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UK: Kerswell S120L wins BRCA 1/12 race stock Plymouth (18/01/2011)

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Round 4 - Plymouth - Spec Class
The start of the year traditionally takes the 1/12th Circuit Championships down the M5 to pay a visit to the Plymouth Model Car Club for round 4 and 2011 is no exception. When entering the hall we were greeted with an extra 2 meters of carpet width ensuring that this is one of the largest venues we visit. The track has been laid to produce a fast flowing circuit which provided us with some excellent racing throughout the entire field.

Through qualifying Chris Kerswell with Serpent S120-Link showed dominance to hold back Andy Griffiths, Mark Stiles and Matthew Varah who just couldn’t match Chris’s pace. Once again the 2011 season welcomed another new member to the ‘A Final’ club with Mark Burgess making his first ‘A’ in spec class.

The final saw Chris convert his pole into a stable lead, bringing home the win with just over 3 seconds to spare and allowing him to produce the only 40 lapper of the final. All eyes were on the battle for 2nd between Andy and Mark, after a slightly poor start Mark had lost out to Matthew Varah and found himself having to reclaim 3rd and then close down Andy, a minor mistake from Mark gave Andy a couple of seconds breathing space but this was soon clawed back giving the spectators an enthralling last couple of laps, where Andy had to use all of his experience to keep Mark at bay, a final sprint for the line from Mark made the final a dead tie for second with both drivers finishing their 39 laps in 2.88 seconds on the split.

Thx to BRCA site.

Team Serpent


Kerswell takes strong 3rd place in modified

Sunday – Open Modified
Open modified provided saw all the usual suspects at the front, all of whom were looking to capitalise on the absence of current championship leader Elliott Harper.
Chris Kerswell was quickest in round 1, but the remaining 3 rounds saw a dominant performance from Mark Stiles. Mark seemed to have found some horsepower since the previous national and was also driving exceptionally well. He set his quickest time in round 3, and was on for an even faster time in the final round until a mistake lost him valuable seconds. Andy Griffiths was his usual consistent self and made it an all V-Dezign front row ahead of Chris Kerswell’s GM powered Serpent. Mark Payne made his first A final and would start 10th on the grid.
Many people felt that the A final would be a one-sided affair, and Mark’s times during qualifying appeared to suggest this. However, a small diff adjustment prior to the start made his car push during the final and he couldn’t match his qualifying pace. Andy and Chris followed Mark for almost 7 minutes in the final, and the slightest of mistakes from Mark was enough to let Andy sneak through for the win. Mark crossed the line 0.2s behind, with Chris ending up a few seconds back in 3rd.

Thanks to BRAC and Mark Stiles for the report.

Team Serpent