About Us
BriSCA V8 Hotstox were formed back in 1984 as a breakaway formula from the Formula One Stock Cars. With the cost of racing in the Big League ever increasing, the market for a cheaper formula to bring new drivers into the Stock Car Racing was seen and remains the ambition of the Club to this very day.
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The Hotstox ran as apart of the BSCDA, fully supported and endorsed by the British Stock Car Driver's Association until recently, the drivers and committee of the Hotstox wished to form their own independent running of the formula, the Hotstox now as a Club rather than apart of the BSCDA. The formula also ran with Spedeworth V8 Stock Cars in their closing seasons before the formulas split, leaving as the format you see today as BriSCA V8 Hotstox.
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The V8's has been a growing success seeing many drivers cutting their teeth into the adult Stock Car scene from the growing list of junior formulas now out there to race. Many drivers dropping from the Formula One scene into V8's with some drivers opting for the challenge of the F1's or even F2 Stock Cars.
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The formula is operated by a Board of Control within a Committee. The Board of Control and selected committee members also form many of the technical and behind the scene roles for the running of the Club on a day to day basis or on Race Days, up and down the UK.
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In 2024, the Club celebrated 40 years of continuous Stock Car Racing at Derbyshire's Buxton Raceway. A weekend full of nostalgia, great racing and guest appearances from ex-drivers, retired drivers and some well known drivers that branched out in the world of oval racing wound back the years in a wonderful weekend of racing.
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Season 2025 brings back more high octane race action across the UK, including a return to the Scotland with visits to Cowdenbeath & Lochgelly in Fife. We also race for the first time at the 'Champions Arena', Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich which will see the European Championship contested over the meeting. Added to that, the usual visits to Skegness, Buxton, Odsal and welcome one meeting return to the Adrian Flux Arena, Kings Lynn... it is a season to look forward too. ​
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About the Cars
Grade Coloured Aerofoils!
Rover V8 3.5, 3.9 or 4.2 Litre Engines!
Fully Welded Steel Drivers Cockpit
Ladder Chassis Design Min Weight 1090kg
Controlled Tyres for all surfaces
Bumpers to move the opposition
Custom Built Axles & Suspension with bigger brakes!
All cars are custom built or self built cars with plenty of them on the market to buy. The cars are built to strict build regulations which put driver safety to the heart of racing. Limited modifications are permitted and where control measures are in place, this is to keep the drivers as even as possible, so drivers on a lower budget can be as competitive at all meetings over the course of the season.
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Parts are easy to self source or various companies that build, repair or set up these brilliant Stock Cars can also provide parts, with cost in mind, all parts sold must be kept at a reasonable price and the price of parts regularly reviewed to keep the drivers and cars out on track!
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Rule changes and build regulations are reviewed every 12 months as the Clubs Annual General Meeting, to which all drivers are permitted to attend and stand on the Board of Control or Committee subject to voting by other members within the Club.
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The cars race on both Tarmac & Shale with some drivers opting to having two cars for the surfaces, some drivers opting for the single car which covers both, there is not limit on number of owned cars.
titles & championships
Over the course of the season, the drivers compete for a number of Titles, Championships, Memorial Trophies and of course the National Points. The various events are shown on the fixture list however a break down of the defending title holders is shown below. You can also find (coming soon) a Roll of Honour for the BriSCA V8 Hotstox in the Tab Menu above. ​
championship of the world
The biggest prize on the list, World Champion! The biggest race of the season where is all or nothing. Raced over 25 Laps, the World Final race is the top qualifying drivers from the World Qualifier's over the course of the season. Pole is the driver who sits top of the points chart after the final round of that season.
Oversea Qualifiers are set by time trail (if applicable) and inserted into the grid on the day which see's the top 32 drivers compete for the Gold Roof, the chance to be Car #1 for the season.
Last season saw Grant Leather take the Gold in what was one of the most destructive races in the history of the formula at Bristol's Mendips Raceway. Grant starting from Row 10 Inside of the grid battled through a tough race to take the chequered flags and take his first ever title in Oval Racing!
European championship
The European Championship is the second on the list of major championships within the formula. Moving venues year to year, always an interesting event which leaves a very much open field to win the Red & Yellow Chequered Roof for the season.
A wet Northampton saw the 2024 running of the event which was full of surprise and action despite the ever changing conditions over the 25 lap event. The winner was Paul Prest who survived an onslaught from Amy Jagger in 525 and Camey Dorrell in 262 to take the Double Chequered and the title, the ladies coming close in the final laps to make an impression on the experienced driver. How close was we to our first female major title winner in the Formula!
British championship
Third in line for the majors is the British. Open to all registered drivers, qualification over three heats during the meeting sets the closed grid with the highest points scorer on pole, standby for 25 laps of bumper clagging action. The 2024 season saw the Championship held at Odsal Stadium, Bradford in wet conditions.
The race once again full of thrills and spills, but once broken away from the pack, Jon Brown secured his first title in the formula and what would lead to further success for the season to come. An outstanding drive from Brown who left the field in somewhat tricky conditions to take the popular win within the paddock & crowds!
National Points Champion
The National Points Championship is the original points scoring concept we love. Points collected at each meeting throughout the season helps drivers to winning the all important Sliver Roof. Without missing a single meeting, many final wins, the British Championship to boot, the title also went the way of 288 Jon Brown, securing title number two of the season & title number two of his V8 Hotstox Career.