The M-TC National series takes place over 8 meetings throughout the year between March and November excluding August and are generally held on the last Sunday of the month.
July saw us off to Nottinghamshire for Round 5 at West Bridgford Club. Many of those travelling from afar head up on the Saturday and stay overnight, but no such luxuries for Matthew Heath and I who chose to do an early start and left from our West Sussex location at 4:30am.
Jason Crossland and the team at West Bridgford had done an absolutely fabulous job with circuit layout on eight rolls of new Lindau dark grey carpet with good medium to high grip properties we were set for an excellent day’s competition.
With 8 heats and a target time of a round per hour, timing was tight with only a couple of minutes between each heat. The meeting format is 1 round of timed practice in heat order, followed by 3 rounds of FTQ qualifying and then 3 leg finals for everyone with each round to count.
It was nice to get a visit from Darren Worth who attended for the second time this year, he was able to add some invaluable content to the drivers briefing and we managed to keep him entertained until after lunchtime, maybe we have a budding new M-TC racer in the wings?
After the practice run we went straight into qualifying which was pretty much complete by 1:00pm. Then into the finals to which we had 4 4WD rubber, 2 2WD and 1 Foam. It’s good to see the 2WD class gaining a significant following with more hardware also appearing.
Positions after round 3 qualifying.
MTC 2wd
Pos |
Name |
Best |
Ave |
Best |
1 |
Mark Parnell |
20 / 315.29 |
15.76 |
15.37 |
2 |
Paul McKeag |
19 / 310.44 |
16.33 |
15.67 |
3 |
Adam Burgess |
19 / 313.20 |
16.48 |
15.93 |
4 |
Conrad Ashton |
18 / 306.18 |
17.01 |
16.49 |
5 |
Lee Hodge |
18 / 308.61 |
17.14 |
16.72 |
6 |
Anthony Wills |
18 / 310.34 |
17.24 |
16.58 |
7 |
Charlie Fogg |
17 / 303.46 |
17.85 |
17.43 |
8 |
Ethan Hodge |
17 / 303.93 |
17.87 |
17.06 |
9 |
Trevor Little |
17 / 305.34 |
17.96 |
16.96 |
10 |
Leung Yuen Tony |
17 / 305.71 |
17.98 |
17.14 |
11 |
Andrew Bause |
17 / 309.52 |
18.20 |
17.05 |
12 |
Christopher Staples |
16 / 300.35 |
18.77 |
17.62 |
13 |
Adrain Davis |
15 / 305.26 |
20.35 |
18.88 |
MTC Foam
Pos |
Name |
Best |
Ave |
Best |
1 |
Conrad Ashton |
21 / 304.07 |
14.47 |
14.15 |
2 |
Matt Heath |
21 / 308.22 |
14.67 |
14.26 |
3 |
Jason Crossland |
21 / 310.49 |
14.78 |
13.93 |
4 |
James Baker |
20 / 306.62 |
15.33 |
14.57 |
5 |
Andrew Reid |
20 / 308.08 |
15.40 |
14.40 |
6 |
Andrew Bause |
18 / 303.11 |
16.83 |
15.28 |
7 |
David Holden |
14 / 311.95 |
22.28 |
18.55 |
MTC Rubber
Pos |
Name |
Best |
Ave |
Best |
1 |
Mark Parnell |
21 / 306.55 |
14.59 |
14.18 |
2 |
Adam Burgess |
21 / 308.44 |
14.68 |
14.28 |
3 |
Tom Clements |
21 / 309.16 |
14.72 |
14.16 |
4 |
Mike Chapman |
21 / 317.18 |
15.10 |
14.15 |
5 |
Mark Wilson |
20 / 301.25 |
15.06 |
14.54 |
6 |
Jaco Van Der Sterren |
20 / 307.96 |
15.39 |
14.86 |
7 |
Patrick Baynton-Glen |
20 / 308.40 |
15.42 |
14.77 |
8 |
Karl Dobbs |
20 / 310.39 |
15.51 |
15.10 |
9 |
Lena Clements |
20 / 310.60 |
15.53 |
14.77 |
10 |
Jack Anderson |
20 / 311.61 |
15.58 |
15.06 |
11 |
Lee Hodge |
20 / 313.38 |
15.66 |
15.07 |
12 |
Bryce Little |
20 / 314.49 |
15.72 |
15.00 |
13 |
Alex Watts |
20 / 325.58 |
16.27 |
14.15 |
14 |
Ethan Hodge |
19 / 300.83 |
15.83 |
15.18 |
15 |
John Shelswell |
19 / 303.13 |
15.95 |
15.34 |
16 |
Anthony Wills |
19 / 311.48 |
16.39 |
15.36 |
17 |
Brendan Lee |
18 / 303.45 |
16.85 |
15.67 |
18 |
Dan Doleman |
18 / 307.76 |
17.09 |
16.24 |
19 |
John Baynton-Glen |
18 / 308.81 |
17.15 |
16.02 |
20 |
Brendan Cobb |
18 / 308.99 |
17.16 |
16.26 |
21 |
Mike Watts |
17 / 302.39 |
17.78 |
16.23 |
22 |
Luke Jury |
17 / 303.06 |
17.82 |
15.95 |
23 |
Jonathan Maling |
17 / 304.71 |
17.92 |
17.01 |
24 |
Christopher Staples |
17 / 307.48 |
18.08 |
16.81 |
25 |
Max Crossland |
16 / 302.75 |
18.92 |
16.96 |
26 |
Jamie Brown |
16 / 312.56 |
19.53 |
17.85 |
27 |
Ian Rudland |
15 / 310.73 |
20.71 |
18.35 |
28 |
John Cobb |
12 / 303.32 |
25.27 |
22.24 |
Final Results
MTC 2wd - B Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
2 |
Trevor Little |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Leung Yuen Tony |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Christopher Staples |
9 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Adrain Davis |
12 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
Andrew Bause |
17 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
Ethan Hodge |
18 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
MTC 2wd - A Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
1 |
Mark Parnell |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Paul McKeag |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Adam Burgess |
9 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Lee Hodge |
13 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Anthony Wills |
16 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
Conrad Ashton |
18 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Charlie Fogg |
19 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
MTC Foam - A Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
=1 |
3 |
Jason Crossland |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
=1 |
2 |
Matt Heath |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
Conrad Ashton |
9 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Andrew Reid |
12 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
James Baker |
14 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
David Holden |
18 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
Andrew Bause |
21 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
