Retro Rallycross Lydden Hill

Report and images by Leon Wall

19 December 2020

Recently I was invited down to the spiritual home of Rallycross Lydden Hill to capture images and videos of Tony Lynch competing in the Retro Rallycross Championship. 

I was introduced to Wigan based Tony and the team last year at Croft where I saw him racing his Mk1 Toyota MR2.

This rear engine, rear wheel drive Japanese classic was bought in 2018 and is undergoing a rolling development. This has resulted in Tony now having a really quick competitive car, producing 205BHP from its 1.6L normally aspirated engine.

This season Tony is competing with the Mk1 Toyota MR2 in the British Retro Rallycross. I caught up with Tony to talk about the car, the weekends racing and the season ahead.

Photographic Post Script

During his racing career covering 30 years of motorsport which started off in Rallying eventually moving on to Rallycross. Tony has had many career highlights with this seasons goal being to add the 2020 - 21 tile to the list.

2005: National MDA Champion
2006: National MDA Champion
2007: MSA Stockhatch British Champion
2008: MSA Stockhatch Second BRDA Best Presented Team
2009: Kuhmo Tyres MSA Stockhatch Champion BRDA British Champion
2010: Suzuki Swift Rallycross Championship Second
2011: Suzuki Swift Rallycross Championship Second
2012: Suzuki Swift Rallycross Championship Third
2013: BMW MINI Rallycross Championship Champion MSA Rallycross Best Promoted Team
2014: BTRDA Super Modified over 2101cc Champion – Best Presented Car
2015: MSA British Rallycross Championship Super National Class – 6th
2016: MSA British Rallycross Championship Super National Class – Champion
2018: BTRDA Super Modified Champion

Tony asked me to mention his sponsors, as we know Motorsport would not exist without sponsorship.

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