Welcome to the 1/5th Scale Large Scale On-Road Section, known as 1/5th Scale LS Racing.
This is the most realistic form of racing compared to real size touring cars both in terms of handling and technical aspect.
1/5th Scale Cars are run on tarmac tracks. They run 23cc 2 Stroke Engines, similar to strimmer engines. They are rear wheel drive driven and have a single speed clutch & diff set up. Running 4 wheel disc brakes, normally hydraulic based but also cable based depending on brand.
The great thing about 1/5th Scale Cars is that you can get full competition, aluminium & carbon based cars or you can also get the highly popular FG Mini Car, which is a stripped down, shorter wheel based 1/5th Scale Car, which is great for beginners or those on a budget.
This scale of R/C Racing is all about having fun, racing with a smile and learning as much as possible among fellow racers. With tracks all around the UK & Northern Ireland, its easy to find a track near you.
By Nikita Finnigan BRCA 5th Circuit 2026 Round 1 / 2 Cotswolds Model Car Club 5th-7th April Race Report
After a long winter break finally the start to our 2026 season.
Saturday Practice
An amazing start to the weekend with numbers looking good as drivers
arrived and set up. A great atmosphere as we all took to the pits and the
track. Track conditions were a little damp to start with but soon dried out
and numerous drivers hit the tarmac.
A slight drizzle of rain stopped practice however later in the afternoon the
track dried for some last minute practice.
Sunday Round 1 Qualification / Finals
Some excellent qualification with an amazing 5 heats of 2WD saloons.
The qualification rounds/heats were intense with David Bowen taking pole
in 2WD, Colin Read in the FG 530 class and Neal Vater in the FG Mini
class.Again, the finals saw some epic racing which thankfully wasn't hindered
by bad weather. Looks like mother nature was on our side.
Here are your podium winners for Round 1…
FG Mini 4WD Class A Final
1st Dave Ashton
2nd Neal Vater
3rd Leigh Mulligan
FG 530 4WD Class A Final
1st Colin Read
2WD Touring Car E Final
1st Brian Jarvis
2nd Steve Jones
3rd Ian Young
2WD Touring Car D Final
1st Joey Hazell
2nd Colin Parsfield
3rd Ian Young
2WD Touring Car C Final
1st Chris Skidmore
2nd Matt Buxton
3rd Aaron Weston
2WD Touring Car B Final
1st Martyn Ewing
2nd Tyrone Quinlivan
3rd Craig Orman
2WD Touring Car A Final
1st David Bowen
2nd Jarret Williams
3rd Myles Dixon
Monday Round 2 Qualification / Finals
Again like round 1 some amazing qualifying from all drivers and the
weather improved significantly with sunshine most of the day which
increased the tracks grip level a lot.
Lap times were slowly but surely reducing which made the competition
intense in all classes.
Pole in the 2WD Touring Car class again was won by David Bowen, this
time in FG 4WD Mini Dave Ashton managed to gain pole and in FG 530
Touring Car class it was Colin Read once again.
Here are your podium winners for Round 2…
FG 4WD Mini A Final
1st Dave Ashton
2nd Neal Vater
3rd Lance Walker
FG 4WD 530 Touring Car A Final
1st Colin Read
2WD Touring Car E Final
1st Graham King
2nd Ian Young
3rd Mark McCabe
2WD Touring Car D Final
1st Steve Jones
2nd Ian Young
3rd Ryan Haydon
2WD Touring Car C Final
1st Brian Jarvis
2nd Lawrence Taylor
3rd Neil Young
2WD Touring Car B Final
1st Craig Orman
2nd Jason Weaver
3rd Dan Jones
All in all a great weekend and an excellent start to our racing season with
strong numbers in attendance.
