Moore and Dawson Win Winter BTCC at Ardent

Last weekend saw the first running of Schumacher’s new Winter BTCC at Ardent Raceway. The entry was quite low with about 50 drivers however, the competition was seriously hot! Schumacher were saddened to hear of the death of Dez Chand recently – a fantastic guy with a great enthusiasm for RC so Kris Kennedy paid a tribute to Dez and a minutes clapping as a mark of respect was held.
The UK’s top drivers Andy Moore, Elliott Harper and Schumacher’s Chris Grainger all battled it out hard in the 10.5T class with Elliott and Andy putting on a great show and these two being a few seconds clear of the chasing pack on the Sorex 28JB control tyres. Andy took the TQ from Elliott with Stefan Chodzynski in third and Chris fourth. A huge battle in both finals entertained the crowd with the top two places changing at various points in the races. Eventually after a great battle Andy came out on top from Elliott with Stefan third and Chris Grainger fourth.

In the slightly slower 13.5T class, track owner John Dawson was the man to beat however, Hinckley legend Dean Gibbs was close around with Schumacher Matt Lax showing strongly too with his Mi4CX. John finished up the clear winner from Dean and Matt.
Different from normal Schumacher BTCC rounds, rather than having trophies vouchers were given to redeem at MB Models who were the host shop at the track. These seamed to go down great with the drivers who battled hard for them – £10 for first, £7 for second and £5 for third.

Full results can be found here. The next round is at Maritime Raceway on the 15 January 2012. Booking in is available here.

Source: Schumacher Racing