BRSCC Midlands Centre

31/07/2024

08/07/2024

ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2024 BRSCC GERRIT VAN KOUWEN ANNIVERSARY FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL

After Friday’s exciting announcement, we're delighted to confirm that entries for the 2024 BRSCC Gerrit Van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch on October 19/20 are now OPEN!

Once again we're looking forward to another eclectic and competitive mix of Kent-engined Formula Fords of all ages and chassis to do battle on track together for the coveted Neil Shanahan Trophy and the Brian Jones Memorial Trophy for the Historic Final!

The weekend will also be extra special in celebration of the late, great Gerrit Van Kowuen, honouring 40 years since his incredible Festival victory in 1984 and remembering him after his passing at the beginning of 2024. Our thanks once again go to the Van Kouwen family and Graham Fuller, formerly of Minister Racing Engines, for this collaboration as we look forward to another exciting Festival weekend.

As in previous years, entries will be processed via the RaceHub online system (linked below), so for those looking to take part this year, here's what you need to do:

1️⃣ - If you've never used the BRSCC RaceHub system before, head to the link in this post, register for an account, then click Join Today once logged in, select FFF Membership (free of charge) and complete the form.

2️⃣ - Once completed, and also for anyone who already has a BRSCC RaceHub account and a racing membership, select Race Series from the menu on the left, pick BRSCC Formula Ford Festival and complete the registration form. Fill in all the details of your entry and be sure to list your car's full name including make and model (e.g. Van Diemen RF89, Ray GR19 etc).

3️⃣ - Now you're registered, select Race Entries from the left-hand menu, then pick the 2024 BRSCC Formula Ford Festival event. You can place your entry by either paying the deposit of £50.00, or the full amount of £395.00. Be aware that race numbers are on a “first-come, first-serve” basis, so the earlier you enter, the better chance you have of securing your preferred race number.

Please also note that testing is handled via Brands Hatch and MSV, so contact them for details on how to book or visit the MSV and Brands Hatch website for more details. Testing spots typically fill up fast, so make sure you secure yours before they’re full.

It's one of the greatest single seater contests in the world and one that every driver that competes wants to win and put their name alongside the greats that came before them, especially with this year’s special theme. Join the grid for the 2024 edition now and take your chance to write your name into the history books!

🏆 ENTER THE 2024 FF FESTIVAL - https://racehub.brscc.co.uk/

05/07/2024

02/07/2024

Come join us

25/06/2024

Thank you to everyone who supported us last weekend

21/06/2024

Back for next year

***C1 RACING CLUB HEADS BACK TO SILVERSTONE FOR 24HR RACING!!!***

We’ll share further information and details in due course, but we’re delighted to be able to announce that the BRSCC, Silverstone Circuit and C1 Racing Club have worked hard together to put the Silverstone 24 hour event back on the calendar for 2025! We’ll again be on the full Grand Prix circuit and the dates for your diary are the Early May Bank Holiday weekend of 2nd/3rd/4th May.

Let’s all embrace this fantastic opportunity and work together to make 2025 the great event it deserves to be!

03/06/2024

BRSCC chairman and clerk of the corse Peter Daly

Could this motorsport role be for you?

Learn about the responsibilities of The Clerk of the Course and the skills needed to thrive in the role!

🔗 https://motorsportuk.tv/videos/the-crucial-role-of-the-clerk-of-the-course-in-motorsport-behind-the-scenes-insights/

29/05/2024

25/05/2024

New overalls for rescue crew brscc midland rescue runyourfleet

16/05/2024

Great write up

A big thanks goes to Motorsport News for choosing to showcase the Audi TT Cup Racing Championship in this week's edition, as part of this week's special feature on club racing. Great to see our big grid from Brands Hatch caught some attention!

More of the same is coming your way this weekend at Snetterton, so be sure to tune in! 🏁

Demon Tweeks Motorsport | SW Motorsports | Goodyear | Direnza | Cartek Motorsport Electronics | Powerflex | Motordrive Seats | EBC Brakes | EBC Brakes Racing | Performance Brake Solutions | BC Racing UK | 2Forge Wheels | BRSCC

30/04/2024

2⃣5⃣ days to go until the British GT Championship brings some thunder to the park ⚡️

🎟️ https://www.donington-park.co.uk/2024/may/british-gt

05/04/2024

We're excited to collaborate with Thomas Merritt, 14, an inspirational rising star in the motor racing world, to promote safer driving on our roads and help save more lives.

“Whilst I love driving fast and racing around a circuit, I am aware of the danger this can cause on our roads. I am thrilled to be able to use my platform to raise awareness of this fantastic charity and the lifesaving work they do." - Thomas Merritt

Thank you to Thomas and family for supporting our lifesaving work, and best of luck in the championship!

