Kevin Abbring (born 20 January 1989) is a Dutch rally driver. His father, Edwin Abbring , is also a well-known former rally driver.
47-650: Abbring started his motorsport career in Rallycross with a 60 bhp strong buggy for newcomers, winning the 2005 and 2006 titles of the Dutch Ford RST series. In 2007 he competed in the Dutch Rally Championship with a Mitsubishi Colt . He also made his World Rally Championship debut in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX . In 2008 he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship in
94-717: A Renault Clio R3 , with backing from KNAF Talent First. He took his first JWRC win on the 2009 Rally Poland , on his way to fourth in the final standings for 2009. In 2010 he won the JWRC in Portugal . He has also competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge , winning the 2WD category in Ypres and Zlín . In October 2011 Abbring won the Driver of the academy award for the inaugural FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy. After
141-452: A 1.8-litre Mazda MX-5 engine. A one-make championship for Toyota MR2 sports cars. There are two titles at stake for each driver, one for the overall results and one for the different classes: 5 Club Racing was formed in 2014 and joined the 750 Motor Club to run the MX5 Cup for Mk1 Mazda MX5s. The series became a championship in 2015. Formerly known as simply 'RGB' (Roadgoing Bike-engined),
188-582: A Dutch counterpart to Robert Reed, discovered rallycross during a visit to Great Britain in 1968 and immediately understood its potential for the television viewers. By that time there were nearly ten million Britons watching some of the events on television. Back home in the Netherlands, Herzet contacted the race and rally driver as well as motoring journalist Gerard van Lennep (a cousin to Formula One driver Gijs van Lennep ) to discuss his find. Both agreed that this form of sprint racing could be also appropriate for
235-638: A dozen or so years the sport faded in Australia. Peter Brock was especially successful driving for the Holden Dealer Team in a supercharged Holden Torana GTR . The inaugural Australian Rallycross Championship was held at the Tailem Bend circuit on 24 June 1979 and was won by Larry Perkins , driving a 2.0-litre Volkswagen Beetle for Kruger Motors. This was the only Australian Rallycross Championship to be contested. A national rallycross championship
282-519: A drive in the European Rally Championship in their new Peugeot 208 T16 R5 car. Plagued with technical issues, Abbring took the lead in 5 ERC events, but was forced to retire with engine trouble on all event except Azores , (where he finished 2nd after falling back from the lead with mechanical issues) and the Tour de Corse , where he finished 3rd. In January 2015, it was announced he would be
329-692: A half years and several rallycross events at Lydden as well as Croft Circuit (near Darlington ) the BBC adopted the young sport for its Grandstand programme while ITV dropped it after the British Rallycross Winter Series 1968/69. In 1969 Lydden Circuit and Croft Circuit were joined by another RX venue, Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire . However, while both Lydden and Croft nowadays are still in use for rallycross Cadwell Park later dropped this type of car racing from its schedule. Rob Herzet ( AVRO ),
376-709: A long, successful history with the club – attracting over 100 registrations in its prime with the Citroën Saxo generally being the car of choice. A one-make championship for the Renault Clio 182, 197 and 200 models. From 2015 to 2021, the championship was solely the Clio 182 Championship. An endurance racing championship designed with the club-level competitor and budget in mind. Races are usually two or three hours long, with at least one mandatory three-minute pitstop to allow re-fuelling. Three classes separated by power to weight allow
423-564: A successful trial rally for Volkswagen Motorsport driving a Škoda Fabia S2000 car at 2011 Wales Rally GB he signed with Volkswagen for the 2012 WRC season driving one of their Fabia's, sharing the second seat alongside Sebastien Ogier with Andreas Mikkelsen . Sadly, he was offered very few outings by VW in 2012 and didn't rally in the WRC at all in 2013. In 2013 he won the French Peugeot 208 Rally Cup, leading to Peugeot Sport offering him
