CML Domination
Round 2 of the BRCA 1/8th off road series took place at the outstanding EMORC facility near Basildon with some superb racing by the CML team drivers.
The qualifying sessions saw a repeat of the CML team dominance from the first round at Sandy, with Neil Cragg once again placing his RB powered Associated RC8 on pole. Neil proving that you dont need to practice for hours on this track to be fast! neil was once again followed in qualifying by David Crompton (Team Magic/RB) and Graham Alsop (Ho Bao/RB) in a repeat of the Sandy top 3. John Holmes also qualified direct into the final in 6th with his Ho Bao/RB combination. All these drivers were using Proline Bow-Tie M2 tyres. Paul Bradby was promoted out of a very competitve B final to join his Ho Bao/RB team mates in the main final.
The main final saw the top guys run in start order early on with Neil just opening a slight advantage looking to make a break. Unfortunatley for Neil he started to have a few servo issues which made placing the car very difficult, and then landing off the main table top his car went striaght on in the chicane, seemingly with no steering. After about 10 seconds the problem seemed to fix itself and he was back under way chasing the leaders down. By this time David Crompton and Jon Hazelwood had made a break and were setting an impressive pace at the front. These guys had a great battle which saw Jon come out on top by around 3 seconds after the 30 minute final, David pushing extremely hard over the last few laps to try and close the gap but Jon held on for the win.
All pictures courtesy of www.piraterc.com
The main final saw the top guys run in start order early on with Neil just opening a slight advantage looking to make a break. Unfortunatley for Neil he started to have a few servo issues which made placing the car very difficult, and then landing off the main table top his car went striaght on in the chicane, seemingly with no steering. After about 10 seconds the problem seemed to fix itself and he was back under way chasing the leaders down. By this time David Crompton and Jon Hazelwood had made a break and were setting an impressive pace at the front. These guys had a great battle which saw Jon come out on top by around 3 seconds after the 30 minute final, David pushing extremely hard over the last few laps to try and close the gap but Jon held on for the win.
All pictures courtesy of www.piraterc.com
