Lydden Hill Race Circuit is a motorsport venue in Denton with Wootton, about half-way between Canterbury and Dover in Kent, England. The mile-long circuit is mainly used for Rallycross, Drift, Saloon and Sports car racing as well as Motorcycle racing.
View of Dover Slope and Devils Elbow on Lydden Hill Race Circuit
Pat Doran and his Ford Fiesta, Lydden 2006
Martin Schanche (N) and his Ford Escort XR3 T16 4 x 4, Lydden 1984
Action from the 2016 World RX of Great Britain
Rallycross is a form of sprint style automobile racing, held on a closed mixed-surface racing circuit, with modified production or specially built road cars, similar to the World Rally Cars. It is mainly popular in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain. An inexpensive, entry level type of rallycross is the Swedish folkrace or its Norwegian counterpart, the so-called bilcross. The folkrace is most popular in Finland where it was founded back in the late 1960s. In Europe, rallycross can also refer to racing 1:8 scale off-road radio-controlled buggies.
14 times European champion Kenneth Hansen (Citroën Xsara) leading a qualifying heat in 2004
Rallycross was born on 4 February 1967 at Lydden Circuit
Dutch rallycross ace Jan de Rooy (1979)
These two drivers wrote rallycross history: Martin Schanche (left; 6 ERC titles) and archrival Kenneth Hansen (14 ERC titles)
