BRCA 5th Circuit National 2025 Round 1 and 2 race report

 

 

With what seemed like a lifetime without any racing due to the winter break, the 1/5 circuit nationals were finally underway. 

 

Drivers from all four corners of the UK arrived raring to go at Cotswolds RC track. 

 

The weather was ultimately a bit changeable as always at the start of the British summertime but that didn’t stop the great attendance of drivers who came. 

 

The Cotswolds RC track was in excellent condition as always and very welcoming thanks to Neal Vater and his committee. 

 

The format for our “double header” round was Saturday practice followed by two days (Sunday/Monday) of qualifying and finals on each day. 

 

Saturday practice got off to a slightly wet start but that didn’t stop a lot of the 4wd class getting on track followed by the 2wd class later in the day when things got grippy!!

 

Round 1 Sunday qualifying, we were blessed with great weather all day which meant a very smoothly run race day and some great track time for all. The finals, again track conditions were perfect which meant some epic battles in all classes. 

 

Round 2 Monday qualifying, unfortunately our luck ran out and we were not so blessed with wet conditions which meant a lot of set up changes for drivers and the use of wet tyres. 

 

As the day progressed the sunshine started to make an appearance which lead to a vote to rerun Q3 of qualifying so everyone could have a dry heat. 

 

By the finals the track had become “faster” with some amazing times set in all classes. 

 

All in all a great weekend for all drivers with plenty of smiles and an electric atmosphere. 

 

A massive thanks to all the people involved with Cotswold RC track for providing us with an amazing venue to stage our first rounds of the series and special thanks to all the committee for managing another perfectly run event.

Results: Round 1

FG Mini 4wd A final                                      

1st Neal Vater                                                            

2nd Aaron Weston

3rd Piotr Misztal

4th Carl Taylor                    

5th Raymond Studley

6th Lee Mckeever

7th Vince Rose

8th Ken Fradley

 

FG 530 4wd Saloon A Final

1stColin Read

2ndMichael Ball

3rd Chris Skidmore

4th Ian Harthill

5th Steve Gould

 2wd Touring Car C Final

1st Myles Dixon

2ndJoey Hazell

3rd Neil Clark

4th Ricardo Oliveira

5th Graham King

6th Christopher Harlin

7th Will Mcdonnall

8th Kane Studley

9th Rich Pacey

10th Martin Ewing

11th Colin Parsfield

 

2wd Touring Car B Final

1st Myles Dixon

2nd Ian Young

3rd Steve Metcalfe 

4th Matt Buxton

5th Ryan Haydon

6th Neil Clark

7th Steve Jones

8th Tyrone Quinlivan

9th Dan Jones

10th Joey Hazell

 

 

 

 

2wd Touring Car A Final

1stJarret Williams

2nd Myles Dixon

3rd Fraiser Shoveller

4th Steve Metcalfe

5th Barry Abbott

6th Peter Vater

7th Brian Jarvis

8th Andy Heslop

9th Craig Orman

10th Ian Young

 

 

 

Results: Round 2

 

FG Mini 4WD A Final

1st Neal Vater

2nd Aaron Weston

3rd Piotr Misztal

4th Raymond Studley

5th Lee Mckeever

6th Vince Rose

7th Carl Taylor

8th Ken Fradley

9th Patrick Vice

 

FG 530 4WD Touring Car A Final

1st Chris Skidmore

2nd Colin Read

3rd Michael Ball

4th Steve Gould

 

2WD Touring Car C Final

1st Steve Jones

2nd Rich Pacey

3rd Kane Studley

4th Ryan Haydon

5th Ricardo Oliveira

6th Martin Ewing

7th Kevin Gosling

 

2WD Touring Car B Final

1st Dan Jones

2nd Steve Metcalfe 

3rd Tyrone Quinlivan

4th Steve Jones

5th Rich Pacey

6th Will Mcdonnall

7th Neil Clark

8th Matt Buxton

9th Colin Parsfield

10th Kane Studley

 

2WD Touring Car A Final

1st Barry Abbott

2nd Jarret Williams

3rd Craig Orman

4th Andy Heslop

5th Myles Dixon

6th Fraiser Shoveller

7th Dan Jones

8th Steve Metcalfe

9th Tyrone Quinlivan

10th Peter Vater

 

Excellent results guys, and hopefully we see you all at Halifax RC Track 24th - 26th of May for another double header rounds 3 and 4 !!!

 

By

Tyrone Quinlivan 

5c PRO