The latest round of the BRCA 1/8th rally-x championships was yet another wet Rally-x meeting in the UK but due to the excellent work done by the members of the Frankley club the track and surrounding area stayed in a workable state.

The track had a very fast flow to it but with a few difficult jump sections there were sure to be some area's were a driver could catch up or loose time should mistakes be made.
With the track wet and so the traction very low local knowledge did help quite a few people in the early rounds of qualification. As others got more and more used to the conditions the Top ten leader board soon had the usual names back at the top. Graham Alsop had a fantastic day taking the top spot with Simon Willets and David Crompton rounding out the top three. Championship leader Neil Cragg was in 6th place and John Hazelwood 8th (after no practice due to a crystal clash). Darren Bloomfield making his first national appearance this year also made direct qualification into the final in 5th place driving the Losi 8ight, Novarossi engines, blue thunder fuel, KO and Spektrum.

After the semi final the Losi team also had Reece Sawyer joining Darren in the main final with high hops of a good finish. At the start of the main final Graham Alsop and Simon Willets got away from the chasing group of Jamie Booth, John Hazelwood and Neil Cragg. At this point Darren Bloomfield found himself at the back of the pack fighting to stay on his wheels. Reece had