Notts and Derby Off Road RC | 15th-16th August 2026

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