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| Race report & photos by BRCA |
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| The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Crewe for round 2 of the season. This is the last time that the Crewe national will be held in the Oakley Centre as in the coming days the building will no longer be standing. This venue first held a national in the early 90â™s and we hope to see Crewe on the national calendar again soon. |
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In 10.5 Stock Xrayâ™s Olly Jefferies once again had some competition looming in the background. Alexander Hagberg and David Spashett topped the time sheets in the first round of qualifying. Olly Jefferies was down in 3rd with Mark Stiles behind in 4th. After all 4 round of qualifying, Jefferies found the speed again was TQ just 0.102 seconds from Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and David Spashett in 3rd. The top three were covered by just over 3.5 seconds.
In the 10.5 Stock A Final, the field passed through the majority of the first few corners cleanly. Mark Stiles was the first to lose out with a roll at the first chicane. A few laps later Hagberg made a mistake, promoting Spashett up to 2nd. Hagberg fought back hard, pushing on Spashett for the 2nd position. Unfortunately, Hagberg made another mistake near Race Control and lost out. Spashett continued gain on Jefferies but Olly kept responding and increasing his lead gap. Hagberg caught up to Spashett and they continued to the end with the fight for 2nd place. As the buzzer went, Jefferies took the win by 0.336 seconds from Spashett and Hagberg who were separated by 0.490 seconds.
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| 10.5 result |
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1. Olly Jefferies - XRAY X12
2. David Spashett
3. Alexander Hagberg - XRAY X12
4. Chris Kerswell
5. Adam Walker-Catchpole
6. Mark Stiles
7. Andy Murray
8. Mick Farrell
9. Marcus Askell - XRAY X12
10. Matt White
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Open Modified once again put an exponential amount of speed down on the track. During the first round of qualifying the crowd were blown away by the straight line speed of Alexander Hagberg. Despite Hagberg being able to eat up several tenths on the straight Olly Jefferies was able to maintain corner speed much more constantly. The pressure of Hagberg did not phase Jefferies and he stayed at the top of the timing sheet all day. David Spashett and Mark Stiles once again locked in 2nd and 3rd place for the final.
As you would expect of the top level drivers, the Open Modified A final went the first lap without any major incidents. Jefferies made his usual gap from Hagberg in the opening laps. In an attempt to catch Jefferies, Hagberg rolls at the first chicane promoting Spashett up to 2nd. Spashett and Hagberg had a sensational battle. Hagberg continued with his attach to get past on the inside of turn one but he was just not close enough. After some more intense laps, Hagberg found some more time coming off the final turn allowing him to get past Spashett on the inside of turn 1. After a incident mistake by Hagberg, Spashett is able to get past again and manages to maintain 2nd place to the end of the race. Jefferies took his win from Spashett and Hagberg.
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| Final results Open Mod: |
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1. Olly Jefferies - XRAY X12
2. David Spashett
3. Alexander Hagberg - XRAY X12
4. Mark Stiles
5. Andy Murray
6. Chris Kerswell
7. Adam Walker-Catchpole
8. Matt White
9. Mick Farrell
10. Marcus Askell - XRAY X12
Once again the Crewe Radio Controlled Model Car Club put on an amazing show with a high level of detail. Thank you to everyone who helped and everyone for coming. We will see you in December at Tamworth for round 3 of the |
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