Hazelwood wins a Classic
The 7th and penultimate round of the BRCA 1/8th Off Road series turned into a belter of a race in which Jon Hazelwood took the victory.
The qualifying sessions saw Hobao team driver Graham Alsop take the pole position with his RB/Byron/Proline equiped Hyper 8.5, and with it the extra point that may prove crucial in his fight for the championship with Neil Cragg. Neil on the other hand had some terrible luck in qualifying which saw him end up pole in the 'B' final. Also qualifying directly into the main final were Craig Dresher, Lee Martin and Elliott Boots.
The 'B' final turned into a CML benefit, with all 4 bump up places being taken by CML drivers. Those drivers were Paul Bradby, who had also won the 'C' final, John Holmes, Richard Barton and Richard Cree. Special mention must go to Cree, who had an awful start to the 'B' final which included a 'stop and go' penalty for a start line infringement. This dropped him right to the back and at least 15 seconds behind the last car, but Rich set about chasing them down and he finally made his way up to 3rd by the flag.
The Remote World track at Slough.
The main final saw Pole man Graham Alsop make the worst possible start by rolling on lap 1 right in front of the pack which put him back to about 10-11th by the ned of the first lap. After 20 minutes Graham had fought his way back into contention and at this stage we had 5 drivers well in the hunt for the win. These were Graham, Jon Hazelwood, David Crompton, Craig Drescher and Elliott Boots. Graham, David and Craig were all making 10 minute fuel stops and Graham had made great use of that to leap over the middle order at the first round of stops.
Going into the final 5 minutes Graham had the lead from Jon Hazelwood, Jon really put the hammer down to catch Graham and he closed the gap to about 1 second at which point Graham made the error at the end of the straight, this let Jon nip through and control the race to the flag. Jon used and M3 Bow-fighter set up and on his car by using Crimefighter on the front and Bow-Tie on the rear and Byron GEN2 race fuel...
In total 11 of the 14 finalists were using Byron GEN2 fuel to power their cars.
The Remote World track at Slough.
The main final saw Pole man Graham Alsop make the worst possible start by rolling on lap 1 right in front of the pack which put him back to about 10-11th by the ned of the first lap. After 20 minutes Graham had fought his way back into contention and at this stage we had 5 drivers well in the hunt for the win. These were Graham, Jon Hazelwood, David Crompton, Craig Drescher and Elliott Boots. Graham, David and Craig were all making 10 minute fuel stops and Graham had made great use of that to leap over the middle order at the first round of stops.
Going into the final 5 minutes Graham had the lead from Jon Hazelwood, Jon really put the hammer down to catch Graham and he closed the gap to about 1 second at which point Graham made the error at the end of the straight, this let Jon nip through and control the race to the flag. Jon used and M3 Bow-fighter set up and on his car by using Crimefighter on the front and Bow-Tie on the rear and Byron GEN2 race fuel...
In total 11 of the 14 finalists were using Byron GEN2 fuel to power their cars.
