Round 1 of the BRCA Scottish GT12 Regional 2023 took place last weekend at Dundee and Angus Radio Control Car Club. This was the first running of the series since 2020 and was welcomed back by an entry of nearly 30 racers. The Dundee club had moved venue since the last series and now had a venue which was smaller with a track size of 15m * 8m. The club made the most of the space available and laid out a track which had a great flow but with 7 second lap times at the front, required a clean run to secure a good qualifying time.
The series, now in it’s 8th year, followed the same format with 4 rounds of FTD qualifying and three finals for all. Finals would be 2 from 3 to count and the series has three rounds with the remaining rounds being held by Lothian Radio Control Car Club. The Championship would be decided by two counting rounds from three.
It would be the reigning Champion and local driver John Simpson who would set the early pace in qualifying. Such was John’s dominance he would top all four rounds of qualifying improving his time each round and finishing a full lap clear of nearest challenger James Eaves. Colin Leslie would line up third from Graeme Dick, Kenneth Rogers and David Martin.
Finals would be a similar story with John winning the first two legs, lapping the entire field and securing the overall win in some style. James Eaves would be the best of the rest coming home in second. It wasn’t to be for third place qualifier Colin Leslie and he would drop down to 5th overall. Graeme Dick would capitalise however and with some solid driving from 4th on the grid would complete the A final podium in third. David Martin finished 4th and Kenneth Rogers in 6th.
A Final Result.
1 John Simpson – Schumacher
2 James Eaves - Schumacher
3 Graeme Dick – Schumacher
4 David Martin – Schumacher
5 Colin Leslie – Destiny
6 Kenneth Rogers - Destiny
The B Final was won by Dave Bruce from Michael Ogilvie and Matthew Archer.
The C Final was won by Gareth Hale from Kevin Gerrard and Gary Dunn.
The D Final was won by Anthony Patterson from Cole Martin and Nevan Osborne.
The E final was won by Oscar Robertson-Dunn from Ross McKeown and Samantha Harris.
A big thank you to the Dundee club and the members that volunteered during the day allowing all the racers to enjoy an excellent event that ran very smoothly. The series continues at the Lothian club in 4 weeks time.