BRCA 1/10th IC on-road championship Rd3 – Report
Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th IC Championship took place at the Halifax Track in Yorkshire, the excellent facility that hosted the 1/8th European Championships in 2013. The weather forecast showed high temperatures for both days meaning two dry days of running were had. 25 drivers took part in the 200mm class and 14 in the Sports GT class. On Saturday in the open practice, Kyle Branson was showing a fast pace with his XRD-powered Capricorn in the 200mm class and Glyn Beal was posting the fastest laps in the Sports GT class with his Serpent/OS combo. Onto Sunday and round 1 of qualifying went the way of Kyle Branson and Richard Boult. Kyle again posted the fastest time in round 2 with Glyn Beal topping the round in the Sports GT class. The pair again topped round 3 and 4 of their respective classes giving them the TQ positions for their classes.
200mm A-final starting grid
1. Kyle Branson – Capricorn/XRD/Contact – 19/310.054
2. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi/Hot Race – 19/313.889
3. Joe Kerry – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 19/314.626
4. Simon Wood – Xray/OS/Matrix – 19/317.129
5. Matthew Cook – Hot Bodies/OS/Matrix – 18/298.723
6. Alex Thurston – Serpent/OS/Contact – 18/301.358
7. John Zottl – Shepherd/Capricorn/Matrix – 18/302.600
8. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/Sonic/Matrix – 18/303.843
9. Neil Wallace – Capricorn/Novarossi/Matrix – 18/312.197
10.Chris O’Donoghue – Capricorn/XRD/Ulti – 18/315.891
Sports GT A-final starting Grid
1. Glyn Beal – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 19/307.039
2. Jason Thompson – Serpent/Sirio/Xceed – 19/324.332
3. Lee Chapman – Xray/LRP/Xceed – 18/301.364
4. Richard Boult – Xray/LRP/Matrix – 18/301.796
5. Mark Newby – Mugen/IDM/Matrix – 18/315.914
6. Peter Hellawell – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 17/296.896
7. Phil Edwards – Serpent/Novarossi/Matrix – 17/301.171
8. Devendra Mahatme – Shepherd/Sonic/Matrix – 17/301.499
9. Bob Harley – Serpent/Sonic/Xceed – 17/308.597
10.Jim Beesley – Serpent/Sonic/Matrix – 17/311.255
In the 200mm final, Kyle Branson put on an amazing display of dominance leading from start to finish. The battle for 2nd place was more intense with Joe Kerry holding the position from Mark Green at the start. Mark would find his way back through at around the 10 minute mark and the pair would continue to swap the position until Mark established himself and finished in 2nd with Joe in 3rd.
200mm A-final result
1. Kyle Branson – Capricorn/XRD/Contact – 107/1802.830
2. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi/Hot Race – 106/1807.012
3. Joe Kerry – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 106/1811.618
4. Alex Thurston – Serpent/OS/Contact – 104/1806.573
5. Matthew Cook – Hot Bodies/OS/Matrix – 104/1807.634
6. Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/Sonic/Matrix – 101/1801.394
7. John Zottl – Shepherd/Capricorn/Matrix – 101/1816.496
8. Chris O’Donoghue – Capricorn/XRD/Ulti – 97/1800.233
9. Simon Wood – Xray/OS/Matrix – 71/1282.942
10.Neil Wallace – Capricorn/Novarossi/Matrix – DNS
Glyn Beal would lead away the Sports GT final with Jason Thompson and Richard Boult behind after Lee Chapman hit early troubles forcing him to retire. Richard would take 2nd around 5 minutes in and Jason would drop back after running out of fuel at the 10 minute mark allowing Peter Hellawell up into 3rd. Towards the end of the race Glyn’s front belt would break and Richard would run out of fuel with around 5 minutes left to run. This meant that Glyn was losing almost 2 seconds a lap and with just 7 laps to go, Peter would find a way past to take his first ever national A Final win with Glyn and Richard completing the podium.
Sports GT A-final result
1. Peter Hellawell – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 99/1800.312
2. Glyn Beal – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 99/1810.372
3. Richard Boult – Xray/LRP/Matrix – 99/1811.740
4. Jason Thompson – Serpent/Sirio/Xceed – 98/1804.605
5. Devendra Mahatme – Shepherd/Sonic/Matrix – 93/1817.503
6. Bob Harley – Serpent/Sonic/Xceed – 90/1801.268
7. Jim Beesley – Serpent/Sonic/Matrix – 86/1800.042
8. Phil Edwards – Serpent/Novarossi/Matrix – 85/1802.760
9. Mark Newby – Mugen Seiki/IDM/Matrix – 22/699.816
10.Lee Chapman – Xray/LRP/Xceed – 15/273.643
The next round of the championship is at the Colchester circuit on the 12th and 13th of July.
Thanks to Peter Hellawell for sending the report.
