Donovan claiming the overall event victory after leading from lights to flag. Hill again ran second, Carnegie making him work hard for the position with Gibson looking on in fourth place and running ahead of Tommy Graham (Prosperous) who started his year with a good fifth place in a car that is due to be replaced before the season is out. Belgian visitor Luc Maris won the SuperModified category and then took sixth in the Superfinal while Craig Brown (Northampton) took an outstanding seventh place in his Stock Hatch Peugeot.

Results

Superfinal (5.5 laps) 1 Ollie O Donovan (Peugeot 306) 4m28.334s; 2 Steve Hill (Mitsubishi Lancer E9) 4m29.544s; 3 Dermot Carnegie (Ford Fiesta ST) 4m30.739s; 4 Lawrence Gibson (MG Metro 6R4) 4m31.572s; 5 Tommy Graham (Ford Escort WRC) 4m42.748s; 6 Luc Maris (Volvo 242) 4m44.740s; 7 Craig Brown (Peugeot 205 GTi) 5m01.654s; 8 Tony Lynch (Peugeot 205 GTi) one lap.

- Round one of the championship will be broadcast by Motors TV at 10pm on Friday April 4 and will be repeated several times in following weeks.

- The British Rallycross Drivers Association has organised the British Rallycross Championship on behalf of the governing body of British motor sport (the MSA) since 2003.

- The Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship has seven rounds which will be run over six weekends at venues in England, Wales and Ireland. Its events are listed on the International calendar and are open to foreign drivers.

2008 Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship

Sun-Mon Mar 23-24 Lydden

Sat May 3 Pembrey

Sun May 4 Pembrey

Sun Jul 6 Croft

Mon Aug 25 Lydden

Sun Sep 28 Pembrey

Sun Oct 12 Mondello Park (IRL)

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