470-604: Is a historic racing series catering for the previous two generations of 750 Formula cars, such as Austin Seven specials and Reliant-engined models, plus other small capacity racers 500 cc (30.5 cu in) Formula 3 cars, amongst others. A formula for almost any naturally aspirated 2WD hatchback or hatchback-coupe. Re-launched in 2016 to follow on from the original, but now with power-to-weight rather than capacity class limits to ensure costs are tightly controlled. Class rules were updated for 2021. A one-make championship for
517-611: Is a motor racing club in the UK. It was founded in 1939 to promote the sporting use of the Austin 7 . '750' refers to the near-750cc Austin 7 engine. It later led to racing and the 750 Formula where specials are raced. Famous members include Colin Chapman , Eric Broadley , Adrian Reynard , Arthur Mallock , Derek Bennett , Tony Southgate , Brian Hart , Gordon Murray , Jem Marsh , Frank Costin and Mike Pilbeam . These engineers and designers produced
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#1732880355208564-480: Is also backed by the BMW Car Club GB. A longstanding formula for 1,400 cc (85.4 cu in) multi-valve, or 1,600 cc (97.6 cu in) 8-valve engined hatchbacks. All cars models must have been produced prior to January 1992. Prior to 2012, pre '92 cars ran as Stock Hatch Class B. The Stock Hatch Championship ran to the same rule set but allowed in newer cars and came to an end in 2016 after
611-803: Is the current national series in the United Kingdom. The calendar features iconic rallycross circuits including Lydden Hill Race Circuit . Recognised as an official championship by the MSUK, the governing body of motorsport in Great Britain. The first FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) took place from 4–5 May 2014, alongside the FIA European Rallycross Championship (Euro RX) , the latter formerly known as FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers . Former World Rally Championship champion Petter Solberg took first place to become
658-815: Is the longest running championship in the world, beginning in 1949. Joining the club in 2020, the Alfa Romeo Championship caters for all types of the marques cars, classified in three categories - Modified, Power Trophy and Twin Spark Cup. Primarily a motor racing community for Service personnel and veterans, AFRC rewards consistency as well as outright pace and achieved championship status in 2017. A championship for sports-racing cars using production motorcycle 4-stroke engines, with their standard transmissions. There are currently three classes: A six-hour relay event where competitors race for scratch and handicap positions, open to sports cars and saloon cars. The race
705-815: 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 . The sport started as a TV show (with especially invited rally drivers), produced by Robert Reed of ABC Weekend TV for ITV 's World of Sport programme, at Lydden Circuit (between Dover and Canterbury ) in Great Britain on Saturday, 4 February 1967. The first true rallycross
752-485: The DIY sports car Locost using the design from Ron Champion's book "Build Your Own Sports Car" . All cars use the 1,300 cc (79.3 cu in) Ford Crossflow engine mated to a 4-speed Escort or 4/5-speed Sierra Type 9 gearbox. New in 2019, Ma7da Locost is an offshoot of the eternally popular Locost Championship for kit cars designed to the original Ron Champion ‘Build Your Own Sports Car’ book dimensions but featuring
799-596: The Dutch Rallycross Association was founded and, during 1970, organised another five events at Venlo. For 1971 the Nederlandse Rallycross Vereniging (NRV) moved the sport to its new continental home at Valkenswaard near Eindhoven . The Eurocircuit opened on Saturday 17 April with a race that was won by Jan de Rooy and his famous DAF 555 Coupé 4WD and became the first track in the World that
846-564: The French Rallye du Var in 2016. In 2017, he was the first Dutchman ever to win the biggest rally of Belgium, the Ypres Rally , at the wheel of a Peugeot 208 R5. ( key ) Rallycross Rallycross is a form of sprint style motorsport , held on a closed mixed-surface racing circuit , with modified production or specially built touring cars . It is mainly popular in the Nordic countries ,
893-766: The Irwindale Raceway. American newcomer, Mitchell deJong joined the series and made history as the youngest to win the Silver Medal in X-Games in his first attempt at age 16. In 2014 the Global Rallycross Championship Series traveled to tracks across the U.S. and Canada. The series traveled to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas where American driver, Mitchell deJong made history again when he became
