Cox will be making the most of the two weeks of learning and testing to prepare for his first event in May. “I’ve looked at the Höljes track online and it’s a circuit that the World Rallycross Championship uses. It’s great that the academy has us lined up to race at a venue of this calibre.”
The final leg in this trip is for Cox to join RX Academy coaches and competitors at a round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Belgium. RX Academy organisers SET Promotion also run a number of teams at every level of European rallycross. “There will be a lot to take in Circuit Jules Tacheny seeing what the top level guys do,” says Cox. “It’s an exciting opportunity and a cool part of the academy programme.”
To date, Cox’s motorsport career has always involved his family – father Steve, mother Toni and sister Tarryn. For this first month-long trip to Scandinavia, Cox is travelling by himself and is excited by the adventure and opportunities ahead.
“I am a little worried about the language barrier, as this is a first for me, but everyone speaks great English. Motorsport has always been a big family thing for us, so that will be a very different aspect. The team at SET Promotion has been really helpful and welcoming so far, especially knowing I’m travelling so far from home. There’s a lot to take on, but by the end of the year with the camp, more testing and five events completed, we’ll see where these opportunities will take me in the future.”
The complete RX Academy season includes the 6 May round at Höljes in Sweden, three rounds in Finland – 16 June (Honkajoki), 11 August (Jalasjärvi) and 25 August (Kouvola), and concludes on 7 October at Tierps in Sweden.
Each event is made up of an open practice session, four timed qualifying heats, two knock out semi-finals and one final. Each heat features a joker lap, which is a longer section of the circuit which all participants have to take at least once during each race.
Cox’s 2018 rallycross campaign is supported by Taslo Engineering, AJ’s Emporium, Driveline Automotive, Signedge and Teng Tools.
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