British Radio Car Association

British Radio Car Association
Sport	Radio controlled racing
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Abbreviation	BRCA
Founded	1971
Affiliation	Motor Sports Association
Regional affiliation	EFRA
Headquarters	Stafford, Staffordshire
Chairman	Darren Newton
Secretary	Kenneth Rogers
Other key staff	Darren Worth (Vice Chairman) Jim Spencer (Treasurer) Mark Christopher (Membership Officer) Chris Boden (Safeguarding Officer)
Official website
	www.brca.org

The British Radio Car Association (or BRCA) is an organisation that promotes the construction and racing of all types of radio controlled cars in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1971 by Ted Longshaw^[1] and Keith Plested, who was also the founder of PB Racing, a manufacturer of RC cars;^[2]^[3]^[4] they coordinate BRCA affiliated clubs in the UK, and offer insurance for any accidents that might occur.

They also organise regional and national racing events for various classes. Each year the BRCA produces a rules booklet for every UK racing class, such as 1:10 Electric touring cars, 1:8 Nitro circuit cars and 1:16 Electric micro offroad cars with specific rules as regard to maximum and minimum dimensions, and homologated motors and cells. It is recommended (and at some clubs compulsory) to become a BRCA member due to its insurance and health and safety benefits.

The BRCA is a member of the European Federation of Radio Operated Model Automobiles (EFRA).

The BRCA is also affiliated with the Motor Sports Association who deal with motorsports in the UK, although deal primarily with full-size racing rather than scale model racing

Objectives of The British Radio Car Association

As outlined in the constitution of the BRCA their objectives are:^[5]

To promote the construction and competition of radio-controlled cars.
To facilitate the exchange of information and ideas relating to the sport.
To set rules and standards for construction and racing.
To encourage National and International competition within a co-ordinated calendar.

Sections within the BRCA

The BRCA is made up of 13 sections, each section maintain and hold their own construction rules for the classes they race:

1/10th Electric Circuit including Formala 1
1/8th Scale Circuit^[6]
1/12th Scale Circuit^[7]
1/8th Scale Rally X^[8]
1/10th Electric Off Road^[9]
Various Scale Stock Cars
1/10th Scale IC Circuit
1/5th Scale Circuit
Various Scale Bikes
Large Scale Off Road
1/12th carpet oval
1/18th Scale Micro Cars
Various Scale Truggy

Committee

Chairman

#	Name	Term
1.	Ron Moody^[10]	1973–?
2		–
3		–
4	Chris Hardisty^[11]	1989-2015
5	Dave Waters	2015-2018
6	John Russell	2018–2019
7	Darren Newton	2019–

Major hosted events

1987 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

1993 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

1998 On-Track98 held in South Shields IFMAR 1/12, 1/10 (Pro10) and Touring Car World Cup

2016 First Reedy International 1/12 Race of Champions at centre:mk Milton Keynes

2017 First GT12 Worlds held at centre:mk

2020 IFMAR 1/12th World Championship at centre:mk Milton Keynes

References

^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ted Longshaw - A Tribute". YouTube.
^ "Keith Plested History". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
^ PB Racing RC Cars | Radio Control Cars | Remote Control Cars Archived 31 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ BRCA Constitution
^ 1/8th Scale Circuit
^ 1/12th Scale Circuit
^ 1/8th Scale Rally X
^ 1/10th Electric Off Road
^ Williams 1976, p. 192.
^ Hardisty, Chris (November 2015). "Vice electric chairman letter" (PDF).

Works cited

Williams, Guy R. (1976). The World of Model Cars. Rainbird Reference Books. ISBN 9780233962870.

External links

BRCA website

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[1] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ted Longshaw - A Tribute". YouTube.

[2] "Keith Plested History". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2009.

[3] PB Racing RC Cars | Radio Control Cars | Remote Control Cars Archived 31 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] BRCA Constitution

[6] 1/8th Scale Circuit

[7] 1/12th Scale Circuit

[8] 1/8th Scale Rally X

[9] 1/10th Electric Off Road

[FOOTNOTEWilliams1976192-10] Williams 1976, p. 192.

[11] Hardisty, Chris (November 2015). "Vice electric chairman letter" (PDF).

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