Serpent driver Mark Stiles continued his strong start to the 2011/12 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals by taking the win in the stock class at Round 2 of the championship last weekend.

Mark qualified in 3rd place with his S120LT behind Olly Jefferies and 3-time world champion David Spashett. Chris Kerswell was 4th with the second Serpent chassis in the A final.

In the final, Olly got away cleanly ahead of Dave, with Chris passing Mark for 3rd in the opening laps. A mistake from Dave moved the Serpent duo up to 2nd and 3rd and they then began to close down Olly at the front. At half race time the trio were together on the track and separated by less than 2 seconds. A small error from Chris allowed Mark to re-pass him for 2nd, and then Olly hit a track marker which promoted Mark into the lead. Chris and Olly then enjoyed a close battle for 2nd which allowed Mark to pull a gap of about 3 seconds and cruise to a comfortable victory. Olly beat Chris to deny Serpent a 1-2.

In Sunday’s modified class, Mark struggled with a speedo problem in qualifying but managed to salvage a 4th placed result. Chris qualified in 7th but was forced to retire in the A final.

The result leaves Mark leading the stock championship and in a tie for 2nd in modified. Chris is further down the overall standings due to only having 1 good score in each class from the opening two events. Round 3 of the championship takes place in 3 weeks time.

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Report by Mark Stiles
Team Serpent UK