Frequently asked questions

Sign in to your account, click Race calendar in the header to find the next meeting, hit Book your spot, pick which drivers from your account are racing and which classes, then check out. Bookings open and close automatically based on the dates the committee set for that meeting.

Yes. Add each driver under Drivers on your account page — yourself plus any family members. At the booking step you'll see every driver on your account and can tick whichever ones are racing. One checkout covers them all.

Yes. After selecting a driver in the booking wizard, tick all the classes they want to enter. Pricing is £10 for the first class an adult enters, £5 for any extra class. Juniors are £5 per class flat.

Yes — go to Account → Your bookings, find the entry and hit Cancel. You can self-cancel up until the booking window closes for that meeting (typically a few hours before race start). After that, contact the committee.

If the committee cancels a meeting (weather, venue issue, etc.) every booking is either refunded in full or converted to an account credit — admin choice on the night. You'll get an email letting you know which.

Adults: £10 for your first class on a meeting, £5 for each additional class.
Juniors (under 14 at the meeting date): £5 per class, no first-class surcharge.
Each driver on a multi-driver booking gets their own first-class rate, so a dad and a 12-year-old son entering one class each would pay £10 + £5 = £15.

Card payment via Stripe at the end of the booking flow. Your card details never touch our servers — Stripe handles the whole transaction. Receipt + confirmation email lands within a minute of payment.

Yes, provided you cancel before the booking window for that meeting closes. Refund hits the same card you paid with, typically within 5 working days (Stripe's standard timing).

If a meeting gets cancelled, the committee may issue credits rather than cash refunds. Any balance shows on your account dashboard and gets applied automatically next time you book a meeting.

The British Radio Car Association — the national governing body for RC racing. They run the licensing, insurance, and national championship structure that clubs like SMCC sit under. Membership is annual.

Eventually, yes. But you don't need one to try us out — every new driver gets 3 trial meetings before BRCA is required. After that you'll need a valid BRCA number on your driver profile to book another meeting.

Go to Account → Drivers → [your driver] → Edit, enter the BRCA number in the field, save. The committee will then mark it as validated for the current year, after which you can book without limits.

No — bookings are blocked until your BRCA is current for the calendar year. Renew at brca.org, then the committee will revalidate your number on the system. You'll see your status on the driver page (green = valid, amber = pending, red = renewal needed).

BRCA membership runs by calendar year and the committee revalidates every member each January once the BRCA national membership list is published. We do this in bulk in admin, so usually you don't need to do anything — just renew at brca.org.

Fridays at Sackville School in Hildenborough. Doors at 6:30 PM, drivers' briefing at 7:05 PM, racing from 7:15 PM, finishing around 10:30 PM. See Race format in the nav for the full schedule.

Built car with shell fitted, personal transponder, radio controller with fresh batteries, charged race batteries (plus a spare if you have one), charger and fireproof bag, basic tools, and any class-specific tyres you might need. Each class page lists exactly what to bring at the bottom of the rules.

Three 4-minute qualifying heats per class (max 10 drivers per heat), then 5-minute finals split into A and B divisions based on qualifying. Marshalling between races is mandatory — see the race format page.

Absolutely. New drivers turn up nearly every meeting. The club is friendly, the format is the same every week, and we'll find you a spot in a heat with similar pace. Read the Race format page for what to expect, then book a meeting and turn up at 6:30.

A quick check that your car meets the class rules — motor turn, tyres, battery, transponder, etc. Championship cars get checked before the first heat. You get one chance to fix anything found.

Account → Drivers → + Add driver. Fill in name, date of birth, and BRCA (if any). For drivers under 18 you'll be asked to give guardian consent at the same time — required by club insurance.

On the driver edit page, scroll to Transponders and click Add transponder. You can store more than one (e.g. one per car). At booking time you pick which transponder you're using for that race.

Add each car under Cars on the driver page, picking the class it belongs to. They'll appear automatically in the booking wizard when you select that class.

Junior pricing is based on age at the date of the race meeting. The cut-off is configurable per class — currently under 14. The booking wizard works this out automatically.

Finishing positions in the A final score 100, 99, 98, … points (1st = 100, 2nd = 99, and so on). Bonus point for fastest lap of the night and for winning the A final. Your best 5 rounds count toward the championship total.

Live race-night results: rc-results.com (the timing system publishes directly). Championship standings are also mirrored on this site at Championship, with adult / junior breakouts per class.

Yes — sign in, go to your driver page, click Race analytics. You'll get lap charts, comparison overlays against any other driver in the same race, position-per-lap, and gap-to-leader plots for every meeting you've raced.

Championship → Past championships shows every championship the club has run with the final standings of each.

Outlook in particular is aggressive about new senders. Mark our magic-link or booking-confirmation email as Not junk and add smccracing.uk to your safe-senders list. After a few interactions your provider learns we're legit.

There isn't one — we use magic links. Enter your email on the sign-in page, we send you a one-tap link, you're in. No password to forget.

Email sevenoaksmodelcarclub@gmail.com with a screenshot if you can. We'll get on it.

A committee of volunteers, all racers themselves. If you'd like to help out — marshal coordination, race control, social, sponsorship — email the address above. New committee members always welcome.