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