Club History

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In 1980 the first electric radio controlled stock car was made and sold at Northampton Stock Car Circuit.

In 1981 Dave Woodward set up a club in Newbold, Rugby. They raced on a wooden floor with metal barriers here until 1985 where the venue switched to Rogers Hall, Hillmorton. This was tiled floor with wooden barriers, later racers started applying silcon to their tyres to give them more grip.

In 1987 floor was changed to carpet which had to be rolled out each week before it was raced on. Since the carpet was being used people stopped putting silicon on their tyres, but later people started applying WD40 to them instead. By 1990 tyre additives were banned at the club as it was starting to make a mess of the carpet.

Championships that have been set up:

In 1981 the Coventry Championships

In 1981 the National Points title

In 1986 the British Championship

In 1993 the Stockmasters Championship at Rugby

In 1993 the Longtrack Championship at Rugby

In 1993 the Lyn Woodward Memorial at Rugby

In 1994 the Stockmasters changed to Kit & Bits due to their sponsorship

In 2001 the World Championship

In 2001 the European Championship

In 2004 the Kits & Bits changed to Kiwi Cup

All championships are still running to this day.