Regional Finals Weekend for RCPB

This weekend was the final round of the SRS at Slough. Ashley Evans was running his Mugen MBX7r Eco in the Electric class along with George Miller running his Sworkz. George Got an impressive 8^th and Ashley took the TQ in fine style taking the win in two of the three rounds. Ashley secured a quality second place in the final and that got him the E-buggy Championship in the series. A brilliant series of racing by Ashley! Massive well done!

At Coventry’s new 1/8^th Dirt track it was the final round of the Nemo NitroXCross. The new Coventry facility was green but after a few rounds was looking good, the tight twist sections and big jumps making an interesting qualifying.

On the Sunday representing the team was Ben Billing, Matt Box, Rich Price, Si Davies, Steve Shakespeare, Shaun Stenson, Jon Griffiths and Chris Lovell. After 4 rounds of qualifying in a tough field of competitors the guys had done brilliantly.

In E-buggy Chris Lovell and his Mugen MBX7r Eco got 3^rd on the grid for the final.  He had a brilliant start to his final, going to the front early on, and he eventually finished a fantastic 2^nd. Another great drive by Chris.

In the Nitro class, Simon Davies and his RR8 got 40^th overall, fantastic as there were over 70 drivers competing, Rich Price drove his Ielasi Tuned powered Sworks to 28^th, Shaun and his HB got 25^th, Jon Griffiths and his AE got 15^th, Steve got 9^th, Ben 8^th and Matt 6^th, all driving the Kyosho MP9.

In the finals it was Si Davies up first in the D, he had a tricky start going to the back of the field but he battled back to 11^th. Shaun Started 5^th in the C, he had a brilliantly consistent drive and he got 7^th. Jon would start 5^th in the B final. He too would have a fantastic race, getting the 3^rd and final bump spot by just 0.5s from the 4^th place man. So Jon would join Matt, Ben and Steve in the A final.

The A final would be a brilliant race, some top class drivers, including newly crowned British National Champion Darren Bloomfield, so it was going to be tough. Matt had the best start of the bunch getting up to 4^th, and he finished a very impressive 8^th after the 25mins. Ben got 7^th just ahead of Matt. Jon went from 13^th to 10^th and Steve had to retire. All of the guys did brilliantly; let’s see what Sunday would bring!

A slight change in personnel, Milan Dragojlovic now competing, Jon, Shaun and Steve not present, and Chris Lovell going from Electric to Nitro! Milan and his MX powered Agama got a very impressive 5^th overall for the finals, Matt Box got 19^th, Chris got 26^th with his Ielasi powered Losi, Rich 35^th and Si just behind in 38^th. Once again all in the top half of the field!

Simon would start 3^rd in the D final, he and his RR8 looked amazing. Si retained his bump up spot for the majority of the race, but just missed the 3^rd place by a few seconds. Rich and Chris were in the C final. Rich drove his Sworkz fantastically, he went from 9^th on the grid to a very impressive 2^nd, taking the bump to the B, Chris Finished 8^th. Rich would join Matt in the B final. Matt had a decent start and he made some good moves, meaning he got himself to a bump position and that’s where he stayed, coming home 3^rd. Rich finished 13^th.

So onto the A final, Milan and Matt both got off the line well. Matt had a superb drive from 14^th to finish 10^th, and Milan came home on the podium in 3^rd,his MX engine looking and sounding as sweet as ever.

Another fantastic result for the guys on the weekend and as it was the final round of the series that meant it was trophy time. Chris Lovell secured a brilliant 2^nd overall in the E-Buggy championship. A great season with the Mugen for the driver!

In Nitro Milan got a fantastic 2^nd in the series,

with Matt 5^th overall

and Steve Shakespeare 9^th. 3 drivers in the top 10 is brilliant for the team, but the whole team had a great championship. Well done to everyone on a great summer or racing.

As always the cars and kit the guys use is available from RC Pitbox. We look forward to this coming weekend where we will be at the NDORance event at Ndor for something a little different. We will have all the usual spares and accessories trackside.

See you all trackside soon EAT, SLEEP, RACE, REPEAT!!!