Coventry | 1st-2nd August 2026

Report by: Steven Brooke

WOW! Simply WOW! For Round 4 of the BRCA 1/10 Off-road Truck Championships we were back at the increasingly impressive Coventry Model Car Club, on the outskirts of Dunchurch near Rugby. CMCC have worked hard with their landlord and the track and it’s surrounding facilities to continue to improve all the time! The track is large, 100% Astroturf and on an incline so always drains well, not that that would be an issue in the long hot summer of 2026!

As per usual at a BRCA Truck National, Saturday afternoon there’s open practice, and with Race Control running the timing system, handy that!

Sunday, as has been the norm in the Summer of 2026, we were greeted with blue skies, sun and a very dry track, tyre choice was primarily Schumacher Staggers on the front and Schumacher V2’s on the rear for the Stadium Truck drivers, Short Course trucks were seen primarily with Schumacher Mini Pins. Wear rates on all were very good, the layout not really having any high-speed corners.

During the weekend the club and section officials were running a raffle in memory of Simon Guant, who had, quite recently, been lost to cancer. Simon was well known locally and within the Truck National section. Many generous prizes had been donated and one thousand pounds was raised to go to Cancer Research.

9 Heats of Timed Practice with 77 entries started bright and early Sunday morning, followed by four rounds of round-by-round Qualifying.

As per usual, Qualifying would consist of four different classes of 1/10 electric Truck. 2WD Short Course, 4WD Short Course, 2WD Stadium Truck and within that class the 2WD Vintage/Rear Motor Stadium Trucks, basically running to Iconic Revival regulations and limited to 10.5 turn brushless motors. The Vintage/Rear Motor class continues to grow, to the extent that they have their own qualifying heat and finals now!

4WD Short Course qualification, winning all four rounds of qualifying Dan Staite would take pole position for the finals, Ben Baxter would line up 2nd and Lucas Bird 3rd.

With 13 4WD’s the B Final was won by Oliver Swain, winning all three legs, 2nd was Marc Biddiss, third would be Joe Acs.

The 4WD Short Course A Final would see the top three qualifiers all finish in their qualifying order in all three legs, that happens very rarely! Dan Staite would take the overall win, EPR’s Ben Baxter would finish second overall and Lucas Bird would take the third step on the podium.

2WD Short Course qualification was once again taken by the reigning 2WD Champion and winner of the two previous Championship rounds, Jaime Long, winning all 4 rounds, 2nd overall with second places in the last two rounds of qualifying and a faster time was Simon Hall, and 3rd with second places in the first two rounds of qualifying was Oscar Morris.

With 16 2WD Short Course trucks, we would see two different winners in the legs of the B Final, pole sitter Oliver Swain would eventually take the win, 2nd was Richard Birchall and 3rd Daniel Moulds.

The 2WD Short Course A Final would, as per qualifying, be dominated by Jamie Long taking the win having won all three legs of the A Final, Simon Hall would eventually finish 2nd and James Moulds 3rd.

2WD Stadium Trucks Vintage/Rear Motor entries are definitely on the up! 12 entries at this round of the Championships, they would all qualify together in heat 5.

Ben Baxter, having travelled up from Eden Park Raceway, would qualify first, having won the first two rounds, then it’s fair to say he made hard work of rounds three and four. Round three winner, Dave Richards, would qualify second on the grid and round four winner, Jamie Watkiss would take third place on the Finals grid. In the finals, third place qualifier, Jamie Watkiss, would nick the win from Ben Baxter after Ben won the first leg Jamie would win legs two and three to take the overall from Ben in second. Drive of the day and possibly the season, so far, was from Luke O’Neil! Luke basically missed qualifying opting for a very long lay-in rather than racing, so would start from 12th for the final. Three great drives culminating with a runner-up spot in the final leg would see Luke take the 3rd podium place!

With Ben Baxter, from Eden Park Raceway, finishing second and taking the extra point for TQ, Ben’s Championship total now gives him an unassailable lead in the Championship and with that the title of BRCA Truck National Vintage/Rear Motor Champion 2026. Ben can’t make the next round at NDOR so will be going all out at Tiverton to try and achieve the perfect score of 4 TQ’s and 4 wins.

2WD Stadium Trucks had 36 entries, the top two would have a day long battle for the top spot, both in qualifying and in the finals, they were clearly in a class of their own! Those two being current Championship leader, Tony Bishop and one of the leading contenders, Kit Jones. Kit would win the first round of qualifying, after Tony made just one error. Tony came back to win the next three rounds and took pole position in the A Final. Kit would, not surprisingly, line up 2nd and a remarkedly consistent Jamie Long would that the third spot

The D Final was won by Martin White having won the first leg, 2nd overall was Marc Birchenough, winner of the second and winner of the third leg, Darcie Rayner, would finish 3rd, same points as Marc but he had a better leg 2 winning time.

The C Final was won by Will Wheatley having won the first two legs, Andy Bird would finish second overall having won the third leg. Third on the podium would be John Fotherby.

The B Final legs were shared by Toby Broughton and Adam Boffey with Toby winning the first and third to take the overall win, Adam winning the second to help him secure second overall. Third podium place would be taken by Callum Moore.

And finally, to the A final, and it did not disappoint! The class of the ST field, TQ man Tony Bishop and second on the grid, Kit Jones, raced hard and close for all three legs. Kit beat Tony by 0.41sec in leg one, Tony beat Kit by 1.31sec in leg two and Tony would secure the overall win by beating Kit by 0.59sec in the third and final leg, close, very close in all three legs. Third on the podium would be Jamie Long.

2026 Championship Standings after round 4

SC4 1st Dan Staite 396 2nd Ben Baxter 392, 3rd Shareef Qureshi 386

SC2 1st Simon Hall 389 2nd Stuart Carling 385 3rd James Moulds 385

ST 1st Tony Bishop 401 2nd Joe Cockill 389 3rd Steve Price 373

RM 1st Ben Baxter 403 2nd Mark Ashforth 390 3rd Marc Biddiss 382

Full results can be found at: Results

Next round, Round 4, to be hosted by NDOR (Notts & Derby Off-Road RC race track) near IKEA Nottingham over the weekend of 15th and 16th August 2026, with these and many more details available on the UK Truck Nationals Facebook page, and www.brca.org/events/10th-off-road-trucks-nationals