Green wins Rd6 of UK 1/8th Nats

The 6th round of the 2007 1/8th scale BRCA National Championships took place at the Brooklands track last weekend in the south of England. Qualifying saw multiple round winner Mark Green claim pole position, the Serpent driver beating 2nd placed Gareth Bell, driving for Mugen, by 6 seconds while 3rd spot belonged to Andrew North less than a second behind Bell. In the final it started with Mark Green out in front closely followed by Bell and Hastings with North dropping down a spot due to cold tires. Richard Hicklin, who was charging through the field from 10th place grid position, soon worked his way up to 5th and after a mistake by North, he moved up into 4th. Things started to get lively when Green ran out of fuel just before his second stop putting Hastings into the lead who then blew a plug which cost him 6 laps and any chance of the win. Andrew North, who was on a charge, had a coming together with Hicklin which put the Serpent driver out on the spot, but Andrew recovered and finished 3rd with Mark Green taking the win, after coming back from his flame out, while Gareth Bell claimed 2nd.

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1. Mark Green – 122L / 1815.78 (Serpent 960)
2. Gareth Bell – 121L / 1808.19 (Mugen MRX4)
3. Andrew North – 116L / 1804.24 (Mugen MRX4)
4. Pete Hastings – 115L / 1801.09 (Mugen MRX4)
5. Christopher Heath – 109L / 1813.46 (Kyosho Evolva)
6. Jason Frost – 107L / 1809.11 (Mugen MRX4)
7. John Carr – 107L / 1814.24 (Serpent 960)
8. Tim Wood – 60L / 1146.29 (Serpent 960)
9. Andrew Hastings – 59L / 1011.25 (Mugen MRX4)
10. Richard Hicklin – 48L / 831.75 (Serpent 960)

Source: BRCA [brca.org] / Andrew North