BRCA Kidderminster National - Cragg and Martin take the honours

[jimmy]

The weekend of the 19th & 20th saw the first round of the 2008 BRCA 10th off road National series, held at the multi-surface Kidderminster track in the mid-west of England.
Saturdays 2WD event saw early promise for Tom Yardy who won the first two qualifiers, but Neil Cragg came back in style to take the next two and line up Pole for the final. Neil Went on to win legs 1 and 3 to take the first 2WD National of the season.

In the 4WD things were far more simple - 2007 reigning champion, Lee Martin, dominated from start to finish with his Associated B44, taking every qualifier and all three legs of the A final.

Check out the full report here: http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/2008national-kidderminster/

[Mossy]

Great report Jimmy.

[LEGEND]

Excellent review there Jimmy, keep up the good work.

[Lee]

Top stuff jimmy

Its so good to have the national reports back

[matdodd]

Good report Jimmy & some cool photos

[ashleyb4]

Cool report jimmy.

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[dancoog]

Great report as always.. 7 makes of 4wd in the final that is excelent and shows how competitive the class is.

[Nick Goodall]

Superb report as always Jimmy - You always manage to keep it interesting!

Well done to Neil and Lee, awesome results, good job Stan in 2wd and especially Mossy in 4wd with the Cat - A great outdoor Debut for the car so i hope this increases the interest even more (p.s it must have been the strength testing i did that helped)

[Jimbo]

Excellent report as always Jimmy

Very interested in the forthcoming chassis 'expose', especially who is running brushed/brushless and what exactly they are running.

No one I know has had much luck in 2wd with brushless, so interested in knowing what those that use it succesfully are up to.

Keep up the good work!

[bender]

I always like reading about your National series over there, and as always Jimmy's excellent photos make it even more enjoyable.

I was very pleasantly surprised by the performance of the new Cat too, almost as good a debut as the Aero last year.

[Lee Martin]

Originally Posted by bender

I always like reading about your National series over there, and as always Jimmy's excellent photos make it even more enjoyable.

I was very pleasantly surprised by the performance of the new Cat too, almost as good a debut as the Aero last year.

or the B44 this year

[Lee]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Excellent report as always Jimmy

Very interested in the forthcoming chassis 'expose', especially who is running brushed/brushless and what exactly they are running.

No one I know has had much luck in 2wd with brushless, so interested in knowing what those that use it succesfully are up to.

Keep up the good work!

I would say the whole 2wd A final ran brushless. I would be suprised if anyone ran brushed

[bigred5765]

brushless is so much better than brushed in 2wd
as long as you dont try running silly 4 turn motors lol
more control,better performance, and no silly skimming and re brushing

[Chris Doughty]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

No one I know has had much luck in 2wd with brushless, so interested in knowing what those that use it succesfully are up to.

Serious?

my brushless was amazing!

this year I ran 6.5 LRP X11 motor 12.5mm sintered rotor (bonded would have been good though, I think Yardy used one) speedo settings 2-3-2-2 on an LRP Sphere Comp/TC in my B4 geared on 22/78

LRP Fat Cobra 4600 Batteries which were not short of a few volts.

my car was so smooth and LOADS of mid-top end.

[jimmy]

Maybe a lot of people were 'overpowered' at first. I've not tried these slower motors or smaller diameter rotors, but all sounds good if Neil can win with a 7.5

[Robbo]

Sweet report dude! Always good, and some awesome shots once again! Nice to see my 2WD making the banner too! Cheers man, looks cool!

[GRIFF55]

Which 2wd would that be mate!! Bit harsh, sorry