At Knockhill for the Mcrae Challenge event

This weekend saw seven of our teams once again head North of the border to Knockhill for the Mcrae Challenge event. We once again joined up with the competitors from the Junior Ecosse Challenge with an impressive 20 cars out in total on the event. This year the two championships are not running to the same regulations and with the Ecosse Challenge running lighter cars and still having the Yokohama Tyres the results from our teams were even more impressive. David Burden and Peter Williams took the top step of the English Podium with a hard charging Jack Birch and Mike Jode in the Mighty Micra taking second with Rhys Jones and Steven Brown completing the podium in third. A long trip from South Wales for the Jones’s rewarded with some valuable points. Oliver Waggett took fourth with a consistent drive and all our newer drivers benefitting from seat time. Behind Oliver it was tales of woe with Daniel Taylor holing his petrol tank and the team having to work late into the night on Saturday to get him back out for the Sunday stages. Charlie Mathewson and Max Speed had both been showing excellent pace all weekend, but Max retired with driveshaft issues and Charlie retiring on the next to last stage with Jack Birch in second and Rhys Jones in third. Still a long way to go with five events remaining and no Jokers yet played. Blackpool next for the Heroes Stages at Weeton Camp, and event that always provides a few surprises.