BRCA Touring Car Championship 2011 Rnd 2 - Cotswolds

The second round of the Reedy PRCA

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here at the wonderful Couture facility in mid-June in wonderful summer conditions, as to be expected in the UK, absolutely persisted and put everyone on guard regarding the electrical systems of course , making sure the cars are as waterproof as possible, but it is surprising some drivers, for example in this final we have lost four cars. Paul Manchester's position at Rosia didn't even get there, as in any motorsport on Wednesdays you expect low speeds with the safety car out, except here there is no safety car. June 12,

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and the BRCA Touring Car is great and good Cotswolds meeting and despite the weather it's an all-round favorite, it's good, it's got a good flow, it's not too big but it has some twisty moments and a nice one.

It's a long straight, it's a great track, it's one of the best tracks in the country, it's a good track to race on, everyone likes the look of our cars, but when it rains it's always a bit of a lottery, there's enormous grip on this track on the way. The only problem, especially the end of the strip that tends to be a river, crosses it and is where the other day anything could happen again. The rains helped me and a bit of the wet test session last Sunday, which gave me confidence. When I opened the hotel curtains I was glad that it was raining.

I'm not sure everyone else will be happy. No, some people are really starting to go crazy and I liked it, it's frustrating when you can't. If you do well then you get tired of the court and I wanted to do well but I didn't go my way so by far the most dominant man in the first round misses the A final this time and Mark Wallace, B finalist in the first round, it's this week's 10.5 Tom qualifier, yes, some preferred sunny west London, while others are heading to the Cotswolds like a doctor. I really like the fast tracks in west London, narrow and twisty and a bit tricky.

Make a mistake and you brake the car here if you make a mistake you can brake the car but it is a very fast track, if you manage to keep the pace here you can do five minutes quite easily and you will be fast. Yes, speed here is not a problem, maybe the problem is too much grip. but then in some corners zero grip, you just have to make the most of it. We are less fortunate pilots searching through its rubble. The man ranked at the top of the super tourism summarizes his previous round. It's not ideal.

I mean I had been on I did some testing but not as much as the other guys and I think that shows that basically there is a slightly different driving staff, certainly for me driving on UK tracks because I'm so used to driving in maybe a little more with more grip. Doing a track in Europe or anywhere else in the world, so other guys are a little more used to it. I started from pole, it's a big help here because you're basically right on the corner, but I've got Ollie behind me on my own turf. How has the weekend been so far?

It's been quite difficult, but in the last qualifying round I got a tiki, so I got a second on the grid, which after the fourth round didn't look very good, so the seconds, you know, I'm very happy with this round and the previous round couldn't be much different from each other, could they have their own wear and tear in terms of the track? Did you struggle a bit in the first round? A little bit, yes, I think it was like that. We think it's one of our weakest traps for our car since we first tried there.

It was never right, but I never felt like I did it. Yes, we know that this track is one of our strongest tracks, obviously the weather hasn't helped. The two men at the front of the grid will be desperate to improve in the first round, but let's join Nick Daman to find out who else is in the race, so let's take a look at the top ten on the grid for the modified final. It's Andy. Ollie's Moore jetbrains for Matty white Chris Granger, we're around one in fourth place in Russell Williams Chris Castle Allen Bickerstaff Tom watts bright Eldridge and Chris Ashton and the eagle-eyed among you have noticed one notable exception, not Elliott Harper, the man who was third at last year's World Championships is at home revising for exams, not very sporty about them, very praiseworthy, so the lineup now prepares to go out as usual, soaked on that track and it's raining a lot, it's empty at the end, they shoot.

I'm already off to a great start and he always doesn't drink because it bothers me if he passes through the middle it's Jeffrey's even more so with Matt White in third place very convenient Matt White has a white car. Keep things simple. Simplify me as a commentator. They get over it. Me Jeffries. I've made a majestic start, no problems, it's something I take so carefully the water rooster tails that you can see how wet it is, every corner is an adventure and no, it's to prove my point, it turns on the grip . There, the group he expected to be there didn't exist and just rushed at Matt, now he's catching up to him.

We have Andy and the leader getting very close. Now they come and go, but are you coming the other way? Lower the power. You could be very careful and drive very well here because they drive on ice, you get every penny, you have no idea what kind of grip you have Andy, from all your matte white, thirdly, every time they turn a curb, be careful. that little grass too, you know, it's coming from behind and it looks pretty daring. Maybe he just has the pace here, looking instead he never has better grip on the front that I need, he has it.

