Next years nationals

[Lee]

Hi all,

After a long time away from off road i will be returning over the winter, now as i have been racing touring cars at nationals (F2 std) i imagine i would be an F5 in the off road class, i also understand that F5`s cannot enter the nationals and the regionals over the winter do not count towards gradings.

Correct me if i am wrong please as i really want to race in the nationals next year

[BenG]

me too, I am doing some 2wd events, which I believe dont have a seeding process?

[Chris Doughty]

there is nothing stopping you entering, its just preferace is given to drivers doing all meetings, and then preferance to the higher graded drivers, not sure which order that works in though.

[jimmy]

F5's can indeed race in nationals - the problem is that preference is given to high graded drivers - and also drivers that have signed up for the minimum qualifying number of rounds (4) I beleive.

My wife is an F5, she got into EVERY national this year - though some she was on the reserve list for until near the time. I am F4 next year- so I might not be assured a place even since the numbers of entrys seem to be going up and up.
Best advice, if you want to race, get your entry in as soon as possible, you cant do anything about F1 / F2 / F3 drivers etc taking places from you, but you can get in there before any other F5's and have a good chance of getting in.

[Lee]

Cheers for the quick response, ill just have to get my entry in and keep my fingers crossed, all i need is a car now so i can go and play at teesside on saturday

[millzy]

Hi guys if you haven’t done any regional rounds in off road 2wd or 4wd this year you could gain a higher licence grade by attending the Tiverton winter championship as they have there regional licence grades seeded from this championship as wel as there normal winter championship

have a look on the onetenthoffroad web site for the full entry list that you can down load details about the championship and its best if you speak to Jackie rowcliff whos details will be on the brca page and see if you can enter as part of there regional championship

[jimmy]

How does that work if the grades are already awarded for next year ? wouldnt that mean someone can get a bad grade for next year (in their own region)- not be happy with it so then go to tiverton to try and get a better one ??

[losixxx]

no jim, you can only points score in 1 region per year, i think tiverton use the first 2 or possibly 3 meetings to sort out there grades for 2007

[Lee]

How long does it take to get to tiverton from the north east (durham)?

[jimmy]

forever! Nah, seriously though, its a real trek. I think it took us around 5 hours from huddersfield. Maybe we are a bit slow though.

[Lee]

dont fancy doing that mid winter i work in aberdeen as it is so i have to drive up there every monday morning.

I might just take my chances

[jimmy]

I think it cost us 60quid in petrol to get there (and back) for the F345's, so its a fair ole distance.
You might get in alright mate, its hard to say, but you definately wont get in (easily) if you dont get your entry in as soon as the forms are released.

[Lee]

Why is it just the tiverton regional series that you can obtain a grade in, is it possible for the north east to do this too?

Maybe im well off base with this but i have been out of it a long time now

[emzy]

Most regions do their grade series in the Summer... I think its only Tiverton that do it over the Winter, and I think that's because there aren't enough tracks or something? I don't know?

[Lee]

Thanks for that, does anyone know of any out door racing still on in the north east region, i just fancy a blast outdoor to get to grips with things.

Cheers

sorry for all the daft questions

[G30RGE]

Teesdale on some Sunday mornings - check their web site for dates, NERCR (the old Durham Club) are racing at Nissan indoor but currently looking at a possible outdoor venue for development

oops - would help with Teesdales web address:

http://www.teesdaleparkbuggyclub.co.uk/

[Barry Williams]

I dont think Teesdale are running at the moment as the venue was severely vandalised a while ago. Kash, Gemma & Rich are actively looking for a new venue for next year i believe, hope they get sorted as it would be a shame for them not to get running again, had some good days racing there this summer.

[G30RGE]

Originally Posted by Barry Williams

I dont think Teesdale are running at the moment as the venue was severely vandalised a while ago. Kash, Gemma & Rich are actively looking for a new venue for next year i believe, hope they get sorted as it would be a shame for them not to get running again, had some good days racing there this summer.

Oh sh*t
Didn't realise that Barry
Good luck to the gang - hope you find something

[telboy]

I take it that, from looking at the brca site and the rules, you get your grade depending where you finish in the nationals during the summer.

Is this correct?

So if, like me, you're just starting out, you would be graded as F5?

Its a bit confusing this......

[Stu]

It does seem a but confusing on the face of it.

10 mins reading the BRCA handbook, pages 37 & 38, should make it clearerererer (a bit!).