The BRCA 1/12th Electric Circuit Committee would like to announce that it will be supporting a class and championship for Mardave cars at this winters nationals.
There are a number of reasons for this.
One of them is a small concern that entry numbers for 1/12th scale will be slightly down on last year. As a result, we had to consider ways of sustaining our championship and securing the necessary revenue for the meetings to be run without a loss.
Secondly, a group of racers/organisers, including the owner of Mardave, contacted us to say that they were interested in running a circuit series for their cars at national level. They suggested that perhaps we would agree to supporting them from an organisational and events perspective. As their cars are 1/12th scale and they wish to race on a circuit, we felt that is was within our remit and therefore we agreed.
We see this as a good recruitment opportunity and we are hopeful that a few of the Mardave guys might decide to take up 1/12th scale when they've been to one of our meetings and seen our cars etc. At the EGM we agreed that due to the nature of our cars/racing our most effective new driver source will be other classes; this is that idea in progress.
There are, however, a few clauses and clarifications that it is important everyone understands;
- The Mardave cars will run on a circuit track (the same one as us)
- Drivers are not permitted to enter both the Mardave and 1/12th scale classes at the same event
- There will still be 8 heats available to the 1/12th scale drivers, although if less than 8 heats are required then the places will be re-allocated to the Mardave guys
- Entries will be processed by Gareth Bevens
- Mardave entry allocations will be confirmed after the closing date for 1/12th scale entries
- Rules and championship points will be managed and compiled by the people responsible for the Mardave series
So, to summarise, this is intended to act as a support mechanism for our existing national series, and it will not directly affect our entries or championship. As drivers, you will not have to do anything other than to welcome the influx of new drivers and embrace what is being done to guarantee the future of our national series.
