Bradley Baird wins at Round 1 of the RCCAOI Championship

 

Sunday, May 11th saw Round 1 of the 2014 RCCAOI Championship, The club, BADMCC, had done a great job of preparing the track, but the weather did not look favorable. The decision was made to go ahead, and most of the standing water was removed from the track. Defending champion Bradley Baird took the top spot in round one with his JQProducts THECar White Edition, with John Matthews taking the honors in the electric class – both drivers running JQ cars and VP Pro tires. Bradley drove his Orion powered JQ to win each of the following 4 rounds, the only driver to achieve 11 laps, and take the overall TQ from Gary Baird’s Agama in second and Aaron Vance’s VP Pro shod Durango in third.

Bradley Baird won two rounds of electric qualifying and Aaron Vance the remaining round, but Gary Baird took TQ overall as he had the most consistent qualifying session.The Nitro B final saw Modeltune’s David Henry’s JQ take the race win and bump up along side Jacub Wawrcacz. James Clarke had been in a secure bump up spot leading the final until his engine let go and ended his campaign. The Electric final was next up. After some close racing and numerous changes of the lead, Gary Baird took the honors from Aaron Vance (Durango/VP Pro)and Bradley Baird (JQ/Orion/VP Pro/Raceform) with defending champion Andrew Rennick (JQ/HPI/VP Pro) just missing out on the podium in forth, and John Matthews (JQ/VP Pro) in fifth.

The Nitro Main was all about one car and driver , Bradley Baird’s Orion powered JQ who led from start to finish to win by 2 laps from second place Aaron Vance and Gary Baird in third. Bradly had selected VP Pro Axman in SF and Aaron VP Pro Striker in SF, both choices working superbly in the high traction conditions. Derek McCloskey managed fourth and Alan Scroggie finished fifth after an unfortunate flame out. We also must make mention of team drivers Andrew White and Andrew McClean both making the main final. 

 

 

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