Welcome to the BRCA 1/10 Off-Road Truck Section, catering for electric 2WD and 4WD 1/10 Short Course Trucks (closed-wheel) and electric 2WD 1/10 Stadium Trucks (open-wheel). These exciting classes are inspired by full-size racing categories from around the world, bringing realistic looks, close competition, and fantastic racing action to the RC track.
Our section welcomes racers of all ages and abilities. Truck racing is particularly popular with newcomers and junior competitors, offering an ideal introduction to competitive RC racing. The vehicles are simple, reliable, easy to maintain, and highly rewarding to drive. With low running costs, durable tyres, and excellent value for money, Truck racing provides an accessible route into the world of RC motorsport without requiring a large budget.
The BRCA National Series offers exceptional value, providing competitors with extensive track time throughout the day. Racers can typically expect four rounds of qualifying followed by three rounds of finals, giving everyone plenty of opportunities to compete and improve. Events are held at some of the UK's finest off-road venues, featuring a variety of track surfaces and layouts that challenge drivers and reward skill and consistency.
As the section continues to grow in popularity, an increasing number of families are joining us at events. Alongside the racing, the friendly and welcoming atmosphere has helped create a strong community where lasting friendships are formed and weekends away become something to look forward to.
Whether your goal is to compete for national titles or simply enjoy racing with like-minded enthusiasts, Truck racing can be as competitive as you want it to be. Above all else, our focus is on enjoying the hobby, supporting fellow racers, and having fun.
By Graeme McFarlane Report by: Steven Brooke / Tony Bishop
Round 5 was held at NDOR, Notts and Derby Off-road RC, near IKEA on the outskirts of Nottingham. |The track is large, it is also used for one-eighth scale off-road racing, with a flowing layout and man-made jumps, on sand filled astro. This was the first time the Truck Nationals had visited NDOR, and the section were largely impressed with the clubs facilities.
As per usual with a Truck National practice started Saturday at 12 noon, in dry conditions but with overcast skies, the sun would eventually make an appearance mid afternoon. With timing now available for Saturday practice it became evident that fast lap times would be in the 22 second bracket but Jamie Long managed to get a 21.95 late in the 7 hour practice session. Sunday’s lap times were even better!
Sunday and competitors awoke to overcast skies but with the forecast predicting to brighten up during the day.
Sunday’s main event would see 9 Heats of timed practice with 72 entries, practice started at 8.20am followed by four rounds of round-by-round style qualifying.
Once again we’ll remind our readers of the classes supported at BRCA 1/10 Truck Nationals. Qualifying would consist of four different classes of 1/10 electric Truck. 2WD Short Course, 4WD Short Course, 2WD Stadium Truck and within that class the new/old 2WD Vintage/Rear Motor Stadium Trucks, basically running to Iconic Revival regulations and limited to 10.5 turn brushless motors.
4WD Short Course qualification was taken by Dan Staite, winning all four rounds of qualifying, 2nd was Saul Hocking and 3rd Nick Tullett.
With 14 4WD’s the B Final was won by Oliver Swain winning legs one and three, 2nd would be Jason Hopkins. Having won the second leg with 3rd Marc Biddis and Joes Acs 4th.
The A Finals were messy affairs, with jump starts and some questionable driving! Watch out drivers the referees are watching, as best they can, you’ve been warned before! Dan Staite would take the overall win, winning all 3 legs, 2nd was Saul Hocking and 3rd Lucas Bird from ninth on the grid. With maximum points from this meeting, TQ and the win, Dan Staite has become the BRCA 1/10 Truck National 4WD Short Course Champion 2026!
2WD Short Course qualification was taken by Jaime Long, taking all 4 rounds, 2nd was Curtis Stain and 3rd James Moulds.
With 15 2WD’s the B Final was won by Sebastian Bichall winning legs 2 & 3, pole sitter Oliver Swain would finish 2nd after winning the first leg and Daniel Moulds would finish 3rd overall.
And so to the A Final, Jamie Long would continue to dominate this meeting and the Championship winning all 3 legs ahead of James Moulds in 2nd and Curtis Stain in 3rd. Jamies TQ and win would mean that he has become the BRCA 1/10 Truck National 2WD Short Course Champion 2026!
2WD Stadium Trucks Rear Motor/Vintage had 10 entries at this round, and with the arrival of the Team Associated RC10T FT entries seem the be on the up, there were two freshly built trucks lining up on the grid in the hands of Rich Hipkiss and David Bailey.
