BRCA Micro Scale Nationals Round 4 / Tamworth / January 6th 2008

Team Driver Cris Oxley crowned the first ever BRCA Micro Scale Modified National Champion!!!

After a two month Christmas break the Micro Nationals returned to the carpet and travelled to Tamworth TRRAC club's new venue for round 4. Entries were at an all time high with 68 drivers booked in for this event.

The track layout was challenging from the start. Corrugated plastic rumble strips, a perspex crossover, 12ft high wall ride, a gym mat filled 'S-bend' and a corner table top back onto the main 20m long straight would separate the men from the boys and make for exciting finals later on in the day! Tekin team drivers Cris Oxley, Dan Osborne, Chris Hudson and Stu Harlow were all in attendance

Pro-Stock
Stu and Dan both qualified in the Pro-Stock A-final with Stu taking 3rd place on the grid with Dan safely in 5th. Chris qualified 10th in the B-final.  Against amazingly strong competiton Stu and Dan both did themselves proud with Stu finishing in 4th only 7 seconds infront of Dan in 5th place. Chris finished the B-final in 4th place.

A-Final
4th – Stuart Harlow – 11laps/5mins 13secs – FTX Blaze – Tekin B1
5th – Dan Osborne – 11laps/5mins 20secs – FTX Blaze ST – Tekin B1
B-Final
4th – Chris Hudson – 10laps/5mins 30secs – FTX Blaze – Tekin B1

Modified
In the Modified class all eyes were on the Championship leader, Tekin's Cris Oxley. All he needed to do today was score 199 points from qualifying and the finals to guarantee himself the first ever BRCA Micro Scale Modified Championship. Things didn't exactly go to plan though as he qualified in 2nd place on the grid behind fellow Tekin driver Stu Harlow but took away 99 valuable points towards his target. Only a win in the final would guarantee Cris the Championship and he had everything to do.

Seconds after the buzzer sent the cars off in the Modified A-final a crash in turn 3 just before the crossover put Cris down to last with everything to do and nine places to make up! As he crossed the line for the end of lap 1 he was back up to 2nd place, 6 seconds behind Stu who had a comfortable lead. Cris would need a perfect drive to have any chance of having any chance of catching the lead and fighting for the 1st podium place.

At the 4 minute call Cris was only 7 seconds behind Stu who was still in 1st place until Cris put the hammer down and took those 7 seconds back out of Stu in only 3 laps!

With the race practically over and only 4 corners left to go Cris pulled off the move of the day to overtake Stu in mid air off the crossover and steal the victory from under Stu's nose, therefore securing the Micro Scale Modified Championship for himself and Tekin with two rounds still to go!

With 798 points from a possible 800 Cris Oxley was crowned the first ever BRCA Micro Scale Modified National Champion with 2 rounds still remaining after using a combination of the Tekin B1 and Mini Rage ESC's throughout the series.

A-Final
1st - Cris Oxley – 11laps/5mins 14secs – FTX Blaze – Tekin B1
2nd – Stuart Harlow – 11laps/5mins 16secs – FTX Blaze – Tekin Mini Rage