940-576: The Netherlands. Van Lennep soon started his investigations and found a military testing ground near the town of Venlo , close to the Dutch-German border. Actually there had been two venues available, the one at Venlo in Limburg and one at Elst in Gelderland, but the aid offered by the army turned the decision into the favour of Venlo. On Saturday 17 May 1969 a group of invited rally and racing drivers went to
987-511: The United States, there is dirt track racing , close to rallycross, but with two big differences, the vehicles are sprint cars , late models , modifieds and midgets instead, and they usually run in oval dirt tracks. In Great Britain, autocross was where some of the pioneers of rallycross started. In other Europeans countries, autocross is similar to in Britain, but with the cars starting at
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#17328803552081034-508: The beginning of 2021 season . The Supercar category was renamed to RX1, and a new electric rallycross supercar category RX1e was introduced. The Junior RX2 series were dropped, and Junior electric series RX2e were introduced. RX1e championship is expected to debut in 2022 season , consisting of the RX1 supercars retrofitted with two 250kW electric motors (equivalent of 680 horsepower ), and equipped with 52kWh performance battery. In Australia and in
1081-446: The evening of 17 November, and was replaced by a single special stage (won by Swede Erik Carlsson in a Saab 96 V4 ) for the sake of the disappointed television companies. RAC Rally stage number one by then, Camberley, was on Ministry of Defence land and not affected by movement restrictions caused by the disease in rural areas. Subsequently, only British drivers competed in the maiden international rallycross event one week later, which
1128-454: The first Lotus , Lola , Chevron , Speedex , Marcos , Pilbeam and other sports and racing cars between the 1940s and 1960s. The 750MC has continued to promote competitive, low-cost racing for enthusiasts, with a range of championships for production and racing sports cars, saloons and single-seaters. The world's oldest sports prototype formula, with all cars using the 1.1 litre Fiat FIRE engine . There are three classes: - 750 Formula
1175-619: The first FIA World Rallycross Championship winner. The 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship consists of 12 events globally for the Supercar category. FIA World and European Rallycross Championship cars are built based on production car body shells of vehicles homologated for Group A and Group N, or permitted by a special FIA list for non-homologated cars to be used in rallycross but are extensively modified. Different rallycross championships and events use different formats and scoring systems. The FIA made changes to rallycross categories before
1222-458: The highly competitive championship was re-launched in 2018 to reflect what the cars had developed into over the years. Namely 'Motorsport's Most Affordable Sports-Racing Car Championship.' Cars use 1000cc motorcycle-engines but run semi-slick trackday tyres, with no wings allowed. Lap times showcase BTCC pace at most circuits. The Roadsports series is a mini-enduro series for production-based, sports and saloon cars fitted with production engines from
1269-471: The main testdriver for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship . While his main focus would be the development of the new Hyundai i20 WRC , Abbring and Seb Marshall were also entered on selected WRC events later in the year. He took his first stage win and first points at the 2016 13º Rally d'Italia Sardinia . He won his first international rally at the wheel of a Hyundai i20 R5 at
1316-543: The new World of Sport Rallycross Championship for the ABC TV viewers started with round one on 23 September, to be followed by round two on 7 October. The series was run over a total of six rounds (three at Lydden and three at Croft) and was eventually won by Englishman Tony Chappell ( Ford Escort Twin Cam ), who became the first British Rallycross champion after winning the final round of the new series on 6 April 1968 at Lydden. However,
1363-605: The premier bike-engined, single-seater category in the UK and provides some of the fastest lap times in the country. Using a proven ‘slicks and wings’ racing car with excellent handling characteristics and powered by a 1000cc high performance motorbike engine, the cars reach 60 mph in just 3 seconds and go on to 150 mph, while revving to around 14000rpm. The most cost-effective introduction into single-seater racing; Formula Vee cars utilise 1,300 cc (79.3 cu in) Volkswagen Beetle components, in single-seater chassis – often converted from Formula Ford units. This
