Thank you for all your comments. Having raced for over 30 years now I've seen it all from no rules to following the rule book to the letter.
My OP was simply an opening gambet to get our club members to think about what we should or should not be permitting to run at the club. I'm all for keeping it simple and I think you'd have got that impression from my threads/comments or trawling through our clubs web site:
http://www.bedsrcmcc.co.uk
However, I'm still keen to have a 'degree' of control over proceedings to ensure there is an even level playing field for ALL.
Luckily for us, we have just come out of a 6 week championship and the rules are now a little more relaxed, but I think we need to have some degree of rules when we are in a championship - even if it is not every rule that the BRCA suggest. IE: I think having a touring car body shell with clear windows is a good rule for our club (bodyshells are cheap and readily available) however, to then say you must have wings this size or that size and cord length must be this and height must be that - that just becomes a nightmare to both police and scrutineer at club level.
It's a balancing act really and I just wanted to get club members talking and discussing these issues as we never really have time to chat about things in detail (well I don't as I run the club anyway) during a race meeting so this forum is a great opportunity to have these discussions.
With regards to LiPO, we simply make sure that members have the correct chargers - the bag really is an overkill. I've been running LiPo now for over 18 months and never had a problem. Treat them well and it's fine. Just be aware that the danger is there and be prepared to move bleeding fast if needed!!
Thanks again for all your comments, it's always good to know that fellow racers are taking an interest in what others are doing. I appreciate that many of you are off-roaders - so maybe once we have our track built next year you might want to come along to one of our meetings.
PS. We will have to enforce clear windows in bodyshells as the club will soon be running the I-Lap timing system which unlike the AMBrc one, is an optical sensor and needs to be able to see the transponder in the car. Far far cheaper than AMB and many clubs are now using it in the UK. It's also been used for full size Go-Karts so the system is well proven and can withstand what we'll throw at it.