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Sunday With the track very wet after overnight thunder and lighting
Drivers Briefing Wayne Lander our new Vice Chairman explained this year we BRCA Section would enforce some rules i.e. deliberately hitting other cars when overtaking, holding up quicker cars on track or refuelling in the pit lane, would all hold penalty’s from a warning to a stop go penalty or lap deduction and may be a disqualification, The drivers called this to be LANDERED and Steve Launder was the referee. The new IC committee were introduce to everyone, then told everyone format for the day. Nigel Moss told us they were 45 drivers 4minutes between heats, and 4 rounds and finals, with rain forecast for 3pm first heat on the line at 10.10am.

Round 1
With the track wet from overnight rain caution was the word, for this round
Heat 1 saw Alex Brown do 14 laps in 309, Jim Beesley (formally a 235 driver) do 13 laps in 307 and Nigel Philpott did 12 laps in 303.
Heat 2 Mark Owen did 14 laps in 310, Dave Forsythe did 14 laps in 315, and little Alex Thurston did 14 in 318
Heat 3 Daniel Williams went round for 15 laps in 311, Dave Gerard got 15 laps in 313, Adrian Poole 14 laps in 302
Heat 4 Peter Watt had 15 laps in 302, Kevin Taylor also got 15 laps in 302, and Adam Walker Catchpole went round in 15 laps in 315
Heat 5 Chris Slater set the pace here with 17 laps in 299 followed closely by Ben Cosgrove with 17 laps in 302 and last year’s Champion Darren Johnson with his new XRay NTI went round 17 laps in 303

Round 2
By now the track had some dry parts but was still very slippery under the rostrum and the S`s by race control a few drivers change to rubber some found them better but not all
Heat 1 Jim Beesley went quicker with 16 laps in 306, Mark Brown came from nowhere with  15 laps in 312 but he was not happy he wanted more and Matt Williams only made 13 laps in 305 but said he had steering problems.
Heat 2 Dave Forsythe improved with 17 laps in 316 and Jon Withington another 235 driver last year got 15 laps in 311, Alex Thurston improved with 15 laps in 313
Heat 3 Jay Westwood improved with 19 laps in 314 Dave Gerard improved with 18 laps in 324 and Matthew Oke went round in 17 laps in 312
Heat 4 The only improvers here were John Zotti with 18 laps in 300 and Simon Wood got 17 laps in 315
Heat 5 Darren Johnson got a 20 laps in 306 Young Kyle Branson went round in 19 laps in 306 and Ben Cosgrove done 19 laps in307 Yes I know what you’re thinking where is Mark Green well you can’t rush something good.
Round 3
Heat 1 Alex Brown improved this round with 15 laps in 303; Les Mainwaring had mechanical problems and did not get out in the first two rounds so he went round in 15 laps in 313
Heat 2 Dave Forsythe found the right tyre choice he improved with 18 laps in 309, Ashley Bond put in a 18 laps in 312; Alex Thurston improved yet again with 17 laps in 315.
Heat 3 The three improvers here all made the right tyre choice Matthew Oke got 19 laps in307, Daniel Williams also got 19 but in 311and young Joe Kerry made a good improvement with18 laps in304.
Heat 4 John Zotti went quicker with 20 laps in 310 followed closely by Aaron Wern also 20 laps in 313 and Peter Watt improved again with 19 laps in 304
Heat 5 Mark Green went round in 21 laps in 305 Kyle Branson improved with 20 laps in 303
Round 4
Heat1 With the track getting dryer now apart from under the rostrum were if you put the power down to quick the cars would spin out with most drivers going back to foam tyres this next qualifier was the most important for final positions, this round most drivers are a lot quicker

Jim Beesley did a 18 laps in 311, Alex Brown 17 laps in 300 and Les Mainwaring 17 laps in 309
Heat 2 Jamal Ainul got a 20 laps in 319, Ashley Bond 19 laps in 300 and Jon Withington an 18 lap in 301.
Heat 3 After a few tyres problems Joe Kerry was back in the groove with 20 laps in 304 and Adrian Poole very close behind with 20 laps in 305, Mark Sellers improved with 20 laps in 315
Heat 4 Peter Watt also went quicker with 21 laps in 307, Simon Wood very close behind with 21 laps in 308 and John Zotti 21 laps in 311
Heat 5 Mark Green was not going to give in easily with 22 laps in 300, Darren Johnson right behind with 22 laps in 304 and Mark Gilliland put a good run in with 22 laps in 308.