1410-541: The same manufacturer. There are four classes, with A, B and C aligned with Club Enduro: Relaunched in 2012 and previously known as the Kit Car Championship, until 2015 all cars were originally road legal, however this necessity was dropped in 2015 (see regulations ) to encourage more competitors. The championship caters for all manner of kit-type cars with production car powerplants, from Caterhams , Westfields and Sylva Sports Cars to home-developed one-offs. After
1457-646: The same time like in rallycross. Also there is crosskart racing. The motocross , which is similar to rallycross, but with motorcycles, ATVs and Pit bikes is very popular worldwide. It also have the bike motocross and the side car motocross . In France, they have camion cross , (truck cross in English) similar to rallycross, but with trucks instead. The most known championship is the Coupe de France de camion cross . [REDACTED] Media related to Rallycross at Wikimedia Commons 750 Motor Club 750 Motor Club
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1504-502: The series went to Foz do Iguaçu , Brazil, and Munich , Germany, and a rained-out event in Barcelona, Spain. In 2013, GRC Lites made their debut in Loudon, New Hampshire, with the series most exciting race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway pitting professional European rallycross drivers against newcomer, American Mitchell DeJong. Global Rallycross was also featured in X Games this year, held at
1551-496: The so-called AVRO-Trophy and on 16 August of the same year NSU campaigner Hans Kok claimed the first national Dutch rallycross title. On October 4 1969 Holland saw its last Rallycross event of the first season, a stand-alone one-off race organised on a temporary track that was quickly set up on pastureland near the ‘Europahal’ at the town of Elst, halfway between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Here it was young Briton ‘Jumping’ Jeff Wiliamson who drove his Riley 1300 to overall victory. On 1 November
1598-472: The spot for a test day. Everybody was really satisfied and enthusiastic and only three weeks later, on Saturday 7 June the first rallycross event on the European continent was held. The track consisted of a section of concrete runway, loose sections through heathland and a hollow, about 40 metres long and 10 metres deep, usually used for tank testing. Although the soft heath soil and the muddy hollow hampered most of
1645-614: The streets of Downtown Los Angeles. The series had several popular drivers such as Tanner Foust , Ken Block , Travis Pastrana , Finn Marcus Grönholm , Kiwi Rhys Millen , Dave Mirra , Frenchman Stéphane Verdier , Swede Michael Jernberg and Briton Liam Doran . The events were televised on ESPN. In 2012, the series grew to seven events run in conjunction with NASCAR Sprint Cup and IndyCar weekends as well as X Games 18 in Los Angeles. Several marques fielded factory- or importer-supported efforts including Ford, Hyundai, Subaru and Dodge. In 2013
1692-551: The tag RallyCar) announced it would begin sanctioning European style rallycross events in the United States. The inaugural season of the RallyCar Rallycross Championship , held in 2010, featured four events and several rally, rallycross and drifting competitors have shown an interest in contesting these races. All four events (August 29, October 3, November 6, November 7) were organised at New Jersey Motorsports Park . A closed-format circuit race called Rallycross
1739-505: The true birth of rallycross is often wrongly connected with the cancellation of the 1967 RAC Rally , due to foot-and-mouth disease , in November 1967, about ten months after the maiden event. Some foreign entrants for the RAC had also planned to take part in the 1st international rallycross at Lydden Circuit, on Saturday, 25 November 1967, but went home immediately after the rally had been cancelled on
1786-469: The two dozen or so competitors, or at least their mostly rather aged cars, the event produced much fun for all concerned as well as the TV audience. Overall victory went eventually to Hans Kok and his valuable NSU 1200 TT. Davy Van Den Branden 9 Times Belgian Champion. And 5 times Netherlands Champion. The Dutch television company AVRO gave green light to Rob Herzet as well as another three rounds counting towards
1833-503: The vast majority of cars to be eligible, with outputs monitored by 750MC's own mobile rolling road. The endurance race series for production sports and saloon cars began as a series in 2016, after a trial race in Snetterton the previous year and gained MSA Championship status in 2018, boasting some of the biggest grids in the UK. The championship previously known as Formula Jedi joined the 750 Motor Club in 2019 and has established itself as