David Bailey, having won three out of the four rounds would qualify 1st, ahead of Rich Hipkiss in 2nd and Paul Hand 3rd.
In the finals driving standards could have been better, and will be watched, and will be expected to improve but there was some fantastic racing too, Dave would win Legs 1 & 2 to finish 1st, Rich 2nd and Dave Richards 3rd
2WD Stadium Trucks would have 33 entries, Tony Bishop and Kit Jones would share the round wins, two each with Kit’s round 2 time being 0.8 seconds faster than Tony’s round 4 time and this would take TQ and pole position for the A final. Kit was needing maximum points to keep his Championship challenge alive!
The D Final had 3 exciting legs and was won by Martin White taking all 3 legs from Florence Bancroft 2nd and Richard Chillingsworth 3rd.
The C Final was won by Will Wheatley taking legs 1 & 2 from Dave Griffiths 2nd and Mark Stevens 3rd.
The B Final was won by Daniel Hurrell, winning the first two legs with Steve Price 2nd after winning the last leg and Charlie Hall 3rd.
And so to the A final, remembering that Kit Jones really needed maximum points towards the Championship and even with those points it’s still going to come down to the final round at Tiverton in September! The winner of this meeting would come down to the last leg after Kit and Tony won legs 1 & 2 respectively. Was the pressure getting to these two drivers? In the third, final and deciding leg lead changes only happened due to rare mistakes by both Kit and Tony, but Kit would hang on, by 0.6 of a second to take the win from Tony with Alan Wheeldon 3rd on the podium.
This class goes to Tiverton, early in September, to decide its Champion, who’s it going to be, reigning 2WD Stadium Truck Champion and leading the Championship, Tony Bishop, or hard charging, in second place in the Championship, Kit Jones? And even then the Championship might still have to be decided by tie breaks!
Championship Standings after round 5
SC4 1st Dan Staite 400 (2026 Champion) 2nd Ben Baxter 392 3rd Saul Hocking 388
SC2 1st Jamie Long 404 (2026 Champion) 2nd James Moulds 393 3rd Simon Hall 392
ST 1st Tony Bishop 401 2nd Kit Jones 397 3rd Jamie Long 392
RM 1st Ben Baxter 403 (2026 Champion) 2nd Mark Ashforth 390 3rd Marc Biddis 383
Full results can be found: Results
Next, Round 6 to be hosted by Tiverton Model Car Club in Devon over the weekend of 5/6 September 2026, Entries already near capacity, with these and many more details available on the UK Truck Nationals Facebook page, and www.brca.org/events/10th-off-road-trucks-nationals
By Graeme McFarlane Report by: Steven Brooke
WOW! Simply WOW! For Round 4 of the BRCA 1/10 Off-road Truck Championships we were back at the increasingly impressive Coventry Model Car Club, on the outskirts of Dunchurch near Rugby. CMCC have worked hard with their landlord and the track and it’s surrounding facilities to continue to improve all the time! The track is large, 100% Astroturf and on an incline so always drains well, not that that would be an issue in the long hot summer of 2026!
As per usual at a BRCA Truck National, Saturday afternoon there’s open practice, and with Race Control running the timing system, handy that!
Sunday, as has been the norm in the Summer of 2026, we were greeted with blue skies, sun and a very dry track, tyre choice was primarily Schumacher Staggers on the front and Schumacher V2’s on the rear for the Stadium Truck drivers, Short Course trucks were seen primarily with Schumacher Mini Pins. Wear rates on all were very good, the layout not really having any high-speed corners.
During the weekend the club and section officials were running a raffle in memory of Simon Guant, who had, quite recently, been lost to cancer. Simon was well known locally and within the Truck National section. Many generous prizes had been donated and one thousand pounds was raised to go to Cancer Research.
9 Heats of Timed Practice with 77 entries started bright and early Sunday morning, followed by four rounds of round-by-round Qualifying.
As per usual, Qualifying would consist of four different classes of 1/10 electric Truck. 2WD Short Course, 4WD Short Course, 2WD Stadium Truck and within that class the 2WD Vintage/Rear Motor Stadium Trucks, basically running to Iconic Revival regulations and limited to 10.5 turn brushless motors. The Vintage/Rear Motor class continues to grow, to the extent that they have their own qualifying heat and finals now!
4WD Short Course qualification, winning all four rounds of qualifying Dan Staite would take pole position for the finals, Ben Baxter would line up 2nd and Lucas Bird 3rd.
