Schumacher’s Chris Grainger Wins TC National in Modified
The first round of the BRCA 1:10 Touring Car Nationals took place on 15 May with the Schumacher team present and Chris Grainger trying to once again repeat his British Championship winning ways again with the Mi4CX. The West London circuit was looking in fine fettle as the club have spent a lot of time and money over the winter improving the facilities, including a complete re-surface of the track. The new surface provided excellent traction however, getting clean runs provided difficult even for the best drivers in the country. Schumacher’s Chris Grainger TQ’ed the final round of qualifying to take the overall TQ with his GM-powered Mi4CX whilst in Pro Stock, three drivers battled for the TQ position – Ayrton Anderson, Schumacher’s James Hart and last year’s champion Jon Bowden. In the end Ayrton nailed it down with a pretty dominant set of qualifying results and Jon would line up ahead of James on the grid.
The first modified A final saw Chris manage to stay ahead of the fast charging pack all of who were making small errors, Elliott pushed very strongly at the end but could not find a way past. The second final saw major drama for Chris at the mid-way point when his car suddenly stopped while leading. It was later traced to his 2.4GHz system in his radio switching off for some reason. Elliott took the win in that leg meaning a deciding leg three. But just as qualifying and the first leg, Chris controlled the lead from the start and took the leg win from former World Champ Andy Moore to wrap up a fantastic first National win for the season.
1 Chris Grainger – Schumacher Mi4CX
2 Elliott Harper
3 Olly Jefferies
4 Andy Moore
5 Alan Bickerstaff
6 Chris Kerswell
7 Matthew White – Schumacher Mi4CX
8 Jonathan Aird
9 Paul Pinkney – Schumacher Mi4CX
10 Russell Williams
In the Pro Stock A finals there was no catching Ayrton Anderson this weekend, but Schumacher’s James Hart took overall second place improving on his grip position with a solid set of finals.
1 Ayrton Anderson
2 James Hart – Schumacher
3 Ryan Edwards
4 Chris Slater
5 Jon Bowden
6 Chris Neff
7 Sam Clifton – Schumacher
8 Zak Smith
9 Darren Lee – Schumacher
10 Bryan Loynes
Overall a fantastic weekend for the Schumacher team with three cars in the Modified final and three in the Pro Stock. The next round moves onto the Cotswolds track next month.
Source: Schumacher
