Series Finals and Trophy time for RCPB - 1/10th and 1/8th!

This weekend the RCPB team were out in force again all over the UK and at Summer Finals time lots of places and prizes up for grabs.

At ESBRC at the Shrewsbury dirt track we had Team Boss Matt Box and his Ielasi Tuned powered Kyosho MP9 along with Rich Price and his Sworkz machine. Also in attendance was Graham Alsop running his Maxima MX Motor. After 4 rounds of quail it was Graham on top of the pile with Matt just behind in 2^nd, Rich managed 6^th. Nice work by the guys to all get in the top ten!

All three drivers made it straight into the A final, Rich had a great start and finished a very impressive 7^th, Matt was at the front of the pack jostling for a podium place, he had a great run meaning he would come home 3^rd and Graham was out in front and checked out early on taking the win by some margin. Another win for the MX motor! The 3^rd place finish on the day meant that Matt had the points to win the Summer series. Taking home the Trophy and Prizes kindly donated by Absima!

At Stotford it was the 1/10^th off-road formula finals. Lots of guys for RCPB at this event, a great track and superb facilities greeted our team. Day one was 4wd on Saturday, and in F2 we had Felix De Hamel and his Schumacher and Mark Fletcher also running his Schumacher, in F3,4,5 we had Steve Ibbotson running Schumacher, Chris Ely, Tommy Hall and Jamie Hall all running XRAY. With 4 rounds of qualifying it was all to play for and the whole team did amazingly. Felix got 8^th overall in F2 after 2 very impressive 5^th in rounds, Mark got 19^th.

In the F3,4,5 it was Tommy who had the best set of qualifiers, he was amazing getting 2 4^th in rounds and taking 5^th overall. Steve, Jamie and Chris were also not far behind; they were 10^th, 12^th and 13^th respectively after some outstanding qualifying. All drivers making the top 12 in their respective formulas – a great achievement!

In F2’s after a great 3 legs in the finals Felix finished a massively impressive 5^th. Mark was in the B final and he stared 9^th on the grid a great 5 mins of racing saw him get up to 5^th and he stayed there, finishing 5^th. Chris and Jamie both made the B final in the F3,4,5’s. With Jamie 2^nd and Chris 3^rd on the grid it would be a great team battle, Chris came home an impressive 4^th and Jamie 7^th. In the A final Steve and Tommy both had a fantastic 3 legs of racing, Steve managed an overall 9^th but Tommy after an amazing win of leg 3 finished an unbelievable 4^th overall – not bad for an U13!!!! A huge achievement by the whole team and especially the youngsters who did so well!

On Sunday and 2wd the same drivers were at it again, In the F2 class Mark managed 11^th and Felix 16^th overall after some more stunning qualifying in some changeable weather conditions. In the F3,4,5’s Tommy was once again top in Qualifying, getting a massively impressive7th in round 1 getting him 12^th overall. Steve Ibbotson also was flying on and got a brilliant 4^th in round 1, getting him 14^th overall, Chris Ely got 26^th, Jamie got 33^rd.

Felix and Mark both made the B final, Felix started 6^th and he was flying, coming home in a brilliant 2^nd place, just behind Mark who took the pole and win. Steve and Tommy made the B final in the F3,4,5 class and Steve came home 10^th, but once again the Youngster Tommy had a brilliant drive coming home 4^th. Chris made the C final coming home 9^th and Jamie came 2^nd in the D final.

A massively impressive weekend for the 1/10^th team, a great season and some fantastic driving by all of the guys! We know 2017 will be an amazing year with this great team.

At Ledbury it was the final round of the summer series, At Ledbury we had Nathan Powney, Si Davies, Si White and Simeon White and Chris Lovell. The Ledbury team had done a great job on the track that was in tip top condition.

After 4rd of Qualifying, Nathan and his Bullett powered Losi 4.0 sat 2^nd, Simon White and his Mugen MBX7r got a very good 4^th. Si Davies got 10^th with his Radiosistemi, Chris Lovell and his Ielasi Tuned Powered Losi 4.0 got 5^th and Simeon and his Ielasi powered Mugen got 20^th.

First up was Simeon in the C final, he started 5^th on the grid, but drove a blinder and he took a very impressive win and the bump to the B final. He joined Simon Davies he started 3^rd. Simon had a great and constistant 20mins and came home in 3^rd and Simeon had managed to get from the back of the grid up to 5^th. Another fantastic drive by the young Mugen driver!

Up to the A final and Nathan, Simon W and Chris would be battling out for a podium. All had decent starts, Chris having an issue and returning to the pits but after a small time he was back out and finished the race 7^th. Simon and Nathan were both settled in the midfield and Nath finished 5^th just 0.5s behind Simon in 4^th. A great A final from the guys! As it was end of the series it was trophy time.

Nath won the series and Simon W came 2^nd. Andy P finished 11^th overall, and Si Davies got a very good 7^th in the series. A great series for the guys at Ledbury and some top finishes by the lads. Well done all.

And last but not least at Adur was Ashley Evans. At the start of the day the track was wet but drying which made it difficult with tyre choice so his first 2 heats he was off pace but once the track was pretty much dry he was back on pace taking 2 round wins. He took TQ in both E-buggy and SC and then won both finals by a lap in SC and 2 laps in e-buggy. A top finish to this week’s racing by Ashley!

As always all of the cars and kit that the guys use is available from RCPB and we are a nice bunch so if you need a hand trackside just ask one of the team. Next week we will be Eat, Sleep, Race, Repeat! Next weekend we are at the final round of the Nemo Nitroxcross Summer series, with shop and trackside support, check out next week’s reports for how the team have done and much more!