BRCA SE 1:10 Off-Road Regional Calendar 2009 - Part II

[brookie]

As the original thread got a little 'sidetracked' or 'hijacked' thought it best to start afresh!

As I recently explained to 3975dave there was a BRCA 1:10 off-road committee meeting earlier in the week (from which, incidentally, your local reps returned home at after 1:00AM and after 2:00AM respectfully!) so thought it best to await the outcome of that before updating these posts.

BRCA Membership.
All clubs and all drivers should be fully aware but, just to re-iterate, drivers can not score BRCA SE Regional Championship points unless they are in possession of current 2009 BRCA Membership, which can be attained either through their parent club or direct with the BRCA. Full details are available at:http://www.brca.org/ and click on 'Join'

Also BRCA Membership forms should be made available to ALL drivers on the day!

Drivers 'NEW' to the sport do have a 3 race rule, whereby than can race, for a short time (at BRCA sanctioned events!), without joining the BRCA but we would actively encourage ALL drivers to seek membership as soon as possible.

Regional Championships, points scoring system.
Championship points for the 2009 season will be awarded for both final overall Qualifying position and final overall Final position. With 100 points being awarded for the TQ driver, points being awarded downwards below them. Then the winner of the A Final will be awarded 100 points, with points being allocated downwards on subsequent finishing positions. The winner of each Championship will be the driver that has the best '3 from 4' overall score, that is of the four rounds of each class, your best three scores will go towards your overall Championship position and also your 2010 Formula.

Drivers are reminded that though they can race in more than one region they can only score Regional Championship points in one! They can however score points for the two different classes in two different Regions, does that make sense?

Heat Listings, Seeding & Formulas.
With, what appears to be I'm very pleased to say, so many new and returning drivers coming to 1:10 off-road in this Region the heat listings for the first SE Regional (4WD @ EPR, Sunday 19 April 2009) will, as per usual, be based on several criteria: BRCA Formula; 2008 SE Regional Championship finishing position and known ability. The EPR team have all of this data available to them currently and are continuing to build their database. Obvioulsy this will be subject to careful consideration on the day. Subsequent rounds will, as per usual, also take into consdieration drivers current 2009 Championship positions.

New Junior Classes.
For the 2009 season there will now be two separate Junior classes competing within the main body of both the two and four wheel drive Regional Championships. They are Under 13, that is under the age of 13 as of 01 January 2009 and Under 16, that is under the age of 16 as of 01 January 2009. The top three of each Junior category (U13 and U16) will be presented, by the host club, with an award for their efforts, on the day of EACH Regional round, with trophies and/or perpetual shields being awarded in relation to the final Junior Regional Championship positions, the nature of these trophies has yet to be finalised but we will retain the 'John Cheeseman Awards' in some format!
It will be the responsibility of all participating clubs to inform me of the respective ages of drivers wanting to compete in both classes.
It was agreed that ALL Juniors (both U13 and U16) will race for FREE at ALL BRCA SE Regional Championship rounds during 2009.

2008 Junior Championship Trophy presentation.
This will take place, subject to the majority of individuals being present, at the first round of this years Champonship, EPR next Sunday, 19 April 2009. Expectations are that all drivers present should recognise the achievements by our Juniors and show their appreciation and encouragement at the presentation!

Open Class.
It was not discussed at our most recent meeting but clubs should, as in previous years, be prepared to include an ''Open Class' for the category of vehicle that was not competing for points on the day, i.e. 4WD Regional @ ???, 2WD Open Class.

Truck Class.
There have also been some enquiries about 2WD Electric Stadium Truck racing within the Region, it has been suggested that this be adopted at ALL 2WD (the natural partner to Stadium Trucks) Regional events should there be enough trucks to make up at least one heat. Unfortunately we can not run mixed heats as these vehicles could have an effect on other drivers qualifying and subsequent final positions.

BRCA 1:10 Off-road End of Season Finals.
Yes we know the season hasn't even started yet but as before drivers should be thinking about the BRCA 1:10 Off-road End of Season Finals, these are aimed specifically at the lower Formulas, Juniors and Veterans. Dates and venues are detailed on the BRCA off-road calendar and should drivers require more details, these and entry forms will be available throughout the season. If you're interested but want to know more, please just ask!

Phew! Hopefully that's everything to date!
Once again I get the impression that a lot of drivers are looking forward to another exciting new season with an increasing number of competitors of all ages and abilities, as always everybody's welcome!

Steven Brooke
BRCA 1:10 Off-road Section South East Regional Representative

[MotoRev]

Cheers Steve

[Tractor Boy]

Many thanks steve that answers all my questions mate, Forcc will see you all next week at EPR, numbers from our lot look good lets hope for a great days weather plus some great driving as well.
PS sorry about the other thread but he started it.

[brookie]

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