Champions
There are various championships held during the course of the BriSCA F1 season. Here is a list of the current Champions, and the honour they hold.
World Champion
Andy Smith
Andy Smith is current holder of the prestigious World Championship title.
The World Championship is run over a series of qualifying rounds (shown on the fixture list), with at least one round at every stadium. The top 40 qualifiers are split into two semi-final rounds, one round on Tarmac, the other on Shale. The highest scorer from the qualifying rounds gets to choose his preferred surface, the remaining qualifiers are then split into each semi depending on their position in the qualifying standings. The semi-final grid is lined up different to a normal F1 race, with the highest points scorers at the front. The top 10 finishers from each semi-final go through to the World Final. Again drivers are seeded on the grid with the highest qualifiers on the front row. The winners of each semi-final take a coin-toss to decide who gets pole position on the grid.
The winner of the World Final gets the honour of wearing a Gold Roof on their car.
National Series Champion
Stuart Smith Jnr
Stuart Smith Jnr is the current holder of the National Series title.
The National Series Championship, is a season long traditional style championship. In 2009 the action was spiced up by adding a twist – The Shootout. Drivers competed in a series of designated Shootout qualification meetings. The Top 10 drivers with the most points at the end of the qualification rounds went forward into the Shootout to contest for the National Series title and prize money. At the start of the Shootout, drivers scores were zeroed, and then awarded 1 point for every NS qualifying round they had raced at. The Shootout then consisted of 10 rounds. These were normal BriSCA F1 Stockcar meetings with normal point scoring opportunities raced against many other drivers not in contention for the title, in grids of up to 36 cars. Then it was simply the driver who scored the most points out of the eligible 10 racers at the end of the 10 rounds.
In 2010, the Shootout system has had some further tweaks. The ‘qualification rounds’ have been dropped in favour of using the ‘Grading Points’ scores, with the Top 12 drivers going through to contest the Shootout. More details can be found HERE.
This honour entitles the winner to have a Silver Roof on top of his car.
British Champion
Andy Smith
Andy Smith is current holder of the title, British Champion.
The British Championship is held over just a single race meeting. It is an invitational meeting run by the BSCDA open to the top 60 available drivers. The meeting format consists of a series of qualifying heats run in traditional ‘Graded order’, where the fastest drivers start at the back. Points scored in the heats determin the Final grid line-up, with the highest scorers at the front, descending down to the lowest scorers at the back. Highest points scorer of the night gets the pole position. It’s is then simply the winner of the Final who is crowed British Champion.
The British Champion has a Black & White Chequered Roof.
European Champion
Lee Fairhurst
Lee Fairhurst is current Holder of the title, European Champion.
Although created in the late 70’s, and run at a handful of different venues through it’s history, The European Championship has become a traditional Northampton event since 1996. The event is run over the course of a full weekend, and is noted for attracting a large influx of Dutch drivers (and fans) pushing driver numbers for the weekend into the 100’s. The Saturday evening meeting consists of a series of Championship qualifying heats run in traditional ‘Graded order’ grids, with the aim of cutting down the field to the top 32 drivers who make it into the Final. The European Championship Final is run as the first race on the Sunday afternoon, with the winner being crowned European Champion. The rest of Sunday is run as a traditional meeting.
The European Champion roof colour is not mandatory but is usually shown by the champion having a Red & Yellow Chequered Roof.
