BRCA Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd4 – Report
Round 4 of the BRCA Touring Car Series was hosted by the Halifax club, with the two Stock classes already decided in favour of Zak Finlay and Colin Jackson the main focus was on the battle for the coveted Modified title. Coming into Halifax Elliott Harper and Olly Jefferies were tied at the top of the Modified points table, Jefferies had made the better start to the season but it was Harper that arrived at Halifax as the pre-race favourite after a strong showing at rounds 2 and 3. After some weeks of great weather in the UK the Halifax national kicked off under almost monsoon conditions and Elliott Harper took the first round of qualifying, Jefferies bounced back in round 2 and went on to take TQ ahead of Harper, Alan Bickerstaff Chris Grainer and Alexander Hagberg.
In the Modified A-final it was two straight wins for Olly Jefferies giving him the overall win which was enough to take the national Modified title and the successful defence of his title, Elliott chased hard and put up a spirited fight but on this occasion the Schumacher driver had to settle for second ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg.
Touring Modified top 5 results:
1. Olly Jefferies – Xray
2. Elliott Harper – Schumacher
3. Alex Hagberg – Xray
4. Matt White – Team Associated
5. Chris Ashton – Schumacher
In Boosted Stock Zak Finlay had already wrapped up the title and he was once again the man to beat and after taking TQ he proved to be the man to beat once again, Paul Pinkney has had a good season in stock and he took second place overall in qualifying and this was the same order for the two leg Boosted Stock A-final with Chris Gunter taking 3rd from 4th on the grid.
Touring Boosted Stock top 5 results:
1. Zak Finlay – Xray
2. Paul Pinkney – Schumacher
3. Chris Gunter – Schumacher
4. Dominic Carter – Awesomatix
5. Mikey J Mansell – Capricorn
Blinky Stock has been very open this season with a number of drivers putting in some good performances. At the front of the field, it was Jamie Hicklin’s time to shine at Halifax and he took TQ but in the two leg A-finals it was Tony Broad who took the win ahead of Markus Askell who is now looking good for 2nd place in the blinky championship, from 7th on the grid came Luke Hobson who was making a rare national appearance.
Touring Blinky Stock top 5 results:
1. Tony Broad – Xray
2. Markus Askell – Xray
3. Luke Hobson – Team Associated
4. Alex Brocklebank – Schumacher
5. Colin Jackson – ARC
The final round of the BRCA national series takes place next month at the new Bedworth facility and despite all classes already being decided a full entry is expected.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