Read the full story at aakss.org.uk/thomas-merritt

15/03/2024

New livery for Brscc Midland Rescue unit thanks to designs.uk.net for a fantastic job

19/02/2024

What took place at driven by racing

Join Motorsport UK TV at the BRSCC Driven By Racing Weekend to discover what it takes to be a marshal in motorsport and how to get involved.

23/01/2024

Want to fully understand the world of being a volunteer marshal?

Hear from one of our volunteers on why you should become a marshal

Watch the new video here 👉 https://motorsportuk.tv/videos/why-should-you-become-a-marshal-volunteer-marshalling-in-motorsport/

03/12/2023

**TOM BANNISTER AWARDED MIDLAND CENTRE MARSHAL OF THE YEAR FOR 2023**

The BRSCC Midlands Centre over a season is supported by some 500 marshals ranging from 180 to cover the Silverstone GP circuit for a British GT event to 80 for shorter circuits. All are trained volunteers freely giving their time to support a well-run race meeting which the BRSCC greatly appreciates and values, and as a club we thank you for all your efforts in 2023.

In appreciation each year, the Midland Centre recognises a BRSCC Marshal for their contribution to the club. At last nights BRSCC Awards evening, Midland Centre Chief Marshal, Nina Fountain presented Tom Bannister with the Marshal of the Year trophy for his efforts throughout 2023.

Regularly assisting the BRSCC as well as other clubs in lead roles, Tom is always willing to assist wherever he can at the drop of a hat. He has superb adaptability and is able to do what is necessary to support both fellow marshals and the BRSCC, always with a friendly smile each time.

Tom is also seen as an excellent “on the job” trainer, as he’s passed on his wisdom and expertise to the next generations of marshals that are always being cultivated, and it’s no surprise that those who have benefitted from this person’s training have all gone on to achieve their own great successes as marshals in their own right.

For many of his fellow marshals, including the centre’s chief marshal Nina Fountain, Tom is seen to make everyone’s role so much easier and straightforward to perform, thanks to his helpfulness, friendliness, knowledge and extremely high capabilities. It is this, plus all of the reasons stated, that made him a perfect nomination for the Marshal of the Year award.

Well done, and thank you Tom!

02/11/2023

Sad news to report the passing of John Newman
Who was a club steward for Brscc Midland centre and previously a marshal at many venues across the midlands our condolences to his family

20/09/2023

Very sad news rip Dan

24/08/2023

📰 2024 TCR UK CALENDAR - DATES & VENUES 📰

Presenting the 2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship calendar!

We'll be visiting six venues for seven events in 2024!

Get those dates in your diary!

🖥️: https://www.tcr-uk.co.uk/2024-tcr-uk-calendar/

News on how many rounds there will be, our fixed Support Championships for 2024 and more will follow in the coming weeks.

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Maximum Networks Group | Maximum Performance
TCR UK | Goodyear | Corbeau Seats UK | Berkshire Cycles Co
Berkshire Turbo | LIQUI MOLY | Joyce Design UK Ltd
Öhlins Racing - Automotive | Performance Brake Solutions | Carless Racing Fuels
Vital Equipment Limited | Woya Digital | Alpha Live

27/04/2023

**C1 24 HOUR MARSHALS WELFARE PACKAGE RETURNS**

The BRSCC and C1 Racing Club take great pleasure in announcing the return of a comprehensive welfare package for Marshals & Volunteers taking part in the Silverstone 24 Hour race on 19 – 21 May 2023.

Both the BRSCC and the C1 Racing Club recognise the significant commitment it takes from Marshals and Volunteers in supporting this iconic event, and it is with this in mind we have committed to delivering another valuable welfare package throughout the duration of the event. As well as Breakfast Rolls & Lunch being provided on both Saturday and Sunday, we will supply:

- At least 7 x Marshal Welfare Hubs, these to be positioned around the circuit at easy to reach locations. Each hub will be stocked with food, drinks, snacks, kettle, fridge and microwave oven.

- A dedicated Marshal Welfare team who will keep the welfare hubs well-stocked throughout the event, and who will visit posts to ensure that Marshals stay fed and watered, and to allow comfort breaks where possible.

- A telephone “hotline” to the Marshal Welfare team.

- A £50 Amazon voucher gifted to those Marshals and Volunteers who attend for the full duration of the weekend, including shift rotations during the main 24-hour race.

Alongside this, various BRSCC and C1 Racing Club partners have kindly come together to provide the following awesome list of “free-to-enter” raffle prizes to be given away over the weekend.

- 2 x Castle Combe Track Experiences, in the RAW Motorsports BMW M3 or Es**rt MK2. Supplied by Robin Welsh of RAW Motorsport Limited/C1 Racing Club.