MTC Rubber - D Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
1 |
Jonathan Maling |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Max Crossland |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Jamie Brown |
9 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
=4 |
2 |
Christopher Staples |
14 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
=4 |
5 |
Ian Rudland |
14 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
John Cobb |
17 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
MTC Rubber - C Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
2 |
Dan Doleman |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
=2 |
6 |
Luke Jury |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
=2 |
1 |
Brendan Lee |
8 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
Mike Watts |
13 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
John Baynton-Glen |
14 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
Brendan Cobb |
15 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
MTC Rubber - B Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
5 |
Alex Watts |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Lena Clements |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
Jack Anderson |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Lee Hodge |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
=5 |
4 |
Bryce Little |
17 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
=5 |
7 |
John Shelswell |
17 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
Anthony Wills |
19 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
Ethan Hodge |
22 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
MTC Rubber - A Final
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
4 |
Mike Chapman |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Adam Burgess |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Mark Wilson |
11 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
Mark Parnell |
14 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
Patrick Baynton-Glen |
17 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
Jaco Van Der Sterren |
18 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Karl Dobbs |
19 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
Tom Clements |
20 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
Championship
BRCA M-TC National
Best 5 Rounds To Count. Tie Break: Countback
MTC Rubber
Pos |
Name |
Ability |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
1 |
Mike Chapman |
100% |
1002 |
201 |
200 |
201 |
200 |
200 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Mark Parnell |
99% |
996 |
199 |
200 |
199 |
200 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Tom Clements |
97% |
976 |
193 |
196 |
197 |
197 |
193 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Lee Hodge |
95% |
954 |
190 |
194 |
192 |
189 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Anthony Wills |
93% |
931 |
195 |
183 |
180 |
187 |
186 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Ethan Hodge |
91% |
912 |
182 |
181 |
186 |
178 |
185 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Christopher Staples |
89% |
892 |
184 |
178 |
176 |
179 |
175 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Adam Burgess |
98% |
791 |
198 |
198 |
196 |
0 |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Mark Wilson |
98% |
786 |
0 |
195 |
195 |
198 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=10 |
Karl Dobbs |
96% |
773 |
0 |
197 |
189 |
193 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=10 |
Jaco Van Der Sterren |
96% |
773 |
0 |
193 |
193 |
192 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Lena Clements |
95% |
762 |
0 |
192 |
191 |
188 |
191 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Bryce Little |
95% |
761 |
0 |
191 |
187 |
195 |
188 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Harrison Upton |
93% |
744 |
188 |
182 |
184 |
190 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Dan Doleman |
91% |
733 |
0 |
184 |
181 |
184 |
184 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Bryan White |
90% |
726 |
186 |
187 |
173 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Brendan Lee |
90% |
725 |
181 |
0 |
179 |
183 |
182 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Alex Watts |
95% |
571 |
0 |
189 |
190 |
0 |
192 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Patrick Baynton-Glen |
95% |
570 |
0 |
0 |
188 |
186 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
John Shelswell |
93% |
561 |
0 |
0 |
183 |
191 |
187 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Luke Jury |
92% |
553 |
185 |
185 |
0 |
0 |
183 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Brendan Cobb |
91% |
546 |
0 |
0 |
185 |
182 |
179 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
John Baynton-Glen |
90% |
543 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
185 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Chris Mills |
90% |
541 |
183 |
186 |
172 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Harrison Boddington |
89% |
538 |
0 |
180 |
177 |
181 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
Mike Watts |
89% |
535 |
0 |
179 |
175 |
0 |
181 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Ian Rudland |
87% |
522 |
0 |
175 |
0 |
173 |
174 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Jamie Brown |
86% |
521 |
0 |
0 |
170 |
175 |
176 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
Tristan Doleman |
86% |
519 |
0 |
176 |
169 |
174 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
John Cobb |
85% |
512 |
0 |
0 |
167 |
172 |
173 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
Matthew Gammons |
98% |
394 |
0 |
0 |
198 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
Jack Anderson |
96% |
386 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
Max Crossland |
88% |
354 |
0 |
177 |
0 |
0 |
177 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
Malcolm Shears |
98% |
197 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=35 |
Conrad Ashton |
97% |
194 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=35 |
Richard Sodeau |
97% |
194 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=35 |
Thomas Looney |
97% |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
John Renton |
96% |
192 |
192 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
Daniel Renton |
95% |
191 |
191 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
James Baker |
95% |
190 |
0 |
190 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
Duncan Goodall |
94% |
189 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
Lisa Louise Keen |
94% |
188 |
0 |
188 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
Jonathan Baker |
93% |
187 |
187 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Lee Johnson |
91% |
182 |
0 |
0 |
182 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
Jonathan Maling |
89% |
178 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
David Warren |
88% |
177 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
177 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
Ethan Webb |
88% |
176 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
176 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=48 |
Jason Crossland |
87% |
174 |
0 |
174 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=48 |
Christopher Hampson |
87% |
174 |
0 |
0 |
174 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=50 |
Steve Finnie |
85% |
171 |
0 |
0 |
171 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=50 |
Ben Webb |
85% |
171 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
171 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
Adrain Davis |
84% |
168 |
0 |
0 |
168 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MTC Foam
Pos |
Name |
Ability |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
1 |
Matt Heath |
100% |
1000 |
200 |
201 |
201 |
199 |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Conrad Ashton |
99% |
995 |
200 |
199 |
199 |
198 |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Andrew Bause |
98% |
588 |
197 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=4 |
Andrew Reid |
98% |
395 |
0 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=4 |
Duncan Goodall |
98% |
395 |
0 |
0 |
198 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Mark Barford |
100% |
201 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
201 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Jason Crossland |
100% |
200 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
200 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Bryce Little |
99% |
198 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=9 |
Charlie Dunne |
98% |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=9 |
James Baker |
98% |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=11 |
Stephen Howsham |
97% |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=11 |
David Holden |
97% |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
MTC 2wd
Pos |
Name |
Ability |
Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
1 |
Mark Parnell |
100% |
1005 |
201 |
201 |
201 |
201 |
201 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Conrad Ashton |
98% |
986 |
194 |
199 |
199 |
199 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Anthony Wills |
98% |
981 |
198 |
194 |
197 |
196 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Trevor Little |
96% |
969 |
192 |
195 |
195 |
194 |
193 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Christopher Staples |
96% |
962 |
193 |
192 |
193 |
193 |
191 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Adam Burgess |
98% |
791 |
197 |
198 |
198 |
0 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Bryan White |
97% |
783 |
195 |
197 |
196 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Andrew Bause |
95% |
765 |
191 |
193 |
0 |
192 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Carl Rowlands |
96% |
579 |
0 |
196 |
192 |
191 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Lee Hodge |
98% |
395 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
198 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=11 |
Adrain Davis |
94% |
378 |
0 |
0 |
188 |
0 |
190 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=11 |
Ethan Hodge |
94% |
378 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
188 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=13 |
Malcolm Shears |
99% |
199 |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=13 |
Paul McKeag |
99% |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
199 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Harrison Upton |
98% |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Jonathan Baker |
98% |
196 |
196 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=17 |
Ian Devonshire |
97% |
194 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=17 |
Charlie Fogg |
97% |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Leung Yuen Tony |
96% |
192 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
192 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Mark Harris |
95% |
191 |
0 |
0 |
191 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Nathan Brtton |
95% |
190 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Robert Barkham |
94% |
189 |
0 |
0 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
[Article Material provided by Andrew Bause]
[Published by Nikita Finnigan]