Bickerstaff’s title defence off to flying start!
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Admin
A report from Alan himself…
Round 1 of the 2010 Irish touring car series was hosted by the Ulster model car club on Sunday 24th Jan at their regular indoor carpet venue, Bangor Northern Ireland and saw a successful outing for Associated/Cml driver Alan Bickerstaff with the TC5. The club held a round of the Ulster indoor club series on the Saturday which served as a useful days practice for the Sunday national. The ITCS proved popular previously and this year has a mix of carpet and tarmac rounds. After struggling slightly on Saturday with rear traction Alan made a few changes during Sunday morning’s practice which appeared to settle the TC5. Tq was the reward in the third round of qualifying which would prove important on the UMCC’s indoor layout for the 2 leg finals.
Leg one saw drama when a back marker caused an incident and Mark Gilliland (tamiya) managed to take the lead. Alan’s hard charge back was rewarded in the final minute and Alan took the leg win to reduce the pressure going into the 2nd and final leg.
Leg 2 was to be a more straight forward affair with car 2 Gilliland coming under early pressure from 3rd qualifier Keith Dempsey (tamiya). Alan managed to pull a slight gap which was maintained through to the flag.
Thanks to the host club UMCC
Related products:
- TC5R Factory Team Kit
- Protoform Mazda speed 6 light weight
- Novak ballistic 10.5
- Reedy LiPo 4900mAh 35C EFRA
Alan has also sent me his setup sheet from the weekend and I will try and get it posted later on this evening.
