With electric Off-road racing growing in popularity and the nationals fully booked we are looking at possibly one of the most competitive championships in a long time.

The first round of this years national championship was held at Tiverton and possibly for last time. Tiverton club who have held many great events over the years could well loose the track due to the owners changing the surface, we can only say a big thank you to all the club members and just hope they can find a new venue.

In 2wd Darren Bloomfield driving a Losi XXXCR took TQ in the first two rounds to set himself up for the finals later in the day. Neil Cragg took round 3 in his usual dominating style with Tom Yardy claiming round 4 and so securing second on the grid for the finals. Darren stayed calm on the first lap of the first A final and never looked back taking the win with confidence. A very similar story to the second final but Darren came under some serious pressure from Tom Yardy and world champion Neil Cragg. Darren still continued to hold his nerve and win by less than one second securing RD1 of the national championships. Congratulations Darren.