BRCA Rules: Random Questions

[DaveG28]

Couple of questions, my eyes glaze over when reading the rules:

1. Can you only drop down one license grade per year? Eg an F2 this year will still be an F3 next year even if they don't do any racing at all in 2011?

2. These new bodyshell rules...are you only able to have a single airhole each side front, and the same rearwards, to a max 1cm diameter? Not multiple holes even if they are all inside the marked areas?

[RogerM]

I asked Paul Worsley about the rule concerning holes in shells and unless I misunderstood his reply it is basically

max dimension (on any plane) of a hole is 10mm, maximum material removal to total not more than 30mm to allow for removal on compound curves / unusual surfaces.

I still think it is a bit difficult to understand the rule as writen and suggested a drawing of what is acceptable would be useful (like they do with touring car wings etc)

[coolcars782]

I still don't understand why there is a rule of holes in the shell, it isn't going to cause injury to anyone and it's not aiding performance and will only be used for cooling the esc/batteries

[mark christopher]

So you can not cut a body to The manufactures cooling holes? Wtf?

Maybe its an idea to retain the flames from these dodgy Lipo we use.........

[TheReferee]

it is so a marshall cannot stick a finger through onto a moving spur etc.

as for davids "F" question, yes you drop by 1 grade per year so if you are an f3 and do nothing the next year you drop to f4, and so on.

for example neil cragg drops to f2 this year (and would be my bet for the BRC). darren bloomfield who has been missing for a couple of years will be f3, the richards Cree/barton/taylor will be anywhere from f3-f5, so if they all come back this season the top f3 trophy at a national will be a tough one to win!!.

it is of course entirely feasable for the podium places at all the nationals not to contain an F1. wonder what the odds are at corals?

[Chrislong]

But is it not still in the rule book, that if a driver has ever been an F1 and ended a national season in top25, they will never drop below F3 ever ever. I think this will be the case with Cree/Barton/Taylor?

I think my highest position was 26th?

[coolcars782]

Originally Posted by TheReferee

it is so a marshall cannot stick a finger through onto a moving spur etc.

I think this should only be applicable to mid motor cars which have the spur gear inside the shell, whereas the popular b4's, rb5's etc have the spur out the back with a gear cover, if there was holes in the rear motor car shells you shouldn't touch anything moving.