Braintree rallycross driver Dave Ward made amends after retiring in the first round of the Compomotive Motorsport Wheels Rallycross championship by taking a resounding win in the second round held at Lydden Hill, Dover, on Bank Holiday Monday.

Dave was denied a win on the last lap while leading the A-final in the first round at the Croft circuit near Darlington, when the gearbox selectors failed on his J. E. White sponsored 1600cc Vauxhall Corsa.

At Lydden things didn't start to well when Dave suffered a puncture in the first of his three timed runs.

But he hit back by winning the next two and setting fastest time of the day of all the two wheel drive cars, which with the new race format sees all two-wheel drive cars -- whatever their engine size -- in the same division.

These times, with a maximum points score of 50 points for each, saw Dave dominate the class and take pole position for the A-final where he was never headed from the green light to the chequered flag for the whole four lap race.

Fellow Braintree driver Trevor Stretch was competing in his Euro 2000 Vauxhall Corsa.

The Euro 2000 class is for saloon cars up 2000cc and to keep costs down, minimal changes are allowed and engines must be of the same manufacture as the car and on control tyres supplied by Avon.

Trevor, a fireman based at Stansted airport, is still awaiting the arrival of his new engine and with present power plant did well to qualify after completing his three timed runs to line up on the front row of the C-final and finished a good day's racing in second place.

Paul Wakeling, also from Braintree, is campaigning the 1380cc Mini his father Richard used so effectively in last year's championship.

Paul had a disastrous day as after completing morning practice he only managed half a lap in the first timed run when he retired for the rest of the day.

Two Minicross drivers were in action at Lydden and as Minicross is celebrating its 21st birthday a cavalcade of over 50 road going Minis took to the track during the lunchtime break.

As for the racing Minis, Mark Williams, from Mayland completed his first run only for it to go horribly wrong in the second when he rolled his Mini end over end and the race was stopped.

Mark was unhurt but was taken to hospital for a check-up by the circuit medics and returned to the circuit later in the day.

Upholding the honours of the local Minicross drivers were Samantha Edwards from High Roding, who finished in eighth place in the A-final and Toby Ling, from South Woodham Ferrers, who took fourth place in the B-final.

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