oOple National 1/10th series?
 

As mentioned by Jimmy in his awesome Stotfold National report...

how many non-BRCA National entrants would be keen for a National series for us lower ranked drivers... maybe used as a stepping stone and back up to the existing Nationals?

personally i'd love to do BRCA Nationals but can admit that i'll never be talented enough to fluke F1 status... so atm entry to the existing Nationals is nigh on impossible with the Stats quoted in Stotfold report!

So a second series for say F3,F4,F5's?

I would say run on same dates obviously at different venues?

discuss.....:thumbsup:

Agree 100% mate, probably have to drop the end of year F3,f4,f5 finals as there wouldnt be much point in them.

count me in

i think this needs a poll started, i for one would definitely want to race this series.

I'm up for something like this!

There are only so many weekends in a year though, to arrange the BRCA national series, your regional series and an oople series would mean every weekend is taken up.

The regional series is meant to be the feeder to the national one and with a series open to lesser drivers, there are still going to be disapointments. If most F3's entered the oople one leaving little space for us F4 and F5's so we would just be shifting the problem.

Also, we go racing for the social side, I wonder how many of us have mates who are just at the same license grade?

Great idea id take part

It will be like the Invernational all year round!!

I see this as where a gap was left from the now defunct RRCi series.....

Correct :thumbsup:

But if the oOple series was on the same day as nationals then that still leaves space for regionals and/or clubbies with the added bonus of knowing that no national drivers will be entered (unlike regionals where they can still race)

We would be more than willing to run such an event at our new grass track.:thumbsup:

I actually thought that due to the popularity of 1/10 off road we need another series for the people who can not get into Nationals.

I think running an event on the same day - not to compete but to give space for all those who can't attend. The BRCA officials say the nationals are for the best drivers - and more people are going to be doing regionals this year in hope of getting a place (Elliott Boots, for example) so it's going to get ever more crowded.
I struggled to get an entry myself last year - there was no chance at all this year.

I remember doing some of the RRCi series many years ago.

That series used to be open to all. But if run the same weekend as a national then the majority of top 1/10th buggy drivers would not be in attendance. But would still be open for entries from good touring/ 1/8th/ 1/12th etc drivers who don't happen to have an F1/F2 buggy license this year. However that is not a bad thing.

How about incorporating a vintage national series in too as a sort of side show? Just a thought

I've often thought that something to fill the void the RRCi series left would be very popular .... the killer is who could organise / run such a thing? All the usual suspects are tied up with the multitude of other things they do already!

Great idea, the f3,4,5 mortals Nationals :thumbsup:

i think some people might need explaining what the F-rating is exactly.

Im not totally sure how it works myself.

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I think another series would be a good idea, but to throw another idea out there, back in the late 90's early 2000's, there was talk about "Northern" and "Southern" National series, then the top however many chaps from each meet up US style to see who is the full National Champ.

The thing about that idea that I like, is would possibly cut down on the travel, depending on how the country is split.

It's great to see so much interest in another series apart from the National series!!! Watch this space people..............:thumbsup:

F rating licence grades are outlined in your BRCA handbook.

:thumbsup: Sounds good to me.. :thumbsup:

sounds good to me too, somthing i would play at


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I'd be interested.

Nationals are for the fastest drivers (as it should be), but with 1/10 off road being so popular currently it would be good for the rest to have something similar.

Been done this way in Downhill biking now for a fair few years and it seems to work for every one.

I guess I better complete this seasons regionals to get an F grade then lol

sounds like a really very good idea:thumbsup:


trekkker

I'm doing the Regionals this year to get my F Grade ( I expect an 5, lol )

I'm up for a same day series as the Nationals for us mortals

Same day sounds good at least then clubs would know when to have there clubs race day,so clubs dont suffer.

I think that the f ratings should be a standadised platforrm for all classes ibve not made the nationals in 1/8th this year so have been doing 1/10th im currently a f5 but realisticly im a f3/f4 . A feeder series would be a great idea.

Having only ever been on the reserve lists for any Nationals id love to see an f345 National series happen.
Bring it on ...Please ;)

your an F5 without entering! lol

can not compare each class, so its hard to move accross from one to the other, but if your an F3/4 in 8th, why are you not in nationals?

Yep, cracking idea.

So, who's organising it and which tracks are we going to?


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There is no f ratings in 1/8th its easy to get in to 1/8th nats this year all you had to do was enter within the first 48hours of entry open i was to late and was going to be 23rd reserve

so with all due respect, how do you know your an F3/4?

I wouldn't like to see a BRCA series, but an independent one, it worked in the past and could work now I think. As long as it isn't silly rules like 10.5 motor, only thing I would like is no F1 or previous F1's/

if its run on same day as nationals you will get few F1's id have thought, to me keep current rules, poss relax motor and lipo list and defo run as the RRCI was, seperate to brca (for no other reason you can do rules to suit such as 6 min qual and finals etc

1 a final at regional level and a b this year ....i used to be a f3 about 6 years ago its a guess based on who im racing with at club and regional level mainly compeating with f2s ans f3s

many moons ago i used to be a F2, thats a long way off now lol
if your doing regionals you will get your grade anyhow. :thumbsup:

I disagree that the 1/8th nationals were easy to get into!!:eh?:
Despite there being no F rating, if you hadn't got your entry in within the first 24hr you were struggling to get an entry!
I sent my entry off when I got paid at the end of the month (not everyone has the funds to enter them within 24hrs) and I was 9th reserve, mainly because 48 entries are given to racers who competed in all last years meetings.

On this topic, if you have not 'completed' a full regional series for 6 years, then you will probably be F5.

I think the National F345's on the same day as the National F1/2's would be a great idea. With more drivers getting a decent finish in Nats and attaining their F1/2 then it will get harder to get into the propper nats. Last year I just scraped in and I was an F3, and not doing any nats or regionals this year, I will be an F4 next year, making it harder to get in again. So a national F345 series would be excellent.
Regarding running the series, it would just have to be the hosting club that runs the meeting and then give results to the BRCA to sort out the series.

Great idea.
LETS GET IT ON!!!!!:thumbsup: