Jefferies, Finlay and Skinner won fifth round of Schumacher BTCC

0 Aug. 2, 2016, 8:28 a.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Race report from Schumacher:
www.racing-cars.com

Schumacher BTCC Rd 5 Mendip

The series moved on to another very fast circuit this past weekend in the form of Mendip. The championship is still very much wide open in all 3 classes, so it was set to be a great event.

Lots of drivers were in attendance on Saturday for some practice and to get their cars set up to their liking.

Unlike other rounds the weather was lovely sunshine and hot temperatures, this was how it stayed for the whole weekend.

On to Sunday and race day, we had the usual open practice session first thing and then it was into qualifying mode.

Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove gave the drivers briefing and explained the format for the day. This was the usual format of round by round qualifying, however this time we managed to get an extra round of qualifying into the schedule so it was the best three from five rounds to count. This was good practice for the drivers attending the National in two weeks.

The modified class was extremely close all day, between Olly Jefferies, Chris Grainger, Elliott Harper and Colin Price. This was the order they would line up on the grid for the A final.

In the 13.5 class it was Zak Finlay, James Hart and Mark Wallace battling it out for the top spots in qualifying.

In the 17.5 class it was also very close between Dominic Skinner, Daniel Booker and Oli Meggitt so the finals were lining up to be very good.

Next it was onto the finals, watch how close the Modified final was for some serious close racing action! The results were as follows:

Modified

Olly Jefferies
Chris Grainger
Elliott Harper Schumacher
Colin Price Schumacher
John Pape
Merv Wignall
David Hall Schumacher
Ben Gayson
Rob Chaldecott
Matthew White

13.5 Boosted

Zak Finlay
James Hart Schumacher
Lee Price Schumacher
Marcus Askell
Chris Gunter Schumacher
Daniel Blake
Florian Joos
Michael Bolt
Mark Wallace
Alex Brocklebank Schumacher

17.5 Blinky

Dominic Skinner
Daniel Booker
Dave Ringsell
Oli Meggitt
Adrian Sully Schumacher
Keith Jenkins Schumacher
Tony Cooke
Steve Bessent
Chris Graco
Paul Hill

A special mention has to go to Florian Joos and his Father David, they made the trip from Belgium and he did great to make the 13.5 A Final. They both said they had a great time and look forward to competing in another round sometime, great to see you guys!

So after all of the excellent close racing in the finals, we had the presentation for the winners and top 3 in each final, this was followed by the traditional Schumacher raffle.

Congratulations go to Alex Brocklebank for winning the star prize of the Fantom 13.5 motor.

Lots of drivers commented on what a great event it was and how much they had enjoyed it, great to hear from you all and glad you had a good time.

Many thanks to the Mendip team for everything you did with us, the track and facilities were in great condition and a great job by the catering team also. A huge thanks especially to both Matt and Wayne who were great on race control and scrutineering throughout.

The next round will see us at Stafford on Sunday 21st August. Entries still available, so come and get booked in: www.centralbooking.org

Would be great to see you there.

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