RallyX Round 2 Report – NWN
122 competitors joined us at the second round of BRCA RallyX nationals at North West Nitro. During the first four rounds of qualifying on Saturday persistent rain gave track advantages to different heats across the day. Mixing the qualifying scores up for the drivers and keeping it all to play for!
Round 5 of qualifying on Sunday morning was finally dry, with drivers looking to test their set ups on a dry track ready for the mains.
After the five rounds of qualifying the top 3 drivers were: TQ Jonathan Skidmore (XRAY), 2nd William Skidmore (XRAY), and in 3rd position Erik Lykke (Agama)
Lower Final Bump Ups:
1/64th B
1st Adam Breese
2nd Andy Booth
3rd Micheal Riviere
4th Daniel Lewington
1/64th A
1st Jack Preston
2nd Will Turlin
3rd Andy Pierce
4thLuca Lepadatu
1/32nd B
1st Adam Buckholt
2nd Lewis Trafford
3rdIan Gillespie
4thDarren Woolley
1/32nd A
1st Sam Cobley
2nd Craig Russell
3rd Andrew Rennick
4th Jack Preston
1/16th B
1stChris Grimes
2ndDave Williams
3rdDarren Wilby
4thWilliam Paul
1/16th A
1stDaniel Austin
2ndRob Cockcroft
3rdToby Nicoll
4thJack Preston
1/8th B
1stDaniel Thorne
2ndJason Ferguson
3rdWilliam Callan
4thWestley Jolly
1/8th A
1stJamie Chappell
2ndLiam Brocklehurst
3rdJosh Bougourd
4thJack Slassor
1/4 B
1stReuben Shakespeare
2ndMax McDonnell
3rdTaro Cradock
4thDaniel Thorne
1/4 A
1stKieran Cox
2ndOliver Nattress
3rdDavid Gibson
4thJake Dell
Semi A
Semi A was led by TQ Jonathan skidmore, at the start of the race he had a cut on the line, a second round of bad luck following the runway at round one! Luckily not too much time was lost and Joni made his way back up the pack during the main, finishing behind Erik Lykke in 2nd.
Mirroring round one, NWN also saw another junior make their first A final, Oliver Nattress (Kyosho) finished in 5th position with a comfortable semifinal drive. Congratulations! To round off the action-packed semi A, a last-minute dash to the line for the final bump up from Jack Willetts (WIRC) in 6th place, Dom Nunn (Mugen) in 7th place, with Josh Graham finishing in 8th were separated by less than a second!
Semi B
Semi B was led throughout by Will Skidmore who finished in 1st place one lap ahead of the rest of the chasing pack. NWN provided some great close racing to the line with Graham Alsop (SWORKS) and Lee Martin (XRAY) finishing within one second of eachother. Followed by another race to the line for the bump up from James Le Pavoux (SWORKS) in 5th, Holger Lykke (Agama) in 6th, Billy Grindley (WIRC) in 7th followed by Kevin Brunsden (Agama) in 8th - all four drivers separated by 3 seconds!
Main final
Will Skidmore led the pack of 14 drivers for the first 10 minutes of the race, closely followed by Joni Skidmore. Unfortunately, just past the 10 minute mark Will suffered a mechanical failure and had to retire from the race. This left both Joni and Erik to battle it out for the 1st place spot.
As the race continued, Ben Simpson (AE) chased down the top three, having a close battle with Erik to gain 2nd place overall and his highest national championship finishing position.
At the start of the race, Will Skidmore led the 14-driver field, maintaining control at the front for the opening ten minutes with Joni Skidmore running closely behind. However, disaster struck just after the ten-minute mark when a mechanical failure forced Will to retire from the race.
This left both Joni and Erik to battle it out for the 1st place spot. With Lewis Jones also closely behind in 4th during this section of the race.
Further back, Ben Simpson (AE) was making impressive progress through the field. Closing the gap to the leading group, Simpson engaged in a close and competitive battle with Erik before securing second place overall. The result marked his highest-ever finishing position in the National Championship to round out a great drive throughout the main.
Overall Championships:
National:
1st Place Finish – Jonathan Skidmore (XRAY)
2nd Place Finish – Ben Simpson (AE)
3rd Place Finish – Erik Lykke (Agama)
Junior:
1st Place Finish – Billy Grindley (WIRC)
2nd Place Finish – Holger Lykke (AGAMA)
3rd Place Finish – Oliver Natress (Kyosho)
40+:
1st Place Finish – Graham Alsop (SWORKZ)
2nd Place Finish – Lee Martin (XRAY)
3rd Place Finish – Kevin Brunsden (Agama)
Clubman:
1st Place Finish – Oliver Natress (Kyosho)
2nd Place Finish – Freddie Thompson (WIRC)
3rd Place Finish – Kieran Cox (XRAY)
Thank you to all the team at NWN for the great track and venue, to the BRCA team for the hard work behind the scenes, and most importantly, all 122 drivers racing across the weekend. See you soon for round three of the RallyXChampionship at RWMCC Slough.
