Eastbourne BRCA 2wd On-Road National
The third round of this years BRCA 2wd On-road Championship took place at the Eastbourne circuit near Hailsham, East Sussex.
F1
In qualifying it was the Luke Lee, who took all four rounds of qualifying with his X-Ray to seal pole position. Behind him it was Michael Lee and his Schumacher with four seconds Then it was David Clift with a second and a fourth and then it was Rob Chaldecott lining up fourth with a brace of thirds.
The B final saw a win for David Withall from Darren Gale and Marcus Curran. It was the same top three in both legs of the A Final with Luke winning from Michael and Rob, with David Clift taking fourth.
In the championship, counting best four of six so far, it is Luke who leads over Glen and Michael, who are equal on points.
FWD
In qualifying it was fastest time that decided pole in favour of the defending champion, Schumacher's Ben Moorey, over fellow Schumacher driver Ollie Payne, both with a pair of wins. Lining up third was, Daniel Robins with a pair of seconds, from Andy Murray (second + third), Stuart Rand (two thirds) and Charlie Colby (third + fourth).
The first leg of the A final saw a win for Ben by 0.65 seconds over Ollie, with Andy third, stuart in fourth and Charlie in fifth. The second leg saw a win for Andy by 0.45 seconds over Ollie, with Stuart in third and Charlie in fourth.
So it was Andy who took the overall win via the tie-break from Ollie with Stuart in third and Charlie in fourth.
In the championship it is Ben who leads from Andy, Colin Jackson and Ben Cosgrove.
Top Under 17 Junior was Charlie Colby.
Final winners
E – Jonas Flannagan
D - Graham Cahalane
C - Dave Flannagan
B – Richard Harrison
Report by Mike Haswell
Photos by Stuart Colby
[Published by Nikita Finnigan]