UK Micro X Success For Castle Creations

The first signs of a promising season ahead were seen last weekend when new Castle Creations signing Mark Stiles took 2nd place at the 2010 UK Micro X event. Mark was driving a long wheelbase LRP Shark ST equipped with a Castle Creations Micro Pro speed controller and CM20 8000kV motor.

Mark is the reigning British champion in the micro off road class, so was among the favourites coming into the event. On the day he lost out to 1:10 electric off road specialist Phil Sleigh, who was driving a pre-production version of Carisma’s new car. The wider track of Phil’s car compared to his competitors rides meant that he had a clear stability advantage over his rivals, and despite Mark managing to TQ the second round of qualifying, Phil was never really troubled on route to taking overall TQ and the A final victory. Mark had a close battle with fellow LRP Shark runner Andy Jones and eventually came out on top in what was a closely fought contest.

Mark had the following to say about his new motor and speedo combo;

“My new Castle Creations equipment has performed faultlessly all day. I was never short of power on the straights and people have commented on the speed of my car. Unfortunately I lost out to a better handling car today, but I certainly have no complaints about my electrical equipment.

The Castle Link software allows me to fine tune the motor and speedo characteristics to suit the track conditions and my driving style, which comes as a huge bonus at competitive race meetings like this one. I was initially slightly dubious about the system being sensorless, but actually I find it to have a very nice feel and I have experienced no issues with the system whatsoever.”

The British National Championship starts on 3rd October, where Mark will be looking to take his third BRCA micro title in a row using Castle Creations electrics.