The BRCA was formed some years ago and the 1/8th rallycross section is an integral part of the association. You will find 1/8th rallycross cars being raced across the country nearly every weekend of the year at BRCA Affiliated clubs
Which you can find elsewhere on the BRCA Website, however since 1983 the rallycross section has run a full season of race meetings from April to September, with 4 championships now in place the National Championship, The Clubman, The Junior and the Over 40s Championships.
All 1/8th rallycross cars are powered by 3.5cc nitro fuel powered engines so you are not only racing your model car against others, but you also get the smell and the noise of full size motor racing. So if that has wetted your appetite for having a go at rallycross, come along to one of the clubs or come to a national event where you can discover more information.
The section prides itself on being friendly and available to answer any questions that you might have.
By Tehannah Cradock The entry list is now online for the first round of 1/8th RallyX nationals at HNMC, this sheet is correct as of 27-03-25. Please check all your details on this listing such as your transponder number ect, ahead of the meeting.
HNMC Competitor Listing as of 27-03-25
If you do have any questions or queries, please submit a ticket through the BRCA website, or you can email Rachel directly:
We look forward to welcoming you to the first round in two weeks time!
BRCA 1/8th RallyX Committee
By Tehannah Cradock The 2025 priority entry list is now available for the 2025 national season!
Entries will open at 6pm on Saturday January 4th, and you will have until Friday January 24th to enter for 2025, after which entries will be open to all.
You can find the entry list here.
We look forward to seeing you trackside in 2025, and hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
By Tehannah Cradock Round 5 of BRCA RallyX Nationals was held at Nemo Raceway for the last round of the 2024 national series. Going into the last round, all four of the championships were up for grabs in National, Clubman Junior and 40+.
The multi-surface, high-grip track at Nemo Raceway made for interesting qualifying rounds on Saturday. With the worry of the challenging weather conditions stopping racing on Sunday, qualifying became even more important for the top two national championship contenders, Elliott Boots and Jonny Skidmore. SWORKz’ Elliott Boots took Q1, ahead of AE’s Neil Cragg in 2nd and Agamas Erik Lykke in 3rd. Q2 saw XRAY’s Jonny Skidmore taking TQ, ahead of AE’s Neil Cragg in 2nd and WIRC’s Lewis Jones in 3rd.
Q3 saw a first-ever TQ for one of our junior drivers, Erik Lykke, with his Agama, followed by Elliott Boots in 2nd and Neil Cragg in 3rd. The final round of qualifying on Saturday was sealed with Elliott Boots TQing and Jonny Skidmore in 2nd, separated by only one second! Followed by Neil Cragg in 3rd.
Moving into Sunday, unfortunately, the track was hit heavily with rain overnight, which flooded the track and pitlane. The last round of the BRCA championship for 2024 was decided on from Saturday's qualifying, with two out of four rounds to count.
Below are the top 3 for the meeting results (National, Clubman Junior and 40+ championships).
National
1st Elliott Boots (SWORKz)
2nd Jonny Skidmore (XRAY)
3rd Erik Lykke (Agama)
Junior
1st Erik Lyyke (Agama)
2nd Billy Grindley (WIRC)
3rd Ben Simpson (AE)
40+
1st Neil Cragg (AE)
2nd Graham Alsop (HB)
3rd Simon Willetts (Mugen)
Clubman
1st Reuben Shakespeare (SWORKz)
2nd Jon Spencer (HB)
3rd Adam Hall (HB)
Overall - BRCA RallyX Series Championship Results
National Championship Top 3
1st Elliott Boots (SWORKz)
2nd Jonny Skidmore (XRAY)
3rd Neil Cragg (AE)
Juniors Championship
1st Ben Simpson (AE)
2nd Erik Lykke (Agama)
3rd Billy Grindey (WIRC)
40+
1st Neil Cragg (AE)
2nd Graham Alsop (HB)
3rd Kevin Brunsden (Agama)
Clubman Championship
1st Reuben Shakespeare (SWORKz)
2nd Kyle Boon (Kyosho)
3rd Adam Hall (HB)
Well done to all participants of this year’s National Series across all four Championships! The standard of racing has been extremely high, very competitive, but always friendly, which is what our section is all about – well done to all!
Thank you to all the clubs that hosted events and providing great tracks to race on throughout the year.
Thank you to all the BRCA committee for their hard work behind the scenes and we look forward to welcoming you on track with us next year in 2025.
Next up we look forward to seeing you at the BRCA AGM on the 26th and 27th of October, with further details found on the main BRCA page.
By Tehannah Cradock The fourth Round of the BRCA National Championship was held at NWN, with the track crew working hard throughout the year to create a new technical layout, and a great venue. Saturday qualifying saw domination in the first four rounds from XRAY’s Jonathan Skidmore and cinching overall TQ before all five rounds had concluded. Rain overnight saw a tricky last round of qualifying but in the end Elliott Boots TQ’d round five which gave him a top three overall and a valuable Championship point.