I was super moved, the fantastic moon Bali, there, turn inside out, matte white. Now he is fighting for third place, preparing everything to extend his advantage, but of course you have to be careful at every corner. Let's look again. There we can see everything that comes in. A beautiful move there and you can see a little bit of space trying to close. the door, but I only saw it in a super crash with that associated car that was recovering now it's his Andy just got lost with the matte white. Matte white takes second place, sped away, turned and became noticeable, Freeman's five or six came out, no problem at all. that's like coming back, there was just no real grip on the rear, he spun and is sitting on the very very wet grass, hopefully that's not all that follows the car, so we move on, we see Ollie forward, Andy in the second third, it's Chris Kerswell coming out from only sixth in the gray, I think behind him, so I can't be the current champion, the

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leader, Chris Granger, and there we see Andy again, they try turn and sometimes, and well, that's the advice, Chris is right, they look a little a little. hard, there's Chris Granger, Andy Moore walks away, but if he thinks about the mustaches, he was a little unlucky.

Andy might be a little difficult. Let's see him again here and he loses in that corner. Chris comes in on the inside, he just squeezes in, it's not an easy statute, well. I have to report, I swear, in fact, what happened was that Chris jumped the curb and actually did the roll em cell and now we see Chris Granger, the Prius champion model and also they just fought back and forth normally , of course, in Touring Car. Reasoning the goalkeeper's F line perfectly and I hope Ziggy rehabilitates here as we watch Chris Granger, the multiple British champion, slide with virtual zero grip.

It's like ice skating and Andy Moore goes too. This rain is getting more intense every time. The boys have no idea. and after that rollover just a couple of laps ago, Chris Granger sorry, Chris Kerswell has inherited second place, quite a remarkable event, back in the lead, now Oh, Jeff, your car looks so balanced, the The advantage of being in the lead is that you can set your own pace. I don't have to push because seeing other pushed drivers I've been spinning with has incredibly unpredictable grip, but a fantastic Drive, Molly Jeffries stroking home, it's a class drive and behind him we see Chris Kurzweil running in second behind Andy.

Moore in third, everyone deserved the middle, beat that man, Oli Jeffries takes a spoiler, it's an excellent win in this the first leg, let's listen to our wet but happy winner, it's been quite difficult, but obviously, yes We get a win, no matter how it goes, obviously. The good thing is that I think Allen had a bad final, so it would have been nice to have another partner car a little higher up in the final, but you know, let's say you have a problem with the weather like it's some kind of lottery. I tried to pass Andy quite early and if I was able to open up a gap then I think he made a mistake so I had a reasonable lead and at that point I drove quite slowly because the back straight was literally like a lake so I was really glad to not having configured the car properly to drive it.

Electric cars driven in the monsoon season face some obvious challenges and the competitors here not only use wet tires, but in many cases a BRCA wet car event presenter, Chris Kennedy, explains everything with the help of some friends , the dry car basically has no water protection in the electrical system, the shock absorbers are set in positioning and oil and spring rating where they are very stiff and react to driver inputs much faster than in a wet car , it would be very different to drive with the driver you don't have, you have to be in the dry, just completely committed and the fastest person usually wins in the wet, you have to be reliable, you have everything you need to do. your position and where you brake the acceleration, the biggest difference between wet and dry is, as you can see, we have the tires on this car, they are wet weather directional tires, there is a soft on a certain top tire and then there are a lot of plastic wheels . softer than the normal plastic wheel you put on the car for dry weather, when that's really where the tires give incredible grip to the point of becoming brittle.

All electrical components have been removed from this car. All the boards have been glued down with a solution that keeps the water out and there's a new product on the market called Plasti Dip that we're actually using to waterproof the engines, so the idea is that when it sits it becomes a solid chunk. plastic that in some cases is all electronic, so you are one of the controllers, take out all the components of the speed controllers and glue the plates and so on. Now my view is to just seal the box, so make sure everything is completely sealed, leave it as is, just as the manufacturer designed it, meaning any internal airflow can still be basically a wet burst, we speed the result to minimum, there may be condensation inside the speedometer if it is completely sealed.

The nice thing about the pot is that you can remove the lid and the conversation can come up basically this element here, the speed controller. the car brain box is absolutely 100% waterproof any water in the speed controller or the receiver or servo will start to fail, the electronics are so close together, all packed in there that you can't have some failures now and again, which They do in the suspension setup is run a very very soft setup, soft springs, softer oil or a lighter white grade oil front and rear, some drivers even remove the anti-roll bars so they all flex inside of the chassis.

I would write to Try to generate more traction, without brakes, as the water in the grip will do the braking for you, you don't have anti-roll bars, you have lighter oils, like springs. I tend to run them with as much movement as possible if I can quickly show them underneath. The car has the original 6 liter chassis and some bolts were removed in order to generate more traction. It's one thing to have all the equipment, but as Mark Wallace, who placed the pole at 10.5 laps, knows you also need a plan if you can drive conservatively. down and again for the five minutes you can, you can get five hard or easy, so lining up on the pole in stock and finally it's Mark Wallace behind him James Hart Jonny Bowden, the raid champion Chris later from St Clifton in exact sixth place Smith then David Hall Krishna Lee Price, Kier and Cliff, but he didn't even make it to the A final, he is the winner of the first round in West Under a few weeks ago in Nance and had to settle for the B final, but let's see what about a The top ten available today on the line now, as you can see, the first man his mark was already pointing towards the curve and they go, same problem, these same treacherous conditions faced these drivers not knowing what happens when you turn the steering wheel, will I turn?

