BRCA North-East Regional Series 2025

Who are we

Welcome to one of the best summer Electric 1/10^th Off Road RC Summer events held in the North East of England. The regional series is held by Five Clubs which are Batley, DCMCC, NEAM, Robin Hood Raceway and Teesside.  The surfaces are mostly Astro turf tracks with the exception of Teesside which runs an old school Grass track laid out specifically for the weekend, it brings back many memories for the majority of us as its where we first started.  

So what are you waiting for,  get yourselves entered and come have some fun!

Entries and booking in

Booking in for all rounds will open 4 weeks before the event,  It will remain open for each round until less than 1 week prior to each event.  It will be closed the Thursday before each event if you want to enter after then it will be classed as a late entry.     

Late Entries – If you have missed the entry closing date then fear not. Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. you will be classed as a late entry so we can’t guarantee you will be seeded correctly in qualifying heats.  

Booking in on the day will be possible but as with late entries we will not guarantee that you will be seeded in qualifying heats.  Payment will be taken at the point of booking in

Fees will at £15 for adults and £7.50 for drivers aged 16 or under on January 1^st, 2025. Any additional heats (non-regional) for example truck class will be £7.50

Any pre-booked in driver not actually confirming entry by 9.15am on the day will be deleted from the listing at that time and may be classified as unseeded for the meeting in question plus the following one.

Please ensure when booking in that you have provided the correct transponder numbers. If for any reason you have to change your transponder then make sure you let race control know.

If you provide incorrect transponder numbers, then this could cause you to lose laps at the meeting.

Details will be posted on the BRCA North East Facebook page

Refunds

If you cancel your entry before booking in is closed (Over 2 Weeks) then you will be offered a refund. If you cancel your entry within 2 weeks of the event then No refund will be provided.   

Regional Events and Dates

2WD and 4WD- 5 rounds with 3 results to count for the overall championship.

Rear Motor Class and non-regional heats will be running on the same day as the 4WD Regional meeting.  You cannot enter in the non-regional heat if you are competing in the regional event on the same day, Rear Motor Cars are excluded and you can run this alongside 4wd regional on the same day.  

Saturday          17^th May           4wd Round 1               DCMCC

Sunday            18^th May           2wd Round 1               DCMCC

Saturday          7th June          2wd Round 2               Batley

Sunday            8th June          4wd Round 2               Batley

Saturday          5th July           4wd Round 3               Teesside

Sunday            6th July           2wd Round 3               Teesside

Saturday          2nd August      2wd Round 4               RHR 

Sunday            3rd August       4wd Round 4               RHR

Sunday            20th Sept         4wd Round 5               NEAM

Sunday            21st Sept         2wd Round 5               NEAM

Reminder - You can only score points in one (1) region per class. If you enter the NE points scoring 2WD or 4WD heats and you appear on any other regions 2WD/4WD points listing, you lose BOTH sets of points for that class (ie: Disqualified from that class across the UK Regionals for 2025 – BRCA Rule).

6.7 Any driver who:- claims, or attempts to claim points, in more than one Regional Series for the same class (2/4WD) in the same year, will be disqualified from all Regional Series points in that year for either/both Classes and will not be awarded a Licence grade from any of the results. Any driver contravening this ruling will be demoted to an F5 Grade for the following year, regardless of current grade or where it is obtained. It is the responsibility of the driver to ensure points are not scored in more than one Region per. Class and must inform organisers accordingly. NOTE: Drivers can elect to compete in 2WD and 4WD in different Regions.

Note –At North East Regional events, 2WD cars (one driven axle) are not allowed in the 4WD Class events (this does not preclude any drive-train breakages during a heat/final).

Timetable

Every effort to be made to commence practise (3-minute slots if possible) commencing at 8.00am to 09.30am. Last call for drivers re booking-in at 9.15am, Drivers briefing 9.45am and Heat One (1) on the line by 10.00am.

Qualifying

FTD or Round Points (Race Director/Regional Rep decision)

Four rounds of qualifying and ONE Final for everyone (Barring the unforeseen happening).

The general rule will be to run qualifying (4 rounds) and drop finals if problems arise.

Control Tyre

There will be a control tyre for the driven axle on 2WD cars and the rear axle of 4WD cars. The choice of tyres for the non-driven axle on 2WD cars and the front axle on 4WD cars will be free

The control tyre for each meeting will be as listed below. There is no restriction on numbers or compound of tyres used.

RHR   - Schumacher Mezzo

NEAM - Schumacher Mezzo

Batley - Schumacher Mezzo

Teesside - Schumacher Mini Spikes or Ballistic Buggy Spikes

DCMCC - Schumacher Mezzo

Rear Motor Class

New for this year we will be running the RM class so gives people chance to drag out their 2wd vintage or Re-release for a bit of racing this is open to any 1/10^th off road 2wd buggy running in a rear motor configuration The aim of this class is for people to have a bit of fun racing so it is important that along some humour too.

Tyre choice for the rear axle is

Astro – Schumacher HoneyComb or Wet weather Silver Mezzo

Grass – Spikes Or Mezzo (TBC in June)  

Scrutineering

Currently scrutineering will be on an ad-hoc basis for weight, battery voltage and dimensions.  Further guidance will be provided at meetings.

Marshalling

All drivers will marshal the heat directly after theirs on the point marked with their car number.  Marshals to wait until they are relieved and indicate to race control if not.  Penalties will be given to drivers failing to marshal before the start of the next heat/race.

General marshalling guidance,

·       Make sure your hand(s) are free at all times i.e. no using Mobile Phones when Marshalling.

·       Watch your area of the track, do not to watch the race, start speaking to someone or play with your phone.

·       Marshal as quickly and safely as you can, health and safety is paramount.

·       Only race marshals should put the cars back on track and not spectators.

·       Marshal the car where they left the track and in the right direction.

·       Don’t place the car down in front or on top of another car.

·       Remember to bring your own Hi-Vis vests.

Driving Standards

Qualifying

If a faster car comes up behind you, please give them some room to get past. Remember you are qualifying against the clock and not racing people in your heat. 

If you are the faster car please be patient and give other drivers time to let you through without them compromising their time or crashing,

All Heats and Finals

Should you cause another car to crash, please wait and give the place back even if you were lapping or the faster car. 

When re-joining the track please make sure you look and give way and not affect another cars run.  This is basic courtesy and it applies to all drivers. 

Should you cut the track accidentally etc, please try and re-join from the same place.  If this isn’t possible, please wait the appropriate amount of time making sure you do not to gain an advantage, a small loss would be expected.

Remember to wait on the rostrum until your heat is finished no leaving the rostrum early.

Finals

Drivers rostrum position for all Finals will be decided by Qualifying position. Please enter rostrum in qualification order if possible. Higher grid position has preference and drivers may claim their due position via the referee/race director if needed.

Conduct

Always behave appropriately at all times.  There are children and families present at all race meetings including spectators and visitors.

We want everyone to enjoy themselves and enjoy coming to the meetings. Remember Race with Respect!

Trophies

TQ and 1st place in each final (per class) within each Regional Final to receive a trophy. Also trophies for (based on qualifying) to the highest placed Under 13, Under 16 and Veteran class driver.

Series Trophies will be presented at the last round for each class.

Photo’s will be taking of all podium finishers in every final so please bring your car.