Andrew Jordan shone at a sun baked Lydden Hill on Sunday afternoon as the World Rallycross Championship entertained the packed crowd.

It had everything from thrills and spills to cars taking to the circuit and catching fire, but at the end of the day there could only be one winner and that was Andreas Bakkerud.

The star of the show from a British perspective was most definitely reigning British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan. He is no stranger to rallycross and underlined the class that he has by bringing his Ford Fiesta ST home in an impressive third place overall in the Superclass.

The final was definitely entertaining and it has it all with Petter Solberg having an eventful start and ending up in the gravel, before getting going and bringing his Citroen DS3 home in sixth place.

Speaking after the final, a delighted Jordan said: “If you had offered me a podium back at the start of the weekend, I would definitely have taken it. We were quick throughout but I still never thought a podium would be possible – to achieve it in my first world championship event and on home soil, I honestly can’t believe it. The support from the crowd was fantastic, too. I really couldn’t have asked for very much more

“If you’d told me at the start of the weekend that I’d be on the podium today then I would have been smiling from ear to ear. I was driving like a bit of an idiot in the heats and then I had to reign it in. I started off the back of the grid for the finals but then I had a good, clean race.  I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

From a local perspective Liam Doran didn’t have the best of weekend at what is more than just his local circuit but more home. After heat one Liam was penalised for jumping the start, before mechanical gremlins kicked in during heat two.

It meant that going into the final day and the two heats ahead of the semi- finals Liam was down in 28th place, with only the top 12 making the semis.

His day was much better as he fought back from being left on the grid in heat three to take second place in the heat, and then in heat four he managed to take his first ever heat win in World Rallycross. His times however just weren’t quick enough to take him through to the top twelve and a place in one of the two semi-finals.

It wasn’t just the drivers in the Supercars that were entertaining the crowds, some of the best racing came from the support classes, with the Super 1600’s and the RX lites providing some excellent on track thrills and overtaking, bumper to bumper and door to door action.

There was also demonstrations from the Drift car guys who wetted the appetite for the upcoming round of the British Drift Championship from Lydden in August. During the interval fans got the opportunity to wander the paddock area and take photos of and gather autographs from their favourite drivers, and it just added to that feel good family atmosphere.

Pictures supplied by Jack Mitchell.