- 2 x Motorsport UK ARDS Tests at Mallory Park Circuit, provided by The Motorsports School.

- 2 x 30 Minutes Arrive & Drive Training Simulator Experiences courtesy of SIM Motorsport.

- 4 x Silverlake Garage - Motor Salvage Ltd / C1 Racing Club official clothing bundles, including, jacket, polo, hoodie and beanie.

- 10 x Commemorative BRSCC / C1 Racing Club 24hr embroidered polo shirt & sweatshirt packages – Supplied by Alan Corfield of Lille Racewear.

- 1 x £250 Nankang Tyre Voucher for tyres supplied directly by Nankang Tyre UK.

- 10 x £50 cash prizes.

- 1 x £100 Gift Card courtesy of Surveying Devon & Cornwall.

- Bottles of Wine courtesy of Emax Motor Sport Limited.

As well as the C1 Racing Club’s 24 hour race, the weekend also sees the Fiesta ST240 Championship, Fiesta ST150 Challenge and the Zeo Prototypes Series take to the track, alongside the very popular SuperSport Endurance Cup.

If you’re a Marshal or Volunteer and you haven’t yet done so, you can sign up to the event here:

https://brscc.co.uk/marshalling/

10/03/2023

New equipment just supplied to Brscc Midland rescue thanks to the help of Ken carter from with a grateful donation from Allan dean lewis at and brscc board keeping us at the forefront of motorsport rescue

26/02/2023

Contact us at [email protected] to find out more about the opportunities to join the BRSCC as a Rescue Crew member on our state of the art BRSCC Midlands Centre runyourfleet Rescue Unit in 2023.

Rescue Crews are an integral part of any race meeting, and we couldn't provide great racing without them.

11/02/2023

Fantastic news coming from BRSCC HQ and our new partners SIM Motorsport. Time to go testing! 🏎🏎🏎

23/01/2023

**BRSCC RACEHUB VOLUNTEERING PORTAL NOW OPEN**

The BRSCC is pleased to confirm that the clubs bespoke volunteering platform for all BRSCC events nationwide is now live. After extensive development, our new for 2023 volunteering portal is your one-stop-shop to register your details with the club and confirm your availability to volunteer at our events in 2023 and beyond. Whether a marshal or an official, you will also see live updates for your allocated duty ahead of each event, be able to sign on easily using a one click process, and receive event information much sooner.

𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗨𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗦𝗖𝗖 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘

Any volunteer who is also a paid up club member will be able to collect 'points' for each day of marshalling/volunteering with the club. Full details will be released soon, but why not take advantage of our NEW Volunteer Club Member offer and receive £10 off new Club Membership until Sunday 12th February using CODE: VOLUNTEER-2023, making club membership just £20. In the meantime, all volunteer club members who have signed up to the new portal between now and 12th February will be placed in a draw to win 1 of 5 FREE BRSCC Hoodie.

📝 SIGN UP TODAY: https://racehub.brscc.co.uk

🌐 HOW TO GUIDE AND MORE: https://brscc.co.uk/marshalling/

DM us for more information - thank you for volunteering, we couldn't do it without you! 🟠🏁

12/12/2022

𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗥𝗦𝗖𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗟

BRSCC Midland Centre Chairman and Board Director, Trevor Parry, welcomes Nina Fountain as BRSCC Midland Centre Chief Marshal from the 2023 season, following Alan Tyson's decision to step down after five years, which included the challenge of two Covid hit seasons. Over the next three months Alan and Nina will work together to manage the change of responsibilities and Nina's contact details can be found on the BRSCC Website Midland section.

Nina, who was awarded in 2021 Midland Centre Marshal of the Year, has supported Alan during his tenure and now steps up from her Deputy Chief Marshal role. Nina has many years' experience as an official undertaking a wide variety of duties, and also as an occasional racer, who is well acquainted with track limits! As an accredited Motorsport UK marshals' trainer and assessor, these roles will greatly assist Nina in her new BRSCC position.

"I'm really looking forward to the 2023 season which includes a wide range of events from the new Audi TTCR, prestigious two TCR rounds, and three British GT meetings within the Midland region portfolio of events. There are also further exciting plans which will be announced during the coming season." says Nina.

Commenting on Nina's appointment, Trevor Parry said "Nina brings great deal of experience and will be an asset as Chief Marshal. Her new role also includes joining the BRSCC Midland Centre Committee who look forward to supporting and working with Nina. I would also like to thank Alan Tyson for his contribution and hard work and am pleased he will continue officiating."

More news on the BRSCC's 2023 volunteering process will be announced soon.

25/11/2022

We are sad to learn of the passing of our long-standing Chief Scrutineer and friend David Baxter MBE.

