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Ireland, the only place where they are brave enough to race through the winter concludes its national series at the start of RallycrossWorld.com How to get Rallycross World March, the same day that the Belgian championship pushes RallycrossWorld.com provides news from all major Rallycross Rallycross World is produced monthly and distributed as a pdf document open the door on a new year of racing. events as well as rounding up National championships. 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MagCloud is a print You can download C4 and also the RS200 in which he’ll compete at Pikes Peak available for iPad. Just look for the free MagCloud app in the com is the essential on demand service Rallycross World to International Hillclimb. The Citroën had its admirers, but iPad App Store and then select Rallycross World from the Rallycross news that means you can your iPad through the around the RS200 there was a perma-crowd. MagCloud magazine store. website. As well order a printed copy free MagCloud app. as enjoying all the of the magazine that This gives you the feature of the site will be delivered Mag Cloud magazine you can download anywhere in the store, from where your own copy of the world. you can search for magazine for free Rallycross World within the app. RallycrossWorld.com MagCloud.com App store Contents Click it! Copyright 5 Top Story Advertisements in the pdf Rallycross World is published monthly by Myriorama version of Rallycross Ltd. This publication may not be redistributed, copied or 7 Diary Gallery World are interactive – click reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the written on them to be taken to the consent of the copyright holder. 12 Diary December February advertiser’s website. Unless otherwise stated, all text and photographs are © copyright 16 Group B boom of ’87 Check the whole advert as Tim Whittington 2011. some have multiple links – and [email protected] 22 2012 preview you wouldn’t want to miss anything, would you? Contributors: 26 David Binks There are also links from Eddi Laumanns, Hal Ridge, Henk de Winter, Johan Dingenen some editorial items and we will This issue published : March 1 30 Shoestring stories always try to offer a live link Next issue published: April 1 wherever we quote a website www.myriorama.com address in editorial. [email protected] myriorama 2 | #97 – March 2012 ©RallycrossWorld.COM RallycrossWorld.COM #97 – March 2012 | 3 Top story Easter weekend at Lydden is the big event of the year, this year it gets live television broadcasts too. SVERRE ISACHSEN Cosworth YB – 543bhp, 920Nm torque European Rallycross Champion 2009 European Rallycross Champion 2010 Lydden goes live European Rallycross Champion 2011 JULIAN GODFREY Duratec 1.6 – 225bhp, 181Nm torque Extended live shows planned as Britain bids to be best Winner, 2011 Super1600 ERC Belgium +44 (0)1435 865999 The British round of the European Rallycross Championship championship,” said LHMC Clerk of the Course Willie Woods, will have live TV coverage for the first time since the mid- “The involvement of a major multi national brand like Monster 1980s. Since securing the return of an ERC round in Britain Energy is a vote of confidence in what we are doing but we RACETUNERS.COM in 2009, Lydden Hill and its associated organising club LHMC cannot relax and securing live TV broadcasts with high has progressively developed the event. In addition to the live production values is a crucial element of making the event TV coverage, the 2012 event will be the first to have a title successful for us and for all the competing teams who will sponsor, something that has seen it branded as the Monster benefit from top quality broadcasts.” Energy International Rallycross Festival. LHMC has also made the generous offer to provide TV Along with the commercial partnership with a major coverage, either as a live feed or as unedited footage of the international brand, the live coverage has been introduced event, to other broadcasters or producers. as LHMC aims to make the British event the best of the year. The British round of the 2011 championship led the way With broadcast slots on Motors TV planned on both days of in the provision of an organised autograph session with JULIAN GODFREY JOS KUYPERS KOEN PAUWELS the event, the Monster Energy International Rallycross Festival drivers and there are plans for other elements to be added Cosworth YB – 543bhp, 810Nm torque Cosworth YB – 543bhp, 920Nm torque Duratec 2.0 – 304.7bhp, 256.8Nm torque will set the bar for television coverage high at the start of the to the programme this year to further enhance the spectator British Rallycross Champion 2011 Dutch Rallycross Champion 2011 Belgian Rallycross Champion, TouringCar 2011 2012 season. experience. The British ERC round will be run on Sunday and “We are pushing to make this the best event in the Monday of Easter weekend, April 8-9. RallycrossWorld.COM #97 – March 2012 | 5 Diary gallery White wins ‘Over the Fence’ competition This picture, by Steve White, of Marcus Grönholm balancing on two wheels at Lydden has been selected as the winning entry in RallycrossWorld.com’s ‘Over the Fence’ photo competition. The runners-up were Johan Hendrickx and Wojciech Sobiecki, whose pictures can be seen with White’s on RallycrossWorld.com Steve White RallycrossWorld.COM #97 – March 2012 | 7 Diary gallery New colours for Block’s Rallycross move Hoonigan Ken Block confirmed that he would take part in Rallycross events for the first time (outside of X Games) when he launched his 2012 season recently. Block revealed new colour schemes for his pair of Fiesta Supercars, the HFHV that he will use for Rallycross and the OMSE Gymkhana version. MWRT RallycrossWorld.COM #97 – March 2012 | 9 Diary gallery B boys at Buxtehude It hardly seems possible that it’s 25 years since Group B cars flooded into Ralycross. Elsewhere we take a look back at the period. This group shot is from the final event of the ’87 season, champion Niittymäki leading the RS200s of Rennison, Schanche, Nilsson and the Lancia Delta S4 of Alamäki. RallycrossWorld.COM #97 – March 2012 | 11 Diary February Diary January 30 and Werner Panhasuer are displayed at the show during which February 3 At its prize-giving gala near Stockholm, the Swedish ASN, the details of a newly expanded paddock and the construction of a Multi-championship winning team SetPromotion reveals SBF, awards Susann Hansen its ‘Motorsport Mum’ prize. A grandstand at the PS Racing Center are revealed.