Top three after qualifying were:
1 st Jonathan Skidmore (Xray)
2 nd Neil Cragg (AE)
3 rd Elliott Boots (Sworkz)
Lower Finals
1/64B
1st Will Turlin (Sworkz)
2nd Carson Guppy (Sworkz)
3rd Brynn Hall (Agama)
4th Tom Gilroy (Mugen)
1/64A
1st Nick Simmerson (Agama)
2nd William Paul (XRAY)
3rd Andy Pierce (Agama)
4th Lewis Trafford (Agama)
1/32B
1st Andrew Rennick (Mayako)
2nd Adam Buckholt (Sworkz)
3rd Gareth Davies
4th Connor Hamblett (HB)
1/32A
1st Peter Van Tonder (AE)
2nd Andy Beaumont (Tekno)
3rd Ben Kennett (Agama)
4th Craig Russell (XRAY)
1/16 B
1st Allan Ward (Mugen)
2nd Andrew Rennick (Mayako)
3rd Kev Jones (Agama)
4th Kieran Wayman (HB)
1/16 A
1st Mike Daniels (Agama)
2nd Steve Guppy (Sworkz)
3rd Mark Milward (HB)
4th Craig Russell (XRAY)
1/8B
1st Ashley Pattison (Sworkz)
2nd Holger Lykke (Agama)
3rd Oilver Nattress (Kyosho)
4th Mick Butler (Schumacher)
1/8A
1st Daniel Thorne (Sworkz)
2nd Ashlee Owen (Agama)
3rd Cayden Stenhouse (Mugen)
4th Josh Bougourd (Sworkz)
1/4B
1st Simon Willetts (Mugen)
2nd Kevin Brunsden (Agama)
3rd Joe Chew (WIRC)
4th Jon Hazelwood (Agama)
1/4A
1st Luke Holdsworth (XRAY)
2nd Max O’Donnell (AE)
3rd Taro Cradock (Kyosho)
4th Daniel Thorne (Sworkz)
Semi-Finals
Semi-final B was led by Neil Cragg throughout, quickly pulling away from 2 nd place of Mayako’s Mike Lewis. However, around the five-minute mark, Mike Lewis had a runaway, which removed him from the top seven and forced early retirement. HB’s Graham Alsop then took 2nd place. There were intense battles for the remaining five transfer spots into the main throughout the final. The top seven were 1 st Neil Cragg (AE), 2 nd Graham Alsop (HB), 3rd Bradley Baird (Mugen), 4 th Ben Simpson (AE), 5 th Maxim Cooke, 6 th James Le Pavoux (Sworks), and 7 th Simon Willetts.
Semi A saw our two national championship title contenders, Jonathan Skidmore and Elliott Boots, race together. Throughout the entire 20 minutes, it was a close battle for first and
second! Alike to the first semi final, Semi A saw us lose two more drivers in direct transfer spots with Josh Holdsworth (XRAY) and William Skidmore (XRAY) both exiting the race early
on. This left for another close battle for the remaining drivers for their place in the main final, with only 23 seconds separating from 3 rd to 8 th place! The top seven from semi A were 1 st Jonathan Skidmore (XRAY), 2 nd Elliott Boots (Sworkz), 3 rd Paul Crompton (XRAY), 4 th Lee Martin (Agama), 5 th Erik Lykke (Agama), 6 th Jack Willetts (WIRC) and 7 th Luke Holdsworth (XRAY).
Main Final
The main final kicked off with the top 3 of Skidmore, Boots and Cragg pulling away from the main pack, with Jonathan Skidmore (XRAY) beginning to extend a decent lead over the two in the first five minutes. As the final progressed, the rain clouds that loomed around the track at the start of the main gave way to a big rain downpour. With parts of the track with oil becoming slippery this bunched up the pack of 15 cars and mixed up the pack! Notably from Bradley Baird (Mugen), who used the rain to his advantage to climb up to 3 rd place and attempt a battle for 2 nd place. As the track proceeded to dry out, Elliott Boots (SWORKZ) began to climb his way back up the pack to begin his chase to catch up with Skidmore and Cragg, after a few costly errors in the middle of the race.
As Skidmore sat a comfortable 7 seconds ahead of Cragg and Boots the second rain downpour hit with ten minutes of the race left to go. This again bunched up the pack with Elliott Boots catching Jonathan Skidmore with five minutes to go, an intense battle for the lead occurred with the additional lack of grip with both drivers swapping places. Boots managed to pass Skidmore and make it stick with four corners to go and take the win in a fantastic race! Neil Cragg and Ben Simpson (both Associated) also had a strong end to the race to finish 3 rd and 4 th and all of the top four ended within 9 seconds after 45 minutes of racing!!
A big thank you to the NWN crew for a great track, to all the drivers in attendance, and to the BRCA team.
The next and final round of the BRCA championship is at Nemo Raceway on September 21st and 22nd, with the overall National Championship still to be decided!
National:
1st Place Finish - Elliott Boots (SWORKZ)
2nd Place Finish - Joni Skidmore (XRAY)
3rd Place Finish - Neil Cragg (AE)
40+:
1st Place Finish - Neil Cragg (AE)
2nd Place Finish - Graham Alsop (HB)
3rd Place Finish - Simon Willetts (MUGEN)
Junior:
1st Place Finish - Ben Simpson (AE)
2nd Place Finish - Maxim Cook (WIRC)
3rd Place Finish - Erik Lykke (AGAMA)
Clubman
1st Place Finish - Luke Holdsworth (XRAY)
2nd Place Finish - Joe Chew (WIRC)
3rd Place Finish - Josh Holdsworth (XRAY)
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