Our thoughts are with David's family, friends and colleagues at this sad time.

For everything you did for the club, and for the future of motorsport, David, thank you.

𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗕𝗘

The BRSCC is saddened to learn of the passing of long-standing club member and BRSCC Midland Centre Chief Scrutineer David Baxter MBE.

David was an active supporter of BRSCC for many years. A senior engineer for Land Rover his other interests included owning a canal barge and supporter of the Scouting Movement. David was best known as a Scrutineer and in particular Chief Scrutineer for the BRSCC Midland Centre. Whilst strict and one to ensure the greatest level of safety, David was also keen to help competitors when they had a scrutineering problem. David was a larger-than-life character who will be sadly missed around the paddock.

David was the leading light in SUNBAC, the Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Automobile Club, which was one of the oldest UK Motor Sport clubs – sadly now defunct. He was the Clerk of the Course for the club and had a small team of loyal and hard working members who helped him to run a Sporting Trial, two or three sprints and a race meeting at Silverstone. He had taken over this role after the sudden death of his predecessor and, at short notice, his first job was to run a race meeting at Silverstone where the club had managed to get sponsorship from the Birmingham Evening Mail to run a round of a prestigious Formula 3 championship.

David was a consummate host following a race meeting at an excellent hostelry somewhere in the Midlands. David was renowned for his love of steak ‘au bleu’ – usually T-bone. This was an issue during the BSE scare as he wasn’t allowed the T-bone and he had to have it drastically over-cooked for his liking.

David’s view as an organiser was to give the competitor value for money; his events were no-frills. He cut expenses to the minimum to give them the lowest entry fee that he could and as a result was able to secure excellent grids and good championships. He was one of the last organisers to run true Formula Libre and this was most notable when Tony Sugden’s Lotus blew off the top Libre single seaters.

Apart from fairness and looking after competitors’ interests, David will be remembered for kindness, friendship, leadership and may other traits. He was also a great supporter of British marshals. He certainly looked after marshal at his meetings but was also a great benefactor to the BMMC both during and after the demise of SUNBAC.

The BRSCC wishes to send its sincerest thoughts and condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of David during this difficult time

With thanks to former BRSCC Midland Centre Clerk of the Course Jeremy Edwards for his kind input to this obituary.

24/11/2022

**JAYDEN FIRTH AWARDED MIDLAND CENTRE MARSHAL OF THE YEAR**

The BRSCC Midland Centre is supported by over 500 marshals over the course of a season. All of whom are trained volunteers freely giving their time to support a well-run race meetings which the club greatly appreciates and values. So, we take this opportunity to thank you all of you for your efforts in 2022.

In appreciation each year, the Midland Centre recognises a BRSCC Member Marshal for their contribution to the club. Last weekend Trevor Parry, Chairman of the BRSCC Midlands Centre awarded the Marshal of the year Trophy to a BRSCC Junior Member at the BRSCC Awards 2022.

The 2022 Marshal of the Year was awarded to Jayden Firth. At just 14 years old Jayden is an instrumental part of the BRSCC's race control team in the midlands region, managing the club's race control event logging system which requires huge amounts of concentration and attention to detail in what sometimes is a challenging environment. Jayden all supports the club as an assembly area marshal, and many of the club's drivers will recognise Jayden having been subject to his polite orders at the start of a session!

Jayden has recently been successful in completing his ARDS test with The Motorsports School" ahead of obtaining a competition licence in 2023. In recognition the BRSCC are also awarding a voucher covering one free entry to a BRSCC Fiesta Junior Event.

Well done, Jayden, keep up the great work.

29/09/2022

As we approach the end of the 2022 season, we'll be looking forward to celebrating all the drivers, marshals and officials for their endeavours this season. Time to get those dancing shoes dusted off! 🏆🎉🥂

The British Racing & Sports Car Club Championship Awards Evening will make a dazzling return in 2022, taking place on Saturday 19th November at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford Upon Avon.

Celebrating the 2022 season in style, the great and good of UK motorsport will come together for an unforgettable night to honour drivers, marshals and officials for their endeavours this year. The evening will include a three course dinner, customary trophy presentations, charity raffle and an evening of music by Hit the Dance Floor – and we will do just that!

To join us for the celebrations, the accolades and live music, click the link below to purchase your tickets! A limited number of Rooms have been allocated on a Bed & Breakfast basis at a discounted rate. Details on booking rooms can be found on the ticket booking form.

This will be the perfect occasion to dust off your dinner suits and party dresses to celebrate the end of another fantastic season! We’ll see you for all the festivities in November ! 🏆🎉🥂

🏁 2022 BRSCC CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS TICKET SALES - https://brscc.co.uk/store/functions/2022-brscc-championship-awards-evening-copy/