BRCA 4WD Onroad Nationals R4 Cotswold – Report

For the fourth round of the BRCA 4WD Onroad National Championship it was down to the Cotswold track at Kemble Airfield.  Weather forecast was looking okay for the weekend, however practice on Saturday was hit by some unexpected rain and the same happened again on Sunday.  The first round saw newly crowned Modified Champion, Kyle Branson with his Xray X-4 set the pace with a quick 19-lapper, from team-mate Harley Eldridge, with Andy Murray’s Schumacher Mi8 in third.  Q2 saw Kyle again fastest from Chris Grainger’s Schumacher Mi8 and Alex Thurston’s Yokomo BD-12 was third.  The third round saw Alex take the fastest time with a 20 lapper from Kyle, Xray’s Peter Eagles and Grainger in fourth but overall it was Kyle who was the Top Qualifier from Alex, Chris and Harley.  In the finals, the first leg was a bit wet but that didn’t stop Kyle taking the win with 15 laps from Chris and Andy.  A2 was nice & dry and it was again Kyle taking the win this time with 20 laps from Peter, Alex and Chris.  For the third leg, the rain had properly come down and continued through the final with the cars throwing up plumes of spray. But this wasn’t going to deter Kyle, who made in a hat-trick of wins from Chris in second and young Daniel Robins in third.  So it was Kyle who took the overall win, making it four out of four in the championship, with Chris in the runner-up spot with Peter taking with the final podium spot.

13.5
It was defending 13.5 champion, Zak Findlay and his Xray X-4 that set the pace in round one from Schumacher’s James Hart, Chrus Gunter with his X-Ray and Ben Moorey’s Awesomatix, with 18 laps proving to be the bench mark.Round two and it was Zak from James again with Sam Nicholls in third and Chris in fourth. Round three saw Chris go fastest from Sam with Schumacher’s Billy Fletcher in third. This saw Zak on pole from Chris, James and Sam. All three legs went the same way with Zak winning from James and Sam, to give that as the overall result.

17.5
In the first round of qualifying it was Tony Broad with his Xray X-4 who set the pace from Jack Collins and his Schumacher Mi8, Alex Brocklebank was third with another Schumacher and Sid Lawrence was fourth with his Xray, all on 17 laps. Round two saw a win for Alex from Tony and Sid in third. Round three saw the win go to Tony from Sid, Mason Weston’s Schumacher and Dan Moorey’s Yokomo. All of which saw Tony on pole from Alex with Sid in third and Jack rounding out the second row.  In the finals, the first final saw a bit of light rain towards the end of the race mix saw Alex take the advantage and the win from Tony with Jack in third. The second leg had Tony take the win from Sid with Mark Trinder endging out Jack for fourth. The third leg saw Tony hold off Alex for the win with Sid in third and Jack in fourth. So the overall win went to Tony with Alex taking second, Sid third and Jack was fourth. With three wins out of the four rounds so far this year, it was mean that Tony Broad is the 2023 17.5 Champion.

Thanks to Mike Haswell from the BRCA 1/0th Electric Section for the report.