British Champions 1/24 & BOC

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latest  update -2008/9  1/32 BOC  added 

1/24 British National Champions

The 1/24 Nationals is the most important single event of the 1/24 Calendar. 1/24 racing had a strong following in Britain on commercial raceways in the late 1960s and early 1970s - with the closure of these venues interest waned. In the early 1990s there was renewed interest in 24th racing, and the 1/24 Nationals was first held at Silverstone on the 8 lane track built for the 1993 World Championships.  This has frequently attracted international competition, past winners have included Italian Paulo  Trigilio and Canadian Ernie Mossetti.

British Open Championship - 1/32

There have been open meetings just about as long as there have been slot racing clubs.  Various Championships have been organized over the years, the British Open Championship has been the premier Open Meeting series in the Country since its launch in 1976.  Although this was not strictly speaking organized by ECRA,   early championships were run by the BSCRA Competitions Secretary Bill Stevenson to ECRA rules.   Graham Lane took a crucial step in getting the championship going by donating the trophy. The championship was run over a number of rounds on club tracks throughout the country.

Interest was fading in the early 80s, and there was no championship for a few years.  Enthusiasm was rekindled once ECRA had been re-launched as BSCRA in 1984.  The British Open Championship was re-launched  in the Autumn of  1985.  The first season of these Championships started at ARRA and finished at Vauxhall  in the Autumn of 1986. That first year had 7 rounds, 5 of them at clubs which held rounds of the 2000 BOC. In the first year the National Premier - Main - Novice driver grading system was used, the separate A, B and C grades for BOC were introduced for the 1987 season.

The  1/32 "BOC" is based on results at the major open meetings, with 3 classes run at each meeting (Saloon, Grand Prix and Sports/GT). The 1/32 BOC is run on club tracks, originally  with 8 rounds, more recently with 6 rounds. As well as the overall champion, there are awards for the best Grade B and Grade C drivers.

British Open Championship - 1/24

The 1/24 British Open Championship was been introduced in 1999, the inaugural round was held at Riverside Raceway. The 1/24 BOC is run on raceway style tracks, with 4 rounds each year. 3 classes run at each meeting (Production, Open Group 12 and Eurosport). Unlike the 1/32 series, the 1/24 Nationals is a round  of the 1/24 BOC.

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