June 19, 2019
…get right. Alex (Serpent) was on it and managed a 21 laps in 305, followed by David Spashett (ARC) 21 in 312 and James Conolly (Mugen) 20 in 301. The A-final of Nitro saw a very clean start. Mark Green had qualified 7th but made clear it didn’t mean he wasn’t in for the win. Everyone was treated to a very nice battle on track between Alex and Mark. After the 30 minutes Alex won with 122 laps, mark was on 121 and David Spashett came 3rd with 119 laps. The best lap of the race, and of the whole…
May 29, 2019
…ARC chassis taking overall honours from Jamie Paton, both had equal points but Craig won after taking TQ. Jamie who also was running for the first time this year with his new Capricorn car, Rob Scott running Capricorn continued to be at the front taking 3rd overall. After racing in the ENS race in Holland the previous day Mark Green made it back to compete in round 4 of championship on Monday. It was his team mate Alex Thurston though who took TQ from Wood from Spashett and Hastings. In the 30 minute race Thurston and Wood battled for the…
May 7, 2019
The Halifax circuit played host to round two of the BRCA Circuit Championship. In the nitro class Andy Hastings set the pace in qualifying with his Shepherd from David Spashett (ARC) and Michael Walton (Xray). The 30-minute final saw a battle with Andy and Michael for much of the race, Mark Green having qualified only 8th worked his way through the field and with ten minutes remaining took over the lead from Michael who had to retire after some contact. Andy recovered to take second position and Karl Dransfield (Capricorn) rounded out the top 3 with a solid drive. In…
April 30, 2019
The opening round of the British 1/10th IC Circuit nationals took place this past weekend at the Adur circuit in the south of England. Dry but windy qualifying conditions would see the usual contenders battling for overall TQ. In 200mm it would be Joe Kerry with his Capricorn taking top spot some 4 seconds in front of Serpent’s John Zottl, with James Connolly rounding out the top 3 driving a Mugen. In 220mm GT, returning to the class, Serpent driver Mark Green dominated qualifying to claim pole position in front of the Capricorn of Glyn Beal and Richard Kozakiewicz also…
April 10, 2019
The opening round of the 2019 BRCA 1/8th IC Track season started at the Brooklands circuit in Kent on the south coast. A good entry of drivers descended on the track, which was in its best condition since returning to the calendar. After a solid days testing on Saturday, the race got underway on Sunday morning. Shepherd’s Tim Wood took the TQ honours from Serpent’s Mark Green after two rounds of qualifying before rain halted proceedings. The start of the A-main saw a good battle at the front in challenging conditions as the track was almost dry. At the end…
October 10, 2018
…busy start of the Main final saw Tim take the lead which he never relinquished – completing his sixth victory of the year. John Carr finished 2nd with Andy Hastings 3rd making a Shepherd lockout podium. 1/8th IC Track top 3 results: 1. Tim Wood – Shepherd/Picco – 124 Laps 2. John Carr – Shepherd/XRD – 114 Laps 3. Andy Hastings – Shepherd/Picco – 110 Laps 1/8th IC Track top 5 overall: 1. Tim Wood – Shepherd 2. Alex Thurston – Serpent 3. Andy Hastings – Shepherd 4. John Carr – Shepherd 5. Mark Green – Serpent Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]…
July 16, 2018
The BRCA 1/8th Track Nationals took place at the popular Halifax track this past weekend. Shepherd’s Andy Hastings took the TQ honours and was pretty much on pace with eventual race winner, Tim Wood (Shepherd), however Andrew unfortunately scored a DNF, allowing Mark Green (Serpent) to take the runner-up spot as Serpent’s Richard Hicklin rounded out the top 3 results. Final results: 1. Tim Wood – 118/1810.080 – Shepherd/Picco 2. Mark Green – 118/1814.845 – Serpent/XRD 3. Richard Hicklin – 113/1804.847 – Serpent/Exceed 4. Karl Dransfield – 113/1805.138 – Shepherd/Orcan 5. Neal King – 112/1801.060 – Shepherd/XRD 6. John Carr…
June 7, 2018
…by round system for this event with Mark Green (Serpent) taking pole position having found an engine to do five minutes without a fuel stop, ahead of Alex Thurston (Serpent), Tim Wood (Shepherd), Andy Hastings (Shepherd) and John Carr (Shepherd). For the 30-minute final many of the key front runners had technical issues allowing Mark to win by three laps from John Carr and Neal King (Capricorn). In the Electric class Craig Nutting (ARC) was the class of the field winning from Jamie Paton (Serpent) and Devandra Mahatme. The next round of the championship visits the Mendip circuit at Weston…
