1/32 British Open Champions
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There have been open meetings just about as long as there have been slot racing clubs. Indeed clubs held open meetings in the early 1960s prior to the first "Nationals". Various Championships have been organized over the years, the British Open Championship has been the premier Open Meeting series in the Country since its launch in 1976. Although this was not strictly speaking organized by ECRA, early championships were run by the ECRA Competitions Secretary Bill Stevenson to ECRA rules. Graham Lane took a crucial step in getting the championship going by donating the trophy. The championship was run over a number of rounds on club tracks throughout the country. A grading system was introduced in 1981, Tony Mills taking the inaugural main grade title. So far no records have been found of who won the other 1981 and 82 "grade" titles - so if anybody out there knows we'd like to hear from you! *Thanks to Adrian for spotting the mistake in the 1982 result.
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS | |
1976 | Adrian Coppola |
1977 | Adrian Coppola |
1978 | Phil Young |
1979 | Steve Walker |
1980 | Steve Walker |
1981 | Steve Walker |
1982 | Adrian Coppola * |
Interest was fading in the early 80s, and there was no championship for a few years. Enthusiasm was rekindled once ECRA had been re-launched as BSCRA in 1984. The British Open Championship was re-launched in the Autumn of 1985. The first season of these Championships started at ARRA and finished at Vauxhall in the Autumn of 1986. That first year had 7 rounds, 5 of them at clubs which held rounds of the 2000 BOC. In the first year the National Premier - Main - Novice driver grading system was used, the separate A, B and C grades for BOC were introduced for the 1987 season. The 1/32 BOC was simply known as the BOC up till 1999, when the 1/24 British Open Championship (1/24 BOC) was launched.
The 1/32 "BOC" is based on results at the major open meetings, with 3 classes run at each meeting (Saloon, Grand Prix and Sports/GT). The 1/32 BOC is run on club tracks, originally with 8 rounds, more recently with 6 rounds. As well as the overall champion, there are awards for the best Main Grade and Intermediate Grade drivers. (The BSCRA and BOC grades were later merged. In the table below " main grade" includes the BOC grade B champions, and "Intermediate grade" includes the BOC grade C champions) In 2022 a Restricted class championship was introduced for Intro 32 cars with appropriate class bodies for Saloon & Sports and F2 cars in Grand Prix
1/32 British Open Championship |
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OVERALL CHAMPION | Main Grade | Intermediate Grade | |
1986 | Tim Ryan | Adrian Coppola | Nigel Thompson |
1987 | Mark Harrison | Monty Yarnell | Alan Leese |
1988 | Mark Harrison | Barry Gilzean | Alan Dorrell |
1989 | Mark Harrison | Keith Packer | Graham Walker |
1990 | Dave Harvey & Tim Ryan | John Wells | Richard Cryer |
1991 | Dave Harvey | Steve Sargent | Ant Hawkes |
1992 | Mark Harrison | Ant Hawkes | Ray Williams |
1993 | Mark Harrison | Mickey Kimber | Peter Short |
1994 | Charlie Gooding | Bob Berry | Stephen Berry |
1995 | Mark Harrison | Richard Turner | James Cleave |
1996 | James Cleave | Keith Gibson | Dan Condon |
1997 | James Cleave | Brian Saunders | Graham Woodward |
1998 | Charlie Gooding | Graham Woodward | Tony Crompton |
1999 | James Cleave | Andy Smith | Chris Aston |
2000 | James Cleave | Chris Frost | Chas Keeling |
2001 | James Cleave | Chris Frost | Jeff Norton |
2002/3 | James Cleave | Mick Langridge | Adam Southern |
2003/4 | Brian Saunders | Ian Barker | Alan Humphreys |
2004/5 | James Cleave | John Hyde | Kev Gray |
2005/6 | Brian Saunders | Dave Coward | Kev Gray |
2006/7 | Brian Saunders | Steve Sargent | Kev Gray |
2007/8 | James Cleave | Martin Ellis | Stephen Siddall |
2008/9 | James Cleave | Steve Sargent | Andy Brown-Searle |
2009/10 | James Cleave | Martin Ellis | Pete Bowman |
2010/11 | James Cleave | Chris Thomas | Ant Hawkes |
2011/12 | James Cleave | Stephen Siddall | not presented |
2012/13 | James Cleave | Bob Budge | not presented |
2013 | James Cleave | Murray Tucker | not presented |
2014 | James Cleave | Chris Aldridge | Andy Smith |
2015 | James Cleave | David Sargent | Mick Metcalfe |
2016 | James Cleave | Martin Ellis | Mick Metcalfe |
2017 | James Cleave | Chris Aldridge | |
2018 | Gavin Wills | Steve Sargent | |
2019 | Will Stemman | Josh Bryant | |
2020/21 | Not held due to COVID 19 |
OVERALL CHAMPION | Main Grade | Clubman Grade | Restricted Class | Brusless | |
2022 | James Cleave | Ant Hawkes | Ian Howard | David Ensor | |
2023 | Josh Bryant | James Noak | Barry Gilzean | David Ensor | Bob Budge |
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