1/24 British Open Championship

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1/24 BOC 2024 British Open Championship

1/24 Nationals

Betta and Classic Production Saloon 23 November

The first class at the 2024 Nationals was Production Saloon run on the Saturday. The cars are group 12 powered and have production chassis, most racers used the JK Aeolos. The first winner was Steve Pratt - taking the best presented body award.

26 Drivers raced in this class. The one minute qualifying runs saw James Cleave take top spot with a 5.306 second lap ahead of Josh Bryant on 5.375 and Gavin Wills on 5.510. Last year James was top on 5.374.

That seeded the drivers for the finals - 9 in the B and C final and 8 in the A.

Steve Pratt’s best presented body winner

The start of the A final

James Cleave, Josh Bryant, Gavin Wills, Martin Ellis, Lee Parsons, Steve Kearey, Simon Scott and James Noake

The C final was won by Mick Metcalfe on 216 with Ant Hawkes second 2 laps back.
David Sargent won the B final on 232 ahead of Barry Gilzean on 227 and Steve Sargent on 220 followed by Pat Skene and Richard Mack both on 216 just beating Mick’s score.
The A final was a close race between James Cleave and Josh Bryant, James eventually taking the title with 252, half a lap ahead of Josh. They both broke the record 250 laps James set in 2022. Gavin Wills took third with Martin Ellis and Lee Parsons finishing ahead of David’s B final score.

James Noake Simon Steve Lee Martin Gavin Josh James Cleave

The A final cars

James Cleave’s winning car - It has a JK C43 chassis - the same one he used to win this event in 2019. The motor is a Cahoza set up with a S&K Group 12 armature : gears 7:41 (72 pitch) It used Won O Won Klingon tyres and a Attan Tesla bodyshell

Full Results | Open Group 12 | Eurosport

James - 2024 Champion
Josh 2nd Gavin 3rd