Paul Rowlands and Neil Lloyd survived a dramatic final weekend of the Motorsport UK British Cross Country Championship (BXCC) to take the title by just one point from Aston Cox and Simon Kerfoot. Walters Arena in Wales was the venue for the final two rounds of the championship and, going into the event, multiple crews were in with a chance of lifting the trophy.
Richard Watson and Paul Hughesheaded the leader board after round four but their victory hopes ended on the first run of round five when clutch problems on their Milner Evoque resulted in a stage maximum. They went back out in their new car, the ex-Mark Jacques Lofthouse Freelander, but this had steering issues which caused another stage maximum.
Phill Bayliss and Lance Murfin were in second place before Walters but several punctures blighted their round five. They still took a class win but finished well down the results on round five before salvaging 10th overall, and another class win, on round six.
Read the full article in the January issue of Overlander 4×4 –