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ABOUT BRISCA
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What is BriSCA Formula One
Stock Car Racing?
What is the history of BriSCA Formula
One ?
BriSCA Heritage
Veterans Stock Car Association (VSCA)
What is
BriSCA Formula One ?
BriSCA Formula One is the Brand name of the British Stock
Car Association, the organisation that manages BriSCA
Formula One Stock Car Racing in the UK.
BriSCA Formula One consists of six permanent promoter
members and a Chairman (non promoter) who are jointly
responsible as the Governing Body for all aspects of the
sport.
BriSCA has formal working arrangements with organisations
in Mainland Europe as well as associations with
enterprises in New Zealand, Canada and the USA.
All venues that stage BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing
have to be Licensed by and meet the requirements of the
British Stock Car Association. To comply with Insurance
arrangements all drivers wishing to race at a BriSCA
Formula One Licensed meeting have to be registered in
advance by the BriSCA Office.
Rules and regulations related to car specifications, race
procedures, track requirements and all other aspects of
the sport are updated annually by the British Stock Car
Association in conjunction with their advisors.
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What
is BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing?
BriSCA Formula One Stock Cars are purpose built, open
wheeled, unlimited engine capacity single seater racing
cars. Designed and constructed to a strict specification,
they have evolved over a period of fifty years from a pre
1954 standard road car to today's remarkable combination
of sophistication and brute force.
Born out of a requirement to circulate a 400 metre oval
in the fastest possible time in the company of up to
thirty other cars with similar characteristics, these
1500 kilogram motorised leviathans have the mandate to
forceably remove slower cars from the racing line whilst
engaging in a multiple lap challenge that goes beyond
conventional motor sport.
It's not speed, aggression or strategy, but a combination
of all three that determines the real winners and
projects the top drivers towards superstar status.
Just to add to the challenge for man and machine,
competitors are graded. The fastest drivers, based upon
careful analysis of previous performance, start at the
back of the grid with the slower cars at the front, a
unique format which stimulates the competitive instinct
in all drivers irrespective of their starting position.
With roof colours designating capability, grids are made
up of representatives from each grade.
White, Yellow, Blue and Red roofs are the sequence from
the front of the grid with the top five in the country,
the superstars, starting at the back.
Slow-rolling laps signal the start of each race and when
the white-roofed cars come out of turn four, the green
flag drops and it's action all the way, as in excess of
12500 cubic inches of engine capacity converts the arena
into a supercharged, no holds barred cauldron for oval
supremacy over a minimum of sixteen laps.
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What
is the history of BriSCA Formula One ?
The origins of BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing can be
traced to the birth of oval track racing in the UK and
the first ever stock car race at the New Cross Stadium,
London on Good Friday 1954.
Since then, the sport has operated continuously at
stadiums and race circuits throughout the UK and over
5000 meetings have been staged at ninety four venues.
They have stretched the length and breadth of the United
Kingdom from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Cowdenbeath in the
north to Carlyon Bay, Ringwood and Canterbury in the
south.
From Great Yarmouth and Newcastle in the east to Neath
Abbey and Liverpool in the west. Sandwiched in between a
myriad of major cities, medium sized towns and small
villages, all of which have a common identity.
Some of these associations were but fleeting
relationships whilst others have stood the test of time.
Today, the veteran venues are Coventry, it was there back
in 1954, and Northampton which joined just one year
later. Both have operated continuously since then whilst
others like Sheffield were there at the beginning but
then lost touch only to be reacquainted many years later.
More recent newcomers have been Arena Essex in the south
and Cowdenbeath and Knockhill in Scotland with 2004 also
seeing the BriSCA Formula One 's returning to Yarmouth,
Ipswich and Bristol. 2006 will see BriSCA Formula One
Stock Car Racing at Rockingham near Corby,
Northamptonshire for the first time.
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BriSCA Heritage
BriSCA Heritage is an organisation established by ex
BriSCA promoter Keith Barber several years ago and was
originally conceived to preserve and retain information
and artefacts about the sports past. As a keen car
builder in his own right Keith Barber has acquired and
restored many cars over the last couple of decades and he
now has an impressive array of both BriSCA Formula One
and BriSCA F2 cars either completely restored or in
progress at his home at Ludgvan near Penzance.
BriSCA Heritage has also been involved in publishing a
number of books on the History of Stock Car Racing in the
UK and has been the prime mover in tracing the sports
origins back to France and the USA. During his time as a
promoter Barber was responsible for establishing
BriSCA’s first real links with the NACO organisation
and Holland in 1978 and celebrated their Silver Jubilee
with BriSCA in 2003.
BriSCA Heritage retain the most comprehensive
photographical library of the sports history along with
an equally impressive range of programmes and memorabilia
as well as a massive network of contacts throughout the
UK and the rest of the oval racing world.
They also worked with BriSCA promoters on many occasions,
being heavily involved in the 2004 NEC Show as well as
assisting at the Northampton annual Nostalgia Night
events and providing displays at high profile meetings.
They have also been actively working alongside the
British Stock Car Association (BriSCA Formula One ) in
establishing and supporting their plans for celebrating
the Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary in 2004.
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For more information on BriSCA Heritage contact Keith
Barber, Kantara, Blowing House Hill, Ludgvan, Penzance,
Cornwall TR20 8AW
Veterans Stock Car Association (VSCA)
The British Stock Car Association (BriSCA Formula One )
are particularly pleased to be able to acknowledge the
Veterans Stock Car Association. Formed in 1978 the
organisation now has over three hundred and fifty members
and provides the forum through its social evenings,
newsletter and annual dinner and dance for people from
all corners of the sport to stay in touch with each
other.
Most of the sports greatest personalities have at one
time or another "Joined the Veterans" and those
too young to enjoy the experience today will benefit from
early enrolment in the future.
The association is run by volunteers with the men at the
helm reading like a who’s who from yesteryear:
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