2020 NZRCA 1/10 EP Off-Road National Champs
31st October - 1st November

Entries close at 11:59pm 22nd October, 2020

The track is located at the Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds, with access at 24 Karamu Road North, Hastings.

Parking is available beside the pit area

The event will be held on the 31th of October - 1st of November, and will be run under current NZRCA rules and race format - with 3 qualifying heats for each class on Saturday and 3 final heats for each class on Sunday, followed by a prize-giving. The track will be accessible to all drivers for open practice on the Thursday prior to the event, with controlled practice/seeding on Friday. Gates will be open at 7:00am, with daily drivers briefings at 8:30am and racing starting at 9:00am sharp!

More Event Information Here

IMPORTANT - If you have already entered for this event that was supposed to run in March of this year, then you entry is still valid. Please do not enter again here, your entries will be added manually by us soon. If you do have any changes please just email us at hbrcracing@gmail.com.  We understand it's been a long time since this event was first open for entries, so changes you may want to make are more than welcome - we just need to make sure we don't confuse things too much between the old and new online entry systems.

Entries are now open again for the new date.

Registrations close on Saturday the 15th of October - with any entries after this date incurring a $40 late entry fee! Please get entries in ASAP; be aware we may have to limit overall entries to ensure a manageable race timetable. 

2wd Stock Buggy
2wd Modified Buggy
4wd Stock Buggy
4wd Modified Buggy
Stock Truck
Modified Truck
2wd Short Course

This event will be running the control tyre(s) specified below. Drivers are to supply their own tyres and it is the driver's responsibility to prove they comply at scrutineering. Control tyres are to be in near-new condition, with no tampering or alterations allowed. This will be at the race director’s discretion. All tyres must be used with their supplied inserts.

• 2wd Stock & Mod Buggy
  Front: Open
  Rear: JConcepts Goose Bumps 2.2" Rear Buggy Tires (Green)
• 4wd Stock & Mod Buggy
  Front: JConcepts Goose Bumps 2.2" Front 4WD Buggy Tires (Green)
  Rear: JConcepts Goose Bumps 2.2" Rear Buggy Tires (Green)
• Stock & Modified Truck
  Front: Open
  Rear: JConcepts Goose Bumps 2.2" Truck Tires (Green)
• 2wd Short Course
  Front: Open
  Rear: JConcepts Goose Bumps Short Course Tires (Green)

Control tyres for all the classes will be available for order through the New Zealand JConcepts supplier, Outlaw RC Developments.

For any questions, feel free to contact us on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/HBRCracing/ - or email us at hbrcracing@gmail.com.

If anyone needs to have any equipment etc. shipped/received prior to the event, please contact us by email to organise a receiving address; we cannot receive mail/parcels at the actual track address. 

Race fees payable to account number 03-1753-0347564-00

• Please make payment ASAP after submitting this entry form.
• Entries submitted without payment will be removed.
•  **IMPORTANT** - Please use your NZRCA license number AND last name as a reference.

The track will be accessible to all drivers for open practice on the Thursday prior to the event, with controlled practice/seeding on Friday. Gates will be open at 7:00am, with daily drivers briefings at 8:30am and racing starting at 9:00am sharp!

This event will be run under current NZRCA rules and race format - with 3 qualifying heats for each class on Saturday and 3 final heats for each class on Sunday.

As per rule B1.7.1 of the 2020 NZRCA EP Off-Road Rulebook, drivers may only enter one class per vehicle type (e.g., can only choose 2wd Modified or 2wd Stock etc).

Current NZRCA membership through the dates of the event is required prior to entrant's acceptance to this event. Please provide your NZRCA membership/license number on the entry form. Check the link below for your 2020 license number or ask your club if it isn't there yet.

2020 NZRCA Registered Members

All drivers will abide by the Race Director and/or NZRCA officials decisions and the NZRCA rules.

NZRCA 2020 Rule Books

2020 EP Off-Road Rules

Prize giving will be held after racing is finished, on the Sunday afternoon.

Trophies will be presented at prize giving for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each class, with Concours trophies for both best presented Truck and Buggy! 

The event will be run with the LiveTime RC software, and the MyLaps RC4 decoder will be running firmware version 4.3 - so older AMBrc MyLaps and MRT transponders will work fine. 

Drivers must marshal the race following their own. The first race will be marshalled by the drivers of the last race. A driver may arrange a competent substitute and notify the race director of such arrangements. 

Power is supplied track side, but is only to be used for race related activities (i.e. chargers, tyre warmers, repairs and maintenance). The system doesn't have the capacity to run the likes of air compressors, portable stoves, etc. A limited communal use compressed air supply should be available on race days. Low noise petrol generators will be allowed to be used at the race director's discretion. 

Hot food and drinks will be available on Saturday and Sunday, with plans for burgers, sausages, etc being made. EFTPOS will be available.

Accommodation in Hastings shouldn't be in high-demand at the time, but please get something booked ASAP if required! Limited tables and pit area cover can be provided if needed, but only for those unable to bring their own due to travel restrictions. If required, please make a note of this on the entry form and we'll do our best to help out those we can. This will be on a first-in-first-served basis. 

At this stage, no alternate indoor venue is available to us in the event of a rain-effected meeting. Please refer to section B4 of the NZRCA 2020 EP Off-Road Rules for the official procedures if this occurs.