Bumper weekend of action at Irish Rallycross Grand Prix

The Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy and the Irish Rallycross Championships will contest the Irish Rallycross Grand Prix at Mondello Park this weekend

The two championships will combine for the biggest rallycross event seen in Ireland for 40-odd years as they contest two completely separate championship rounds, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

Not since the hay day of the annual visits by the European Championship to the county Kildare circuit has Ireland witnessed such a top-class list of cars and drivers and big crowds are expected at the two-day event.

A field of more than 25 Supercars includes a host of top-line Irish drivers, who will join the best of the British drivers to will battle through the all-action heats to see who will make the grid for the championship final

All the races will be brodcast live on YouTube and Facebook and the Mondello Park YouTube channel.

Rallycross Cars are split into classes ranging from Production Cars, through Modified Cars and high-performance single seat Rally X Buggies, to the spectacular 4 Wheel Drive Rally X Supercars that accelerate faster than an F1 Car.

All of the current British and Irish classes will be present at the event, with fierce competition expected as drivers from each nation vie for supremacy.

The leading Irish competitor is Derek Tohill (Fiesta) the two-time European Touring car Rallycross and Multi Irish and British champion

But he will be hard pressed this weekend by two other Fiestas in the hands of Mick Leonard jnr and John McCluskey especially since he is using a spare car, which was only rear-wheeled drive for recent events in Finland and Sweden. The car is now four-wheeled drive for the weekend.

Leonard is another British Supercup