2022 BRCA Touring Car Series Final Results

Press Release From Team Xray:
www.teamxray.com

Report by Zak Finlay

The XRAY UK team were in attendance at the final round of the BRCA UK Nationals this past weekend. The race was held at the very popular Halifax circuit in the north of England.

Going into the weekend, the main focus was on the Modified class, where the overall championship was still undecided. Team XRAY’s Kyle Branson was in a commanding position for the overall title, but needed another solid result to confirm the victory.

In qualifying, Kyle was able to take comfortable TQ runs in the first two rounds to ensure he would line up on the pole position for the main showdown in the A-Main.

Kyle would be joined in the A-Main by Harley Eldridge, Peter Eagles and Marcus Askell also all running XRAY X4.

In the first leg of the Modified A-Main, Kyle struggled off the start and unfortunately had to settle for 3rdplace. Harley Eldridge would take the fight to Zak Smith in this final leg and was close to win, finishing in 2nd, just 0.07s behind after some thrilling racing.

Fortunately for Kyle, the issues of the first A-Main didn’t repeat in the final two legs, and he was able to take the win in both of those races to give him the overall race victory.

This race victory was enough to seal the overall national title for the modified class!

Harley Eldridge was able to continue her strong performance to take 3rd overall for the race.

Modified Overall results:

1. Kyle Branson - XRAY X4
2. Zak Smith
3. Harley Eldridge - XRAY X4
4. Peter Eagles - XRAY X4
5. Chris Grainger
6. Jordan Norwood
7. Andrew Murray
8. Marcus Askell - XRAY X4
9. Mark Buonaiuto
10. Jamie McDonagh

In 13.5 Stock, Zak Finlay was able to take his XRAY X4 to the TQ spot after the qualification was complete.

Having already guaranteed the overall 13.5 stock title, Zak was aiming to make the perfect score of winning all six national races and by lining up on pole for the A-Main he was giving himself the best chance to achieve that.

Zak was joined in the 13.5 stock A-final by four other XRAY X4’s which meant that 50% of the A-Main were using XRAY.

Zak was able to win the first two final legs to take the overall victory, and was joined on the podium by Ricky Copsey who finished 3rd overall with his XRAY.

13.5 Stock Overall results:

1. Zak Finlay - XRAY X4
2. James Hart
3. Ricky Copsey - XRAY X4
4. Michael Bolt - XRAY X4
5. Chris Gunter - XRAY X4
6. Billy Fletcher
7. Sam Law
8. Sam Nicholls - XRAY X4
9. Mikey Mansell
10. Mark Wallace

This final race rounds out a great season for the XRAY UK team, winning both the Modified and 13.5 Stock national titles with Kyle Branson and Zak Finlay respectively. Ethan Southall would take the junior national title for 13.5 also which is a great achievement.

The team now look forward to a couple of weeks away from the track to prepare for the indoor carpet season which starts next month, where they will once again be pushing for further good results.