With qualifying over at 1.45pm and the threat of rain at 3pm a lot were asking if it was going to be a repeat of Brooklands last year when as the B and A finals started it poured down.
Finals
E Final 15 mins With the track mainly dry now it was straight into the final only 5 cars in this final and as the flag went down Mark Brown`s car stalled and could not get started everyone else got off to a good start Matthew Cook who had trouble with the choice of tyres then engine seem to have his problems sorted and was pulling away from the main pack Peter Spratley was in 2nd place and was trying everything to catch Matthew Cook, as they came in for the first fuel stop Matthew Cook`s dad who was pitting said this is where it goes wrong but no it was a quick and fault less a bit further back was an unknown driver called Hayley Barker this was her first IC National and doing very well she was in 3rd place ad Nigel Philpott was in 4th place and this was how they finished.
D Final 15 mins Still slightly overcast we had 9 cars again just as the flag went down young Alex Thurston car stalled on the line his dad ran back to pit lane and got him going again, Mark Owen lead from the start Dave Forsythe was in 2nd place Alex Brown was in 3rd place and David Gerard 4th Place and was not going to give that place up. After the first fuel stop everything changed Alex Brown took 1st place David Gerard was now in 2nd place this now put Dave Forsythe in 3rd place. Matt Williams started 10th but was now in 4th place looking for the 3rd place but after 11 minutes into this 15 minute final Matt Williams was out of the race with a broken steering-rod. At the 8 minute mark the order was Alex Brown in 1st place Dave Forsythe in 2nd place and David Gerard back in 3rd and this is how it finished.
C Final 15 mins Everyone gets away with no problems Gareth Bell by lap 12 he was in 1st place and Adam Walker Catchpole who started 10th on the grid came from the back of the field and by lap 12 he was in 2nd place and with Matthew Oke in 3rd place, Jamal Ainul had problem and was trying very hard to get up the field as he went through the Ss by race control he caught the kerb and his car spun in mid air “nice clean chassis Jamal”. At the first fuel stop Gareth Bell dropped back to 3rd place, Matthew Oke went to 2nd place but no way Adam Walker Catchpole was giving up 1st place to anyone he was on a mission After the second refuel stop things changed Adam Walker Catchpole was still in 1st place Gareth Bell got back to 2nd place and Matthew Oke dropped back to 3rd place from here on their positions did not change

B Final 20 mins In this final there was only one driver to watch Young Kyle Branson and his Serpent 720 he lead from the start to the finish he never but a wheel wrong even his dad got him in and out after refuelling with no problems, at 14 laps 2nd place was Neil King, and Kevin Brown in 3rd place, Aaron Wearn retired at 16 laps Joe Kerry retired at lap 28 Joe had trouble most of the day just after the 2nd fuel stop positions were 1st place was Kyle Branson 2nd Kevin Brown and 3rd Adrian Poole. Neil King had dropped back to 5th place but he was trying hard to get back up, now 15 minutes into this final and 72 laps Kyle Branson 1st  Kevin Taylor back in 2nd place and Neil King fought a hard battle but he got back to 3rd place that’s how they finished.
A Final 30 mins
This final was going to be a close one after the qualifying results. Was it going to be Serpent or XRay? Full ten drivers on the line everyone got away and no collisions not that you would expect it at this high level of driving, the order changed so many times during this final between two expert drivers Darren Johnson and Mark Green Stephen Brown with his new drive for Team Magic was in 3rd place and 4th place Mark Gilliland who flew over from Ireland with his pitman. After the first fuel stop still Darren Johnson and Mark Green still doing battle but after a good fuel stop Mark Gilliland is now in 3rd place there seemed to be a problem with Stephen Brown`s car this unfortunately put him out of the race on lap 25 the look on Stephen`s face said it all he was well gutted. Robin Hammett was now in 4th place followed by Ben Cosgrove in 5th place but loosing place`s he had stripped his 2nd gear but kept on going, lap 61 saw something unusual Chris Slater`s car lost a wheel his pitman Aaron Wearn got the wheel back on and Chris was back on track only to get further problems on lap 65 when the car kept stalling, turned out to be a broken clutch pin. Mark Gilliland was still in 3rd place with Robin Hammett in 4th, then lap 91 Darren Johnson seemed to start to pull away from Mark Green but by lap 104 Mark Green has caught Darren and Mark starts pulling away from Darren these guys were having some great fun out there in front.

Ben Cosgrove on lap 106 pulled off the racing line to let Mark Green and team mate Darren Johnson through by now a lot of back markers all went off the racing line to let the race leaders through.26 minutes the order was 1st Mark Green with a Serpent 2nd Darren Johnson with Xray 3rd Mark Gilliland Xray and 4th Robin Hammett again with Xray this was how they finished, Mark Green fastest lap was 13.34 and Darren Johnson was 13.33 so Darren got FTD.If this is anything to go by this series will go to the wire for this year’s championship.
Many thanks from the BRCA 1/10TH IC Section to Aldershot Club Dave Skelton Chairman and Nigel Moss race control and the people in the cafe, a very well run meeting
See you all Next Round 2 Brookland 20th April.

The BRCA 1/10th IC 200mm Scale Touring Championship got under way at the Aldershot Club in Hampshire this weekend the circuit has always been a challenging circuit with the tricky S bend leading onto the long straight followed by the very fast right hand banked bend then into a hairpin start finish, with the weather forecast for rain this could be a hard first round.

Saturday