1:10th Touring Car​

Race Class

Stock Touring Car - 17.5 Blinky

Complex, fast, Four Wheel Drive saloon replicas suited to the more experienced racer.

Cars are available from a wide range of brands, including Xray, Schumacher, and Tamiya, to name but a few. 

We usually run two heats per race meeting, depending on turnout. 

Racing 1:10 Touring Cars at Sidcup RC club

1:10th Touring Car Rules

Any 1/10th scale touring car chassis (Xray, Schumacher, Tamiya, etc) may be used. 

The underside of the chassis shall be smooth and free of any loose screws or other projections that may damage the carpet.

The BRCA 10th scale electric circuit rules should be adhered to in addition to those detailed herein. In the event of any conflict between these rules and the SRCC club rules, the SRCC club rules shall prevail.

Any speed controller may be used, but it must be set to “Blinky” mode.

Brushless motors may be used with 17.5 Turn limit (17.5 turns or more).

  • Rubber Slick tyres of suitable type only to be used.
  • Only MR33 V4 or V5 Carpet Additive may be used

Mini pin or block-type tyres shall not be used.

Any 1/10th saloon racing body shell may be used. Refer to the SRCC general rules for additional guidance.

All cars must maintain a ground clearance of 5mm; no screw or fitting should protrude below the bottom of the chassis.

Ground clearance is defined as follows: – the club’s 5mm gauge should be able to pass under the car from front to rear and from side to side when the car is standing in race-ready condition without the car moving.

Any movement of the car, either laterally or vertically, will be deemed a failure.

Cars must weigh a minimum of 1300 grams (including personal transponder, excluding handout transponder), ready to race, including bodyshell.

Any commercially available 2S Lipo. Solid cased racing packs only (soft cased model aircraft packs not permitted on safety grounds).

LiPo must be in a hard casing; refer to the SRCC general rules for further information on safe usage and maximum cell voltage.

Any commercially available RC equipment functioning on the 27 MHz, 40 MHz or 2.4 GHz bands is acceptable.

Any servo may be used. 

Tips & Recommendations

Recommended

The recommended tyre to use is the Rush 30CPM (Part number: RU0445)

Set up Sheet

Tip

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Current Championship Standings

Latest Meeting: Spring/Summer 2026 Round 10

Tourers

Pos Driver Points Ability
1 Harry Fairweather 687 98%
2 Nick Day 670 96%
3 Andy Bass 592 99%
4 Ian Webb 558 93%
5 Sam Jones 493 99%
6 Adam Gammage 479 96%
7 James Weaver 478 96%
8 John Calafati 475 95%
9 Liam Tyrell 398 100%
10 Bill Boag 390 98%
11 Mike Chapman 299 100%
12 Danny Medhurst 194 97%
13 Ben Ledeczky 189 94%
14 Gary Wilkinson 183 92%
15 Billy Fletcher 99 99%
16 Josh Hitchcock 98 98%
17 Tim Halstead 96 96%
18 Toby Halstead 94 94%
19 Shannen Broad 93 93%
20 Mark Selmeczi 0 0%