2017 BRCA LSOR Championship - It’s all over for another season.
On Sunday the 15th October at the Nene Valley Raceway Off road facility in sunny Northamptonshire the 2017 series finished with another 65 drivers participating in the series.
After Saturday practice and a night of fun and frollocks by the camp fire racing commenced just after 8:30 following our usual drivers briefing, and we finished for a first for the section, under flood lights around 7pm, that’s right over 10 hours of racing was had across the 3 classes and 65 drivers.
If you missed the live facebook feed then here is a bit of video from the final race of the meeting.
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By the end of the day we had witnessed some close racing across the three scales just like we had seen during the whole series, for October the weather gods were with us and all 65 drivers had a great weekend, but who won I hear you ask ?
2WD Buggy
|
Pos
|
Nr
|
Driver
|
Rnd
|
Absoluttime
|
Besttime
|
Mediumtime
|
|
1
|
1
|
Karl Norris
|
41
|
30:40.138
|
42.431
|
44.881
|
|
2
|
5
|
Dave Ashton
|
39
|
30:23.795
|
44.527
|
46.763
|
|
3
|
3
|
Mark Higgins
|
39
|
30:31.527
|
44.233
|
46.962
|
|
4
|
1
|
Dean Coulson
|
37
|
30:09.158
|
44.891
|
48.896
|
|
5
|
7
|
Matthew Chapman
|
37
|
30:19.997
|
45.421
|
49.189
|
|
6
|
7
|
Terry Jackson
|
36
|
30:48.473
|
47.290
|
51.346
|
|
7
|
5
|
Glyn Taylor
|
34
|
30:00.172
|
47.621
|
52.946
|
|
8
|
6
|
Andy Knight
|
33
|
30:13.750
|
43.526
|
54.962
|
|
9
|
4
|
Neil Griffin
|
29
|
30:04.551
|
44.828
|
1:02.225
|
|
10
|
2
|
Andy Blackburn
|
14
|
10:42.014
|
42.948
|
45.858
|
|
Matthew Chapman took the clubman first place in his first season, he was followed in second by Terry Jackson and Glyn Taylor was in third place.
4WD Buggy
|
Pos
|
Nr
|
Driver
|
Rnd
|
Absoluttime
|
Besttime
|
Mediumtime
|
|
1
|
6
|
Ian Oddie
|
42
|
30:40.584
|
41.703
|
43.823
|
|
2
|
3
|
Jack Keatley
|
42
|
30:43.999
|
41.533
|
43.904
|
|
3
|
5
|
Chris Sutcliffe
|
41
|
30:06.558
|
41.480
|
44.062
|
|
4
|
1
|
Roger Smith
|
40
|
30:00.105
|
42.633
|
45.002
|
|
5
|
4
|
Leon Satchell
|
40
|
30:04.795
|
42.456
|
45.119
|
|
6
|
7
|
Rick Ashman
|
40
|
30:21.570
|
41.984
|
45.539
|
|
7
|
2
|
Guy Page
|
36
|
30:07.732
|
41.723
|
50.214
|
|
8
|
6
|
Ryan Preece
|
36
|
30:11.276
|
45.729
|
50.313
|
|
9
|
5
|
Dave Griffiths
|
36
|
30:14.289
|
44.441
|
50.396
|
|
10
|
1
|
Craig Orman
|
18
|
13:10.656
|
41.979
|
43.925
|
Roger Smith was the highest clubman class driver, he was followed by Ryan Preece and Mike Ketteringham who took 2nd and 3rd places onthe day
Short Course
|
Pos
|
Nr
|
Driver
|
Rnd
|
Absoluttime
|
Besttime
|
Mediumtime
|
|
1
|
1
|
Dave Parish
|
39
|
30:05.227
|
42.982
|
46.287
|
|
2
|
2
|
Matt Stokes
|
39
|
30:12.947
|
43.578
|
46.485
|
|
3
|
4
|
Lee Chapman
|
38
|
30:22.930
|
45.020
|
47.971
|
|
4
|
5
|
Ibrahim Atta
|
36
|
30:07.802
|
46.881
|
50.216
|
|
5
|
6
|
Matthew Buxton
|
36
|
30:18.641
|
45.663
|
50.517
|
|
6
|
1
|
Steve Jones
|
35
|
30:31.710
|
46.011
|
52.334
|
|
7
|
2
|
Josey Schifano
|
34
|
30:04.274
|
48.549
|
53.066
|
|
8
|
3
|
Ian Southey
|
31
|
25:39.600
|
45.277
|
49.664
|
|
9
|
7
|
Paul Lyczba
|
28
|
24:20.195
|
48.115
|
52.149
|
|
10
|
6
|
Robert Harpham
|
4
|
3:48.786
|
46.205
|
57.196
|
First place in the clubman class went to Ibrahim with Matthew Buxton in second and Josey Schifano in third place.
So being the final round how did our championships end up ?
2WD.
Our 2017 national championship is Karl Norris for another season, after many seasons trying Dave Grimshaw is finally rewarded for his long trips from Truro to support our series with the 2WD clubman title.
4WD.
Our 2017 national championship winner is Stuart Wood who had managed to put his race experience to good use with helping to set-up the KCR\MCD race team alongside with winning the champion about mid-season with a good consistent season. Our 4 wheel drive clubman champion is Charles Butterworth despite missing out on our practice sessions this season due to his shop commitments.
Short Course.
Our 2017 national championship winner is Matt Stokes in his second year with the series despite switching manufacturers during the season having started racing the LOSI 5ive-T before switching to the MCD W5XL. Another driver who mixed vehicles this season is the 2017 sc clubman champion.
All our trophy winners will be awarded there silverware at the opening round of the 2018 series but congratulations to all who have taken part in the 2017 series.
The LSOR committee look forward to see you back in 2018 along with more new faces has we continue to grow year on year.
Darren Worth
2017 BRCA LSOR Section Chairman
BRCA
- British Radio Car Association