Last weekend we had the 5th round of the BRCA national series.
With Robin Hammett leading the series the Xray team were in good spirits and looking forward to the race weekend. The forecast had lived up to expectations and we were greeted by a damp track.
The track had dried by the afternoon and we were soon onto full dry foams. Slight adjustments to the rear toe and shock position helped with the low grip conditions and the team were confident overnight.
Qualifying â“ Rd1
With a wet track after overnight rain Mark Gilliland managed to set the TQ on rubber tyres. Robin again on rubbers managed 6th overall in tricky conditions.
1 Mark Gilliland XRAY NT1
2 Kyle Branson
3 Simon Wood
4 Joe Kerry
5 Adam W Catchpole 6 Robin Hammett XRAY NT1
7 Chris Slater
8 Neal King
9 Stephen Brown
10 Fred Singleton
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Qualifying â“ Rd2
The track had became drier but still had patches of wet tarmac. Again Mark TQâ™d on rubber tyres with some drivers testing full dry foams.
1 Mark Gilliland XRAY NT1
2 Kyle Branson
3 Simon Wood
4 Adam W Catchpole
5 Joe Kerry
6 Jonathan Dobney
7 Matthew Oke 8 Robin Hammett XRAY NT1
9 Fred Singleton
10 Stephen Brown
Qualifying â“ Rd3
With a nearly dry track a full dry setup was required. The pace had really upâ™d with the dry conditions.
1 Mark Gilliland XRAY NT1
2 Stephen Brown
3 Kyle Branson
4 Chris Slater
5 Neal King
6 Mark Green 7 Robin Hammett XRAY NT1
8 Adam W Catchpole
9 Peter Watt
10 Simon Wood
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Qualifying â“ Rd4
Mark increased the pace to again set TQ, with Robin having some problems but still doing enough to make the half hour main.
Pos Name 1 Mark Gilliland XRAY NT1
2 Mark Green
3 Stephen Brown
4 Kyle Branson
5 Neal King
6 Adam W Catchpole
7 Chris Slater 8 Robin Hammett XRAY NT1
9 Simon Wood
10 Peter Watt
Final
For the finalists, a dry final was out of equation when it started raining 10 minutes before the start, leaving all racers with a tough call on tyres. The start of the 30 minute race saw Kyle Branson hit the front after 4 laps followed by Steve Brown, Mark Gilliland had some issues in 1st few laps and had to make an unscheduled pit stop. Robin had a clash with a mechanic in the pit lane and missed the start of the race. Mark set about trying to catch the leaders and eventually hit the lead after Kyle had some problems. Going on to take the win by 3 laps from Mark Green. Robin battled through the back to gain some valuable points.
1 Mark Gilliland XRAY NT1
2 Mark Green
3 Kyle Branson
4 Peter Watt
5 Adam W Catchpole
6 Chris Slater
7 Stephen Brown 8 Robin Hammett XRAY NT1
9 Simon Wood
10 Neal King
Once again the NT1 proved to be ultra competitive in all conditions. Both drivers used Xray NT1â™s, Orion Engines & Tornado Fuel.
