LEADING female Norwegian driver Camilla Antonsen is the latest addition for the Get Connected! SG Petch Rallycross Superprix at Croft later this month.

This will be the first time that Antonsen, in her ex-Sverre Isachsen Ford Focus, has raced at Croft in the Rallycross Superprix, but having had a career full of success, she can be expected to be among the front-runners at the event. It will also be the first time that a female driver has a raced a four-wheel drive Division 1 specification Rallycross car in Great Britain.

Other continental drivers so far include Czech Republic competitor, Jiri Galuska in his new shape Division 1 Ford Fiesta as well as Jef Mertens and Jelle Blockx from Belgium will take on the Procar 2000 competitors at the wheel of their Opel Astras.

Two leading Super National competitors, Ola Froshaug and Stein Egil Jenssen from Norway return to the event determined to win the Superprix Super National title for the first time in one of their spectacular Volvo S40s also.

Jenssen had been scheduled to drive his Division 1 Ford Focus at the event, but has been forced to switch to the Volvo S40 after he heavily damaged the Focus in the final event of the Rallycross Norden series recently.

Polish drivers, Piotr Starobrat, Witold Starobrat and Lukasz Kabacinski have confirmed that they will form a three-car attack with their 2.5 litre BMW E36s. Starobrat and Kabacinksi raced in the event last year with a Division 1 Ford Focus and Subaru Impreza respectively.

As well as the top British drivers, including local aces Kevin Procter (Ford Focus) and 'Mad' Mark Watson (Citroen Xsara), Ripon rally driver Charlie Payne will be at the wheel of Jean Luc Paillier's Peugeot 207 WRC.

Many more entries are expected to be confirmed shortly for the event which takes place over the weekend of October 31 and November 1 and incorporates the final round of the 2009 Fuchs Lubricants Rallycross Open Championship.

In addition, the Cartersport Rally Car Challenge has attracted plenty of interest with leading local driver Dave Craven (Mitsubishi) taking on a dozen other drivers including Darren Grimston (Ford Escort) and Larry Carter (Peugeot 206).