Rallycross

[itannum990]

Watched the Croft round on Eurosport after a collegue was talking about rallycross when we were discussing the downfall of formula 1.
Holy crap the supercars class was insane!
Can someone in the know explain the class rules for the different classes, is it a case of anything goes with the exception of engine displacement? Retros had a front engined beetle, there was a rwd corsa, lotuses (lotii?) racing with minis.. and again those supercars were the modern incarnation of group b surely
Annoyingly I can't make it to Lydden next weekend as I have to do anniversary things instead. Boo.

[coppice]

I was there and it was the best rallycross event at Croft for many years, if nowhere near as good as the late 80s early 90s glory days of The Inter-Nations Cup. Fields could be bigger and I could do without watching the classes for Suzuki Swifts as they trundle round . The supercars are very watchable- noisy, sideways and brutally quick.But one can't really compare this with F1 - it's like comparing all in wrestling with a test match. And nothing (except a dragster ) comes close to watching an F1 car trackside .

For anybody who hasn't seen rallycross live it is an essential 'must see' in the motor sport pantheon.

[grumpy52]

If you regard yourself as a petrolhead then please go and watch at least one rallycross meeting , preferably a European round (lydden in may ).
Though not as insane as the 80s and 90s supercars the modern cars are disturbingly quick .