Visiting the home of Scottish Motorsport for the first time, the Rallycross Superprix continues to look set to live up to its name as the exciting and traditional finale to the Rallycross season. The super fast circuit at Knockhill in Fife is the venue on Sunday October 24th for this year’s event – the 2010 Fuchs Lubricants, Arnold Clark Abarth Rallycross Superprix.
But who will lift the prestigious Superprix title this time? Having scored an outright win when Rallycross last visited Knockhill back in April, Dumfries driver Andy Scott looks favourite to make it a back to back victory on home soil in his familiar Tony Bardy prepared Peugeot 306. At least it says Peugeot on the entry form but rumour has it that the car is sold and Andy will be debuting another exciting Supercar – watch this space!
Scott won’t be having it all his own way though. Another driver keen to take over the Superprix title is Carmarthen’s Mike Manning in his Ford Puma Supercar. Having finished runner-up to Andy Grant in the 2009 Fuchs Lubricants Rallycross Open Championship, Manning would dearly love to join the prestigious list of winners and take over from Kevin Procter, who won last year when the event was staged at the Croft circuit.
The latest news from the Bardy stable is that another Puma could well be making an appearance at Knockhill. Kevin Procter has offered his Ford Puma for Joe Cunningham to drive provided it can be prepared in time.
It’s been all quiet on the Mad Mark Watson front since the Barnard Castle and multiple Rallycross Championship winner announced that his Citroen Xsara was up for sale. Mad Mark has been looking at a number of different cars this year but is being tight lipped about his plans. It is generally expected, however, that he will be seen in action at least one more time with the Xsara at Knockhill.
Turning to the other classes, the Procar 1600 line-up already looks good. Thirsk driver Ben Cree (Peugeot 205 Gti) has shown well this year and his confirmed entry alongside Allan Laidler and John Kennedy in similar cars could well see a Peugeot driver winning the class once again. A thorn in the Peugeot side though is the rapid Citroen Saxo of 2009 and 2010 Rallycross Open Champion Martin Peters. The Middlesbrough driver has appeared unstoppable recently and would love to add the Procar 1600 Superprix title to his list of victories.
The Revivals category once again sees a list of varied but very rapid entries. Shane Anderson Black (Kelso) is another driver hoping for a home win provided he can quickly settle in with the ex-John Wood Vauxhall Tigra which he’s recently bought. First though he has to beat his two brothers, David in the Astra and Jim in Shane’s old Corsa. This definitely looks like a family feud to watch!
A home class win certainly looks on the cards though, if it isn’t one of the Black family then look out for Ian Biagi (Dumfries) in his rapid 1400cc Mini. Meanwhile it’s been a race against time for fellow mini driver Lance Foster. His Green & White Mini Spares mini suffered a fairly major roll last time out at Lydden Hill and the team have been working flat out to prepare the car for the Superprix. Throw in Matthew Leitch (Vauxhall Astra) and Dominic Yates (Peugeot 205) and this promises to be another hot class.
Procar 2000 entries are also coming in. David Ewin will be fielding his Ford Fiesta whilst Jedburgh’s Kenny Hall, winner of procar 1600 in the 2008 Rallycross Open Championship, is giving his Renault Clio an airing. In the Rally Car category Ian Archer will be out with his Subaru Impreza whilst David Bell was an early entry in the Minicross class. Throw in a few Juniors and Autocross cars and the entry list is growing nicely.
2010 Rallycross Superprix Event Information
Venue: Knockhill (Fife, Scotland)
Date: Sunday October 24th
Event Timetable: Practice starts at 9.00am with racing commencing at 10am.
Ticket Prices: Advanced Tickets – Adult-£13, Concession-£6, Family-£32. Gate Price – Adult-£15, Concession-£8, Family-£38
Location: Visit www.rallycrosssuperprix.co.uk/circuit.php