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Steve Hill is competing in our specifically built Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in the 2009 Kuhmo Tyres British Rallycross Championship. In this section you will find information on future events and previous results.
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25th May 2009 - Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship, Lydden
HILL TAKES VICTORY AND POINTS LEAD AT LYDDEN
Steve Hill (Aylesbury) won the fourth round of the Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden today (May 25).
Hill won through at the end of a dramatic Superfinal, guiding his Mitsubishi Lancer E9 to his first event win of the year and with it take a three point lead in the championship.
Despite suffering gear selection problems in the qualifying heats Hill managed to place his Lancer fourth on the grid for the Supercar A final. Further gear selection problems here caused a slow start however, and Hill had to race hard in the pack, eventually clawing his way back to fifth place.
At the front Liam Doran (Sittingbourne) made a great start from third place on the grid to lead the final from pole starter Ollie O’Donovan (London). Doran appeared set for the win until a puncture slowed his Fiesta ST ERC and allowed O’Donovan to sweep into the lead and take the win.
Victory gave O’Donovan pole for the Superfinal while Doran just made it into the British championship points race as seventh of the eight starters. Another fine start saw him challenge O’Donovan in the first corner and then take the lead in the second lap when O’Donovan’s car suffered a misfire.
Again Doran looked like winning only to lose out when the left front wheel broke and fell off his car. With Lawrence Gibson (Banbridge) and Pat Doran (Winkleigh) also slowed by mechanical problems, it was Hill who gained the reward for persevering to the end and moved through to win. Pat Doran placed second with James Bird (Midhurst) bagging a fine third place after earlier winning the SuperModified A final.
Hill was full of praise for his team of Steve Hill Motorsport mechanics. Once again they produced a car capable of withstanding all the punishment I could throw at it and still be quick at the end of the day when it really counted.
Built by the driver’s eponymous Steve Hill Motorsport concern and first run at the start of the 2007 season, this is Hill’s first bespoke Rallycross car. The fromer rally driver replaced his older E3 Lancer, a converted rally car, with the new machine and has become an event winner and title challenger. Relatively unusually among the leading Supercars, the car has a transversely mounted engine. Prepared by Julian Godfrey Engineering the 550bhp unit drives through a Hollinger gearbox. Mitsubishi specialists Steve Hill Motorsport prepares and runs the car.
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Rallycross Open Championship 2009 Dates
Round 1: Mondell Park - Sunday March 8th
Round 2: Pembrey - Sunday May 3rd
Round 3: Pembrey - Monday May 4th
Round 4: Lydden Hill - Monday May 25th
Round 5: Lydden Hill - Sunday August 31st
Round 6: Pembrey - Saturday September 19th
Round 7: Pembrey - Sunday September 20th
Round 8: Croft - Sunday October 11th
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