The Mickel Motorsport crew touched base at 10pm last night following rounds 2 and 3 of the Legends Championship at Brands Hatch. The double header resulted in a fantastic weekend full of sunshine and excitement.

Saturday

Race 1

The Number 4 RSCapp/MTS/Mickel Motorsport Legend stared on pole, and John raced into turn one with the pack of legends behind him chasing him like a swarm of bees. Shortly after exiting the famous Graham Hill Bend the rear end of John’s number 4 car began to turn on him pushing him into a full 360 degree spin but with superb control John was able to collect the car and continue, amazingly untouched by a single passing car.  This left John at the rear of the field with a lot of work to do. He worked hard to bring the RSCapp/MTS/Mickel Motorsport Legend home in 8^th place.

“The 59 car spilt oil on the track on the rolling lap as a result of a split pipe or something and being on pole, I was the first to find it.” Said John “It could have been a lot worse and under the circumstances I was glad to bring the car home in one piece”

Race 2

With a starting grid position of  20^th John was at the rear end of the pack.  The first lap proved to be another big event and a spinning car forced John off the track and into the gravel but he somehow managed to drive out and regain the race fighting hard to get finish in tenth place.

Race 3

The Final race of the day saw John starting in the middle of the pack. A good clean race resulted in a 5^th position finish. After the race john said “ This is where we should have been all day. I feel like I have a great car that handles like it is on rails but I seem to be lacking engine speed in a straight line and it is proving hard to keep up with the top four cars.”

Sunday

Race 1

The day started with John on the second row.  The number 4 car continues to handle well but with lack of engine power. He had a clash with an old rival in the 32 car but still managed to bring the RSCapp/MTS/Mickel Motorsport car home in 5^th place.

Race 2

John started 17^th, and with some hard driving through the bends but lacking in straight line speed the number 4 car finished 9^th.

Race 3

The final of the day and also the final race of the weekend was sure to be packed with excitement! John started 17^th having made some changes to the set up on the car following the previous race. The RSCapp/MTS/Mickel Motorsport car was off to a flying start with John moving through the pack to reach fourth place by the end of the first lap.  The 95 car, who had been following John’s spectacular moves to get to the front, bump drafted John down the start finish straight but ran out of room before braking and pushed John straight on when he should have been turning right at Graham Hill Bend and both cars ended up in the tyre wall, causing John to be airborne for a moment and coming to rest in the gravel.  “I guess it was a racing incident which is just one of those things.” Said john, It is just frustrating after having such a great start to end up in the tyre wall.  I have so many sponsors and guests here this weekend that I really wanted to show them what we are capable of doing but bad luck crossed my path.”

The whole weekend proved to be a wonderful success with the hospitality. Great weather all weekend was an added bonus which we feel was the icing on the cake.

RSCapp Trophy Day

The RSCapp Trophy Day was a wonderful success with 50 guests enjoying the day’s antics from the luxury of a suite. Thanks to Selex Communications for their very kind donations in the “Drivers Charity Draw for ”Help the Heros” who will receive £160 as a result of their generosity.

RSCapp /Selex Communications presented some great awards to the Legend’s drivers for various achievements.

Fastest Laps

Race 1 - Ross Marshall

Race 2 - Stephen Treherne

Race 3 – Stephen Treherne

Star Rookie

Jess Gwynne

Entertainer of the day

Paul O’Brien

A fantastic weekend was had by all in the Mickel Motorsport Hospitality Awning and we would like to say how great it was to have many of our guests and sponsors present, including RSCapp, MTS, CPC, ACS, Mott Buthcher Partnership, Rhys Daniels Trust, Washington Coachworks, Mardi Gras, Geodis Wilson and Prestige Promotional Products.  We look forward to seeing you all again.

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