Kyle Branson Wins Round Four of BRCA 1:8 Nationals

The fourth round of the 2011 BRCA 1:8 On-Road National Championship was hosted by the Halifax club over the weekend of the 25-26 June. The weather forecast was for a warm weekend which prevailed apart from a wet track on Saturday morning that soon dried out to allow a meaningful practice session.
Sunday greeted the drivers with bright sunshine with the committee allowing a seven-minute practice session in heat format before four rounds of qualifying. After round one, it was Andy North who held TQ with a steady run without a fuel stop after Kyle Branson made a mistake exiting the pits. In round two it was Kyle Branson who inherited the top spot with a clear run. The order stayed much the same throughout the day, but Tim Wood managed to displace Andy North into third position. The top ten were very close in times and the results were as follows:

1 Kyle Branson – Serpent/Sirio – 20 laps 303 seconds
2 Tim Wood – Serpent/Exceed – 20 laps 306 seconds
3 Andy North – Mugen/IDM/Contact – 20 laps 309 seconds
4 Pete Hastings – Shepherd/IDM/ – 20 laps 309 seconds
5 Adam Catchpole – Shepherd/Orcan – 20 laps 310 seconds
6 Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi – 20 laps 310 seconds
7 Neil Diver – Shepherd/IDM – 20 laps 312 seconds
8 Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/IDM – 20 laps 316 seconds
9 James Connolly – Motonica – 19 laps 303 seconds
10 Jason Frost – Serpent/IDM – 19 laps 303 seconds

The final started with Andy North in the pits due to a blown glow plug. Up front Kyle pulled out a lead over Tim Wood and an hard chasing Mark Green. At this point Pete Hastings and Neil Diver where in contention to challenge for a podium finish, but both fell away with car problems. Andy Hastings however, was keeping out of trouble and would finish fourth, but would move up to third after Mark Green was disqualified for an over sized fuel tank. Up front the order never changed with Kyle taking a deserved win from Tim Wood. The final results were as follows:

1 Kyle Branson – Serpent/Sirio – 116 laps
2 Tim Wood – Serpent/Exceed – 115 laps
3 Andrew Hastings – Shepherd/IDM – 112 laps
4 Adam Catchpole – Shepherd/Orcan – 112 laps
5 James Connolly – Motonica – 108 laps
6 Andy North – Mugen/IDM/Contact – 106 laps
7 Pete Hastings – Shepherd/IDM – 103 laps
8 Neil Diver – Shepherd/IDM – 96 laps
9 Jason Frost – Serpent/IDM – 74 laps
10 Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi  – Disqualified

Round five of the Championship takes place shortly at the Adur circuit near Brighton.