1/24 BOC 2022 British Open Championship
The fastest and best supported class was Eurosport, raced on Sunday afternoon.
Again it was Lee who set the fastest qualifying time -
Steve Sweetman won the B final and was the main grade winner with a time that took him to 3rd overall, Pat Skene was second in the B and took 6th overall one place ahead of D final winner Steve Clark.
Lee won the A final by 17 laps, the most dominant win of the weekend. Second was hotly contested for much of the race, but by the end Ross was a clear second, the only other driver to beat Steve’s C final time, Josh and Will followed while Martin was an early retirement with a broken brush spring.
Lee’s winning car, using a Horky chassis, a motor with a Cahoza 24 magnet set up, a Valiko 0.485” diameter 0.300 stack armature, 19 turns of 25 gauge. The gearing was 6:45 , 80 pitch. It had Speed Shop tyres. The body was a BPA BMW.
The trophies were presented by Steve Clark
Steve Sweetman’s car -
This is one of Steve’s own chassis, Steve Clark took 7th with a similar car
Richard Mack’s 9th place car. This was the top brushless motored car, the others finishing 12th and 17th.
Lee Parsons Saloon and Eurosport winner
Will Stemman Open Group 12 winner -
Ross Grogan, two seconds and a third -
Martin Ellis
Third in Open Group 12
Steve Sweetman
Third in Eurosport and double main grade winner
Stan Alton
Main grade saloon winner
Thanks again to everybody for a great weekend
The next championship round is a Raceway 81 in May
Chris
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