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Good or bad idea? just for those who dont make nationals?? kinda like a radio race car series i guess? and you can only enter one or the other.....????
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I think its a good idea. i know it being done with the rallycross, and i think its good. It'd be a regionals but on a national scale.
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Would be useful for me, as i recently found out that i'm still an F5!!!!!!! I was hoping to do a couple of Nats this year having finished in an F2/F3 position in the regionals but as i only did 2 of them i didn't do enough to count which is gutting.

Looks like i'll have to try and do the regionals and possibly finals again at the end of the year for some properly attended racing!
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It's a good idea. I'd love RRC series back though, i used to enjoy doing them!
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yeah thats the kinda thing! like regionals i guess but more spread around and means more....??? could be B.R.C.A Bseries or summit.
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Sounds good to me, everyone enjoys nationals but i think if it were done if you win the nat B series you have to enter the A series the next year.

You dont want people dropping down or staying in the B series so they can win.
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I think given the oversubscribed nature of the nationals it could be good and work like another stepping stone, as long as it didnt detract to much from the nationals (unlikely i guess) or from regionals (quite possibly).

It would be good to have the motions of starting at club racing, then doing your regionals, then National B to properly groom you for the top level nationals.
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Sounds good to me, everyone enjoys nationals but i think if it were done if you win the nat B series you have to enter the A series the next year.

You dont want people dropping down or staying in the B series so they can win.

yeah top 10 auto qual for Nationals if they want it....
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i think that would be a good idea as a lot of drivers who are F3 or F4 may struggle to get entry to all National rounds.
It could essentially be a series of F3/4/5 meetings (making the end of season final a bit redundant) with the top 10-20 being awarded an F2 license etc.

downside is it could detract from regional numbers
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like GP2?
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no more that what national do now i would think. most people who do nationals still do local regionals.
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Looks like i'll have to try and do the regionals and possibly finals again at the end of the year for some properly attended racing!
finals !!!! it will be a clean sweep this year mate if you do end of years finals ...
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finals !!!! it will be a clean sweep this year mate if you do end of years finals ...
Wouldn't want to say that mate, if i do any it will only be the F2's as i get married on the date of the F3's haha

I just miss being able to do the meetings where there are 80+ drivers there, that's why i'd really have liked to be able to do a couple of the nationals just to see how i got on again.

It's a shame that if you win the F2's you don't automatically at least get an F2 license? Even an F3 would have been fine but now i'm stuck as an F5 again there's no point in entering any Nat's.
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I actually looked into organising such a series, but it is such a massive task, and with my wife becoming ill, I just could not go ahead with it.

BUT

When I spoke to the Radio Race Car chap (his name escapes me right now) he said that the magazine would be in favour of supporting such a series once more.

It was suggested that i contact all clubs with a decent permanent track and ask if they would be prepared to hold a meeting ON THE SAME WEEKEND as the BRCA Nationals.

Once all of the clubs were selected, then RRCi would then take over the sponsorship deals, trophies and magazine support of the series.

The booking in would need to be done centrally, and the clubs would be responsible for providing race control, numbers & organisation etc., so it would be a good "proving" ground for those clubs that have thus far been denied a National, as long as all other National Criteria is met of course.

This I feel would be a large yet easy enough task to fulfill, and the booking in could be done on-line etc., with the clubs involved receiving automated entry lists etc., so it could also be done for very little outlay by whoever has the ability and time to set it all up!
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It's a shame that if you win the F2's you don't automatically at least get an F2 license? Even an F3 would have been fine but now i'm stuck as an F5 again there's no point in entering any Nat's.
yeah i know what you mean Nick , its a little unfair in situations as like yours is mate. i was in the same situation as you were last year mate, but did at least manage entry to a couple of them...
fingers crossed mate , will be good to see you in them ..
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A return of the old RRCi series sounds like a blinding idea, they were great meetings to do inbetween Nat's - Good for trying different tracks, and were always really well attended! I remember them being just about as big as the Nat's years ago - all the big names would randomly turn up (Craig, Kevin Moore etc) - They were some good meetings.

Totally off topic but I remember a round at Cheltenham in 1995 when the B2 had just won the worlds in Japan, and the UK guys turned up with them (CraigD, John Tucker, Dan Marson to name a few) and the car was cool - Craig was struggling all day when it suddenly chucked it down for the last round and he went out and put it in the A final - I was completely in awe of that, really impressed me!

Bring back the RRCi series
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Would be useful for me, as i recently found out that i'm still an F5!!!!!!! I was hoping to do a couple of Nats this year having finished in an F2/F3 position in the regionals but as i only did 2 of them i didn't do enough to count which is gutting.

Looks like i'll have to try and do the regionals and possibly finals again at the end of the year for some properly attended racing!
Check with Paul W. as you don’t have to do all the scoring to count towards your “F” grade.If you scored enough points with 2 rounds, then that’s you grade.
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I think if this was to happen they would have to be run on the same weekend as the Nationals. I'm finding it really hard to try and fit in the NE regionals with all the Nationals, RallyX event etc.

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Check with Paul W. as you don’t have to do all the scoring to count towards your “F” grade.If you scored enough points with 2 rounds, then that’s you grade.
Hope this helps
I was told my our regional rep that although i scored enough points to get an F2 or F3 (can't remember exactly) it still didn't count as you HAVE to do 3 Rounds regardless??

Anyone else know on this out of interest?
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I thought the '3 rounds' thing was to limit the MAXIMUM number of rounds to count, there should be no limit on the minimum number surely?
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