Round 4 of the BRCA National was held at Tamworth over the weekend 13 & 14th December 2008. The format provides drivers the opportunity to compete in the Superstock Championship on the Saturday and the Modified or Sportsman class on the Sunday. Each class consists of an open practice, followed by 4 rounds of qualification and a single Final.
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Following the launch of the XRAY XII pan car on the Worlds stage in Bangkok Thailand, XRAY team driver Elliott Harper has been putting the car through it's paces at the BRCA Nationals and it has had some early significant impact. In the previous National round, on it's maiden race the XRAY won the Superstock class and now with only its 2nd showing in the UK, Elliott Harper piloted his new RAY XII to take FTD and win in both the Super Stock and Modified classes!
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Saturday Superstock kicked off with the usual practice and the XRAY straight away was on the pace. The track was difficult an proved challenging to all and it was always going to be difficult for the competitors. The XRAY was in top form and quickly set it's mark early on in qualification with some extremely quick lap times and eventually securing FTD with the fastest lap of the day at 10.96 secs and average of 11.15 secs taking the lead by 4 secs over the 2nd place driver.
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The A main was a "flag to finish" demonstration of outstanding performance. Elliott drove the car to the edge of its potential taking the win with a comfortable margin.
This win places Elliott at the top of the 2008 BRCA Super Stock Championship and with only 2 more rounds to go, the battle is on!
Sunday Modified is regarded as senior championship and has been hotly contended over the years. Again the XRAY XII performed superbly and the handling at speed took the car to an early lead and by the end of qualification the XRAY XII was again the top performing car, setting up a possible repeat of the previous days performance to take the top spot on the grid by 6 secs. Again from the start it was another, "flag to finish"
demonstration by the young XRAY driver who drove a faultless race, not only maintaining the pace but also setting the fastest individual lap time of the weekend at 10.43 secs and won by a clear margin of around 8 secs from 2nd place.
The performance helped Elliott to move up the championship table and into the top spot, setting up the challenge for the other competitors.
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Elliott commented that the XRAY handling was superb throughout the weekend and both the individual laptimes and overall racetimes made the car stand out significantly. He was very pleased with the performance and balance he achieved throughout the weekend. It was clear XRAY have taken time to put together a car that handles well and has great build quality and will work out of the box, as you would expect from an XRAY!
To take both TQ and wins at both classes is a rare event and the young XRAY driver was very pleased with both the result and the superior handling of the new XRAY car.
The race video can be found at: http://uk.youtube.com/carsrcracing
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Saturday Super Stock Final Positions
1. Elliott Harper - XRAY XII
2. Andy Griffith
3. Russell Williams
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Sunday Modified Final
1. Elliott Harper - XRAY XII
2. Mark Stiles
3. Russell Williams