With 13 4WD’s the B Final was won by Oliver Swain, winning all three legs, 2nd was Marc Biddiss, third would be Joe Acs.
The 4WD Short Course A Final would see the top three qualifiers all finish in their qualifying order in all three legs, that happens very rarely! Dan Staite would take the overall win, EPR’s Ben Baxter would finish second overall and Lucas Bird would take the third step on the podium.
2WD Short Course qualification was once again taken by the reigning 2WD Champion and winner of the two previous Championship rounds, Jaime Long, winning all 4 rounds, 2nd overall with second places in the last two rounds of qualifying and a faster time was Simon Hall, and 3rd with second places in the first two rounds of qualifying was Oscar Morris.
With 16 2WD Short Course trucks, we would see two different winners in the legs of the B Final, pole sitter Oliver Swain would eventually take the win, 2nd was Richard Birchall and 3rd Daniel Moulds.
The 2WD Short Course A Final would, as per qualifying, be dominated by Jamie Long taking the win having won all three legs of the A Final, Simon Hall would eventually finish 2nd and James Moulds 3rd.
2WD Stadium Trucks Vintage/Rear Motor entries are definitely on the up! 12 entries at this round of the Championships, they would all qualify together in heat 5.
Ben Baxter, having travelled up from Eden Park Raceway, would qualify first, having won the first two rounds, then it’s fair to say he made hard work of rounds three and four. Round three winner, Dave Richards, would qualify second on the grid and round four winner, Jamie Watkiss would take third place on the Finals grid. In the finals, third place qualifier, Jamie Watkiss, would nick the win from Ben Baxter after Ben won the first leg Jamie would win legs two and three to take the overall from Ben in second. Drive of the day and possibly the season, so far, was from Luke O’Neil! Luke basically missed qualifying opting for a very long lay-in rather than racing, so would start from 12th for the final. Three great drives culminating with a runner-up spot in the final leg would see Luke take the 3rd podium place!
With Ben Baxter, from Eden Park Raceway, finishing second and taking the extra point for TQ, Ben’s Championship total now gives him an unassailable lead in the Championship and with that the title of BRCA Truck National Vintage/Rear Motor Champion 2026. Ben can’t make the next round at NDOR so will be going all out at Tiverton to try and achieve the perfect score of 4 TQ’s and 4 wins.
2WD Stadium Trucks had 36 entries, the top two would have a day long battle for the top spot, both in qualifying and in the finals, they were clearly in a class of their own! Those two being current Championship leader, Tony Bishop and one of the leading contenders, Kit Jones. Kit would win the first round of qualifying, after Tony made just one error. Tony came back to win the next three rounds and took pole position in the A Final. Kit would, not surprisingly, line up 2nd and a remarkedly consistent Jamie Long would that the third spot
The D Final was won by Martin White having won the first leg, 2nd overall was Marc Birchenough, winner of the second and winner of the third leg, Darcie Rayner, would finish 3rd, same points as Marc but he had a better leg 2 winning time.
The C Final was won by Will Wheatley having won the first two legs, Andy Bird would finish second overall having won the third leg. Third on the podium would be John Fotherby.
The B Final legs were shared by Toby Broughton and Adam Boffey with Toby winning the first and third to take the overall win, Adam winning the second to help him secure second overall. Third podium place would be taken by Callum Moore.
And finally, to the A final, and it did not disappoint! The class of the ST field, TQ man Tony Bishop and second on the grid, Kit Jones, raced hard and close for all three legs. Kit beat Tony by 0.41sec in leg one, Tony beat Kit by 1.31sec in leg two and Tony would secure the overall win by beating Kit by 0.59sec in the third and final leg, close, very close in all three legs. Third on the podium would be Jamie Long.
2026 Championship Standings after round 4
SC4 1st Dan Staite 396 2nd Ben Baxter 392, 3rd Shareef Qureshi 386
SC2 1st Simon Hall 389 2nd Stuart Carling 385 3rd James Moulds 385
ST 1st Tony Bishop 401 2nd Joe Cockill 389 3rd Steve Price 373
RM 1st Ben Baxter 403 2nd Mark Ashforth 390 3rd Marc Biddiss 382
Full results can be found at: Results
Next round, Round 4, to be hosted by NDOR (Notts & Derby Off-Road RC race track) near IKEA Nottingham over the weekend of 15th and 16th August 2026, with these and many more details available on the UK Truck Nationals Facebook page, and www.brca.org/events/10th-off-road-trucks-nationals
