Grainger and Team Associated Crowned BRCA Champions
Chris Grainger confirmed his position at the top of the UK Touring Car scene by taking the overall BRCA Championship title last weekend.
The final round of the series, held at the West London Racing Centre, saw drivers having to contend with incredibly wet conditions on the first day. However, Chris knew that the championship was well within his grasp, and notched up two second-places in the wet rounds to ensure he would be starting near the front of the A Final grid. On Sunday, the drivers were greeted with much nicer weather to battle through the triple leg finals.
Starting ahead of the only driver who could beat him to the title, Chris drove three calculated A Finals with his newly-announced Team Associated TC7.1 chassis, to keep his competitor behind him, secure a podium result and thus lift the 2016 BRCA title. That meant Chris had finished no worse than third at any of the five BRCA championship events this year – a remarkable achievement. A special mention also goes to Chris’ Associated/Reedy team-mate, Matthew White, who concluded his season with another strong A Final result, and thus secured a well-deserved fourth in the overall championship.
In the popular Pro Stock class, Team Associated didn’t fair quite as well as at the previous rounds of the championship. None the less, Chris Clark flew the flag for the team strongly, and lined up third on the A Final grid. After all the championship points were added up, three Team Associated drivers finished in the top ten, with Michael Bolt concluding a break-out season and securing the Junior runner-up position.
OVERALL 2016 BRCA STANDINGS
Modified Class
Champion – Chris Grainger
Team Associated TC7.1 / Reedy Sonic M3 / Reedy Blackbox / Reedy Competition LiPo / Protoform
2nd – Elliott Harper – Protoform
3rd – Olly Jefferies – Protoform
4th – Matthew White – Team Associated / Reedy Power / Protoform
5th - Paul Pinkney
6th – Zak Smith – Team Associated / Reedy Power / Protoform
7th – Alan Bickerstaff – Team Associated / Reedy Power / Protoform
8th – Colin Price
9th – Markus Askell
10th – Harley Eldridge
Pro Stock Class
Champion – Zak Finlay
2nd – James Hart
3rd – Mark Wallace – Team Associated / CML
4th – Chris Gunter
5th – Lee Price
6th – Daniel Blake
7th – Andy Murray
8th – Chris Clarke – Team Associated / CML
9th – Alex Broklebank
10th – Michael Bolt – Team Associated / CML
