June 15, 2015
The fourth round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The entry list was good, so the competition between drivers in their respective skill levels would be very close. Local driver Tim Wood was the first absentee on Saturday due to racing the Euro B finals in Italy but was due to attend on Sunday after a night flight and travel back Sunday morning. Saturday and the pace was set by Mark Green with his Novarossi-powered Serpent but the gap back to the chasing pack was around 0.1 second per…
May 25, 2015
The third round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Mendip circuit in Weston Super Mare with the main championship contenders of Green and Wood being in attendance again after ETS and Holiday commitments. In Qualifying, it was Green who had the upper hand all day with the chasing pack consisting of Tim Wood, Neal King and Andy Hastings. The gap between the top 2 was around 4 seconds in 5 minutes which gave Green a good advantage for the finals. Tire wear was very high all weekend since this track is not used much…
May 4, 2015
The second round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. This track is part of a big national karting circuit of which we use the last corner and half of the long main straight. The infield is tight in configuration with a series of 180 degree hairpins followed by flowing mid speed curves. What makes this circuit unique is various elevation changes which tests even the best drivers in maintaining a consistent average lap time. The meeting was on the same weekend of the first ENS race and therefore the…
April 15, 2015
…Upfront, it was Green who started to pull out a comfortable lead over the chasing pack of Wood, Bancroft, Hastings, and North. The first retirement was Hastings with a blown plug but continued and eventually retired on 47 laps. Upfront Green was cruising to victory until an out of control car hit him on the back straight which broke the car and allowed Wood to take the lead. Green then managed to limp to the finish to secure second place ahead of Bancroft in third. Final result: 1. Tim Wood – Serpent/OS – 85 laps 2. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi…
February 3, 2015
Last weekend was the 2nd round of a 4-meeting series for the British 1/10 F1 Nationals held at Broxtowe. Mark Green with his Serpent F110 managed TQ in 3 of the 4 qualifying rounds and lead the A-final for most of the race he have a close race with David Underwood for the first half of the final before winning the final by a full lap. Round 3 will be at the Swift Raceway near Sheffield on Sunday 8th March. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
October 26, 2014
The final race of the 2014 national series was hosted by the Cotswold circuit at the Kemble airfield. With the championship already decided in favour of Mark Green, it was the remaining places which needed deciding and the GP2 and GP3 championships. Saturday was wet so no drivers ventured out on track until early afternoon when a dry line appeared and the grip steadily increased. The pace setters were North, King, Hastings, Carr and Wood until the practice was cut short due to rain. Kyle Branson with his Capricorn / XRD factory setup did not practice but was booked in…
October 14, 2014
…– Shepherd/Capricorn/Matrix – 17/ 305.62 6. Simon Wood – Xray/Reds/Matrix – 17/ 308.98 7. Peter Spratley – Xray/Orcan/Matrix – 16/ 301.22 8. Mark Owen – Xray/Novarossi/Xceed – 16/ 308.27 9. Mark Fagan – Serpent/OS/Xceed – 16/ 309.80 10.Jason Leggett – Serpent/OS/Contact – 16/ 310.37 In the 200mm A Final the top 3 set off in qualifying order until Lap 12 when Mark managed to pass Alex for 2nd. Over the next 20 minutes, Joe drove an excellent race to hold 1st position, only losing it during pit stops. Around the 25 minute mark, Alex had a problem which meant he…
October 7, 2014
With the season entering its final two races, the penultimate race of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was at the Adur circuit in Brighton and this could decide the winner of the overall Championship in favour of Mark Green if he finished within the top 3. Current championship leader, Daniel Bancroft has had his best ever season with many consistent performances but Mark would overall him along with Tim Wood on best 6 of 9 scores to count. Saturday was dry and allowed for a very productive setup day and a strong entry of 33 drivers was more than…