1880-688: The youngest to be invited and to win the Gold Medal in X-Games. In 2018, the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, hosted the World Rallycross race event again on September 29–30 at the purpose-built track. The Americas Rallycross Championship began competition in 2018. However, it was cancelled after the 2019 season due to a lack of sponsors. Pastrana launched his own rallycross championship Nitro Rallycross in 2021. The Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship presented by Cooper Tires
1927-657: Was a regular event at the X Games for some years. It was first added to the X Games XVI in 2010 under the name SuperRally . This event involved heavily modified production cars with turbocharged engines running at 600 hp, all-wheel drive , sequential gearboxes , and offroad style suspension tuned for long jumps. The Global RallyCross Championship was a Red Bull -sponsored championship that began in 2011 with five rounds in Irwindale, California (The Revolution), Snoqualmie, WA (Twin Peaks), Fountain, CO (Last Chance) and X Games 17 in
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1974-687: Was among most popular autosport disciplines in Soviet Union with hundreds of racing tracks and various classes of trucks, light cars and purpose built buggies competing. Most classes were effectively one-make classes, with few performance upgrades available, which together with wide state support made autocross popular and easily accessible to enthusiasts. Since late 1970s local regulations for autocross were harmonized with FIA regulations for rallycross. Until that time most tracks were unpaved, since then more partially paved rallycross tracks were built. In October 2009 Rally America (for two years operating under
2021-811: Was especially designed and built purely for rallycross purposes. Rallycross came to Australia in 1969 with a one off meeting at Leppington in New South Wales . Events were held at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne until the mid 1970s and at the Catalina Park circuit in Katoomba in New South Wales from 1972 until the early 1980s. Circuits at Towac near Orange in New South Wales as well as Tailem Bend and Whyalla in South Australia were also used, but after
2068-447: Was eventually won by Andrew Cowan and his Hillman Imp . Thames Estuary Automobile Club's (TEAC) premier event, the original Clubman's rallycross, was held the day after. It opened up the new rally drivers' fun-sport to many amateur competitors, proved very successful and thereby paved the way for the first generation of real rallycross specialists, many of them coming from the ranges of autocross and autograss racing. After one and
2115-574: Was first run in 1951, and was created by Holland Birkett , who was one of the founding members of the 750 Motor Club. In 2001, a twelve-hour race was also held. Currently, the event is held at the Silverstone Circuit on the full Historic GP layout . Scratch winners: Handicap winners: BMW Car Club Racing (BMWCCR) began in 2018 and is for club-level BMW racers. There is championship status for 2019 and classes catering for all four-cylinder, six-cylinder and differing levels of M-powered cars. BMWCCR
2162-630: Was organised by Bud Smith (d. 1994) and the Tunbridge Wells Centre of the 750 MC , with the aid of Lydden Circuit owner Bill Chesson (d. 1999), and was won by later Formula One driver as well as 1968 Rally Monte Carlo winner Vic Elford in a showroom Porsche 911 of the British importer AFN, ahead of Brian Melia in his Ford Lotus Cortina and Tony Fall in a BMC Mini Cooper S . After that inaugural event there were another two test rallycrosses at Lydden, on 11 March and 29 July, before
2209-799: Was set to return to Australia in 2015 in the form of the Extreme Rallycross Championship, originally scheduled to consist of seven events held across 2015 and 2016. However, the series was cancelled after just one event had been held due to a lack of entries. A proposed Victorian championship, titled Rallycross Australia, was also cancelled before a single event had been run. In Soviet Union history of rallycross (under name of autocross) dates back to 1949 when first competitions were held for light trucks, as well as passenger cars. First competitions resembled more light offroad race over 20-40km course, but over time races shortened and purpose built tracks were established. In 1970s and 1980s autocross
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