Will I open up or just spit? Oh well, I just landed and do a triple somersault like we just saw from James Hart, so at the end of the first lap is Julie Bowden's Mark Wallace with Chris Layton. now in third place and the boys commit amistake and that's Bowden in the lead and well so all of a sudden Chris the ladies inherited that and then another one was David Wallace so now it's Jonny Bowden's Slater in the fourth spot we've got I think it's probably Sam. Clifton, but again we see both of them trying to get a little bit of an advantage and I think James recovered again.

We need a pretty remarkable performance, but in these conditions we see Sam Christmas turning down the street, braking with each turn. We will be a group of cars fighting, it will be cars that go around. We're used to first-class tours, as we said before, to seeing cars following behind and waiting for the opportunity, but there's a chance around every turn and you might do it perfectly. If you're wrong, this is an eighth final and we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven cars that are fighting for second place, so take your pick, but up front we have Mark Wallace, coming from pole .

I think in second place he should just behind the cameraman, second place, second place may well be Zack Smith, who has come out wonderfully from sixth place, all the battles until the end, that is Chris Slater dating James Hart, the increasingly stertorous meter cars are quite noticeable, it's like a speedboat race than a

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car race. Of course I've already heard that these guys have problems with water any time a car could break down because it just leaks water and of course electricity and it didn't mix and it's also not getting sharp like Chris did, it's he left, he left Lee Price to get another position, he is so nice that he is reveling in these conditions by being there, there are eggs. about my sister who used to call Michael Schumacher the all white car these days, I think it's Jonny Bowden recovering from that early spin so he's back in the field but still leading we think I think since he's Marv but they stopped , are.

Any dead car there that eats an electrical fault for the pole sitter and leader Mark was desperately bad luck for the young guy that's there now, that's going to leave the whole race absolutely wide open and going incredible. Mele it seems that Zack Smith has left the lead with the The orange and black car had a quite remarkable performance in these types of conditions in second places, Lee priced him in third place, in second place we have Chris Slater, who moved up from only four thanks to the great demand with the sick sleepers in ninth place, that shows it. that classification is not very important in cases like these, but Zack Smith has controlled the weather, more importantly, he has waterproofed his car properly, he will take the national victory in the value category, a great result for the young man when he crosses the line , come on. here from our very happy winner winning that final was great from the city flying on the grid too.

I need conditions and I had an electrical problem with the car and we didn't think we were going to go out for that final, so to win from there there is a big Worcester looking back like how did you win? What was it? It was a case of the way you drove or you know, there was some luck involved, but I think a lot of people crashed in front of me and I just thought. Pick your way and then when I passed I got into the lead and got a big gap and then I thought I'd keep the pace until the end and cruise to last place two minutes or so as you probably guessed the conditions.

The track continued to deteriorate and several small streams now cross the track after a waiting period. Officials made the decision to stop the event for health and safety reasons, so although the aliens will perform, they will win on the day when, according to BRCA rules, the round is decided based on the results of the final and the qualifying positions for the two finals that did not take place, so let's return to Nick for the overall results of the second round. Yes, Matt, all of which means that the overall standings for the second round of the national series are next in mod.

Andy Moore takes the win with Oli Jeffries in second Matthew White third Chris Kerswell fourth reigning champion Chris Rangers in fifth Russ Williams is sixth Tom Watt seventh and the greatest our eighth procession ninth and Brian Howard in tenth in the Pro Stock smart Wallace despite electrical failure Matches take overall win away from James Hart in second Chris Taylor third Jonny Bowden in fourth Zach Smith fifth overall Sam Griffin sick Lee Price seventh Chris Neff 8 David Hall 9th ​​and 10th es Kieran Clift I think it was probably the right decision by the committee the track is definitely not rideable at the moment it's worse than it has been all day obviously my rider wanted to continue you know we've come this far we want to finish it but I think They made the right decision to stop.

Actually the last final was quite complicated and it's gotten worse since then, so it's probably a real public shame for me because I didn't have a good first leg and normally you have two games to then fix it in the next round from Texas to Halifax. You haven't actually been to Alex yet, so what can we expect from that track? It's a big track as a power track, so good tractor handling is a good trap for the drivers. We have to be quite precise in very long corners. A good saddle. It's quite critical, but we weren't there last year, so we know I can't feel much and I also feel ego.

Another good result should be good.