Date: Monday 24 February 2025
Location: Eckington Civic Centre, Market St, Eckington, Sheffield, S21 4JG
Price: £40 per team
Event Rules Event Information Team Entry Current Entries Rules Updates
Get ready for an exciting day of budget-friendly racing at the popular Eckington Civic Raceway. This 3-hour sprint endurance race promises to deliver non-stop action and fun for drivers of all levels.
The event is open to all Hot Hatch and 12th Mini chassis cars. To keep the racing as close as possible, a control foam tyre will be used. Teams will need to carefully manage their tyres throughout the race.
With good Hot Hatch setups starting from as little as £150, this is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy endurance racing without breaking the bank.
This is one race you don’t want to miss! Submit your entry today and be part of the Hyper Hatch excitement!
Event Rules - V1.1
Car / Chassis
Only 1 chassis plate per team. If you damage the chassis plate then you are out of the race.
The car can be any Hot Hatch / Hod Rod / 1:12th Mini
- Mardave (Chris Wilkinson)
- Kamtec (Keith Dowse )
- Bat Cave (Shaun Ba )
- TWR Modelsport (Harry Weymouth)
- DDR Racing (Shaun Leatherbarrow)
Chassis must be a single plate from front to rear.
Maximum chassis width: 161mm
The rear axle must be solid. The rear axle must be of steel or stainless-steel construction.
Only 32 d.p. drive gears may be used.
Fixed gearing of 48 tooth Spur / 15 tooth pinion
Minimum Ride height: 3mm
Body rules
Open to all 12th scale bodies - HH, GT12, LMP, etc
Tyres
This will be a control tyre event, your initial tyres will be handed to you at the beginning of the meeting. Additional control tyres will be available to purchase during the race should you damage them. Additional tyres cannot be purchased for strategic advantage.
Hyper Hatch Control Tyres
Front: Contact RC - Oval/Mini Front 50Sh, 46mm diam JM50F
Rear: Contact RC - Oval/Mini Rear 35Sh, 48mm diam JM35RN
Power Train
There are two power train options for the race brushless or brushed.
Brushed Option
- 35t Core-RC Brushed
- 2S Lipo
- HW 1060 ESC - No reverse
Brushless Option
- 25.5 Brushless Motor Zero Timing
- SSFT-25.5 Surpass Rocket Supersonic 25.5t
- HW30408013 XERUN Justock 3650SD G2.1 Motor 25.5T Fixed Timing
- Hobbywing Justock ESC - No reverse
- 2S Lipo
Team Rules
- The car must leave the track and go through scrutineering with every driver change
- Drivers must rotate turns after the car has pitted and gone through scrutineering
- The team must log who is driving and the time when the car goes through scrutineering
- Driver turns must be longer than 10 minutes (if problem free) and shorter than 30 minutes
- Marshalling is managed by the team and for the team. We do expect they to be plenty of teams marshalling for all though.
Racing Rules & Penalties
As this is an endurance race, normal lapping rules will not apply. It is expected that the faster car takes responsibility when lapping a slower car. If they cause an unavoidable incident they may be punished under the Reckless Racing rule
- Reckless racing - any racer who who is complained about by another team and seen aggressively racing (causing incidents)
- Penalty - Driver change and 3 minute stop go
- Unsafe release - If a team are found to be making changes/fixes trackside or releasing the car away from scrutineering.
- Penalty - 3 minute stop go
- Rule breaker – If a team is found to have modified during the race beyond the limitations of the set rules
- Penalty - The team will be disqualified from the race
Additional Race Information
- 3hr Endurance Race with Random rolling start
- Teams of two or more racers
- Ride height scrutineer trackside to check every car before it goes back out on track
- Battery changes and repairs completed in the pits only
- Teams marshal their own car
- Voltage cutoff must be set on ESC
- All team members must have a valid 2025 BRCA Licence
Timetable
- Doors Open: 5PM
- Driver Briefing: 6:15PM
- Race Start: 6:30PM
- Race Finish: 9:30PM
Booking In
To book in for the even you will need to complete the following form. Once complete you will receive an email containing a link for payment.
Hyper Hatch Team Entry
Version Log
v1.0 - 08 January 2025 - Rules released
V1.1 - 30 January 2025 - Team Rules and Racing Rules created