Equipment Recognition Board
Adopting products for specific classes has been part of the BRCA’s success over 50 years. Each year, Sections detail the equipment that is eligible for their National races, often by singular selection or through a driver’s vote. Each Section does this differently, to different methods, with different people as committees change.
The model trade, encompassing manufacturers, wholesalers and retail outlets, recognise the benefit of the construction rules Sections devise and develop. BRCA influence worldwide through EFRA and IFMAR enhances this value to the trade, and we enjoy a good reputation in this area.
Recently, the trade has expressed concerns that equipment recognition has become less transparent than the Rules and Standards we have been using for those 50 years. Current economic conditions, combined with opaque ways to recognise eligible equipment, are seen to create a gap between the racers and the trade, one which is not healthy in the long term.
Building on the success of the Electric Board, the BRCA Exec are establishing the Equipment Recognition Board to establish a face for the trade to work with to establish a transparent, visible and single point of contact between the BRCA, it’s Sections and the trade.
It’s objectives are:
a) To provide standards where required by Sections and Clubsport to encourage participation in the BRCA’s Club, Regional and National racing.
The Board will work in the first instance to establish how it can work as well as the Electric Board by discussion with the Sections, the trade and the Exec in order to find out what the BRCA can do to help the trade, and how the trade can further help our racers.
Our first standard is now ready for release and will be posted here in the coming days.
Our members are:
Peter Winton - Chair
Jordan Norwood - Board Member
David Gale - Board Member
Paul Worsley - Electric Board Secretary
We expect to have more members in the future, so if you would like to join us to represent your Section or Modelsport class, please get in touch at