BRCA Round 1 - Skipton

posted on 21 April 2008 | posted in Race Reports

A chilly weekend up north but excellent racing in all four classes. Dez Chand's report below:

With mixed but generally cold and dry conditions the season kicked off in fine style.

The Nitro class saw a healthy entry with a new hand made "Super Blade 2" of Alan Waterfall taking the A Final win over his similarly equipped son Shaun, when Shaun flamed out with just minutes to go whilst comfortably leading the 15 minute A Final. Pole position man Colin McCabe with the much improved FS-21 of Ken Dineen was looking all dominant until clutch failure saw him sidelined, which meant Ken Gospel got his first National Nitro podium in third.

Winner of the GRP sponsored Concourse competition was Rookie Michael Laing running a McLarney chassis and tidily hand paint Lavilla Ducati, he also got between some of the top regulars in the section to lead the first Stock A final until the final moments, coming in second in both finals to take the lead in the 2008 Rookie championship. Dave Richards took the Stock A Finals by a whisker, and Dave Hall came in third, to complete the Rookie Sandwich!

The new Supersport class attracted a good entry, while Stock and Superbike still retained a class field despite some fears the new Brushless and Lipo stock equivalent Supersport might deplete both fields. Dave Scouse took pole and the win in both legs of the A Final by holding off similarly equipped Chris Douglas and Graham Clarke, all running Novak 13.5 Pro motors which were the class of the field.

Dave Andrews and Colin McCabe put on a real show in the Superbike A Final, thrilling the spectators with side by side action throughout, Dave finally getting the verdict after a late tumble by Colin, who earlier in the day had proved just how fast you can push a Superbike even after the scratch bars have fallen out!

Results - here

Dez's photo gallery - here

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