Eden Park Raceway

History

Eden Park Raceway has been resurrected from the well-known and successful club Eden Park Overlanders. Having closed its gates in 1999 due to vandalism and conflict with the then landlords, a few of its original members spent many years hoping to bring it back. With only a few venues in the South East (albeit very good ones) we thought another track can only help the diversity of racing and hopefully open up the catchment area of the drivers taking part in the region.

When we first arrived at the track in January 2007 to assess what could be done, we were more than a little overwhelmed by how overgrown the area was. But this was immediately forgotten as we found that the track below was still in good condition. This led to our excitement that this could actually happen! With tentative agreement from the new landlords we began some exploratory work and having seconded the help of many volunteers, the really enjoyable but extremely hard work began.

After nine weekends of slog the track was raceable with a renovated rostrum and race control. For sure it wasn’t fully up to the days of the British Grand Prix back in 1998 but we'll get there. At the time, there was still lots of work to do like the construction of a new scrutineering hut and of course there were plenty of other plans. But the club had risen from the ashes and was open for racing once again under the new name of Eden Park Raceway.

We couldn't have made this happen without some VERY important people. Thanks to:

Ian, Jane and Duncan Benfield, Andy Carter, Craig Darnley, David Church, Paul Sykes, Roger and Darren Brayshaw, Ryan Coxall, Stuart Band, Ian Boulter, Nick David, Andy Turnbull, Jon Pick, Steve Andrews and many others.

See you at the Raceway soon.

EPR Committee

 

Classes

EPR currently caters for two-wheel and four-wheel-drive 1:10 electric off-road buggies. Our winter series has also seen us cater for short course trucks and stadium trucks in a combined class when numbers are sufficient. Unfortunately, due to noise restrictions imposed we are unable to run nitro-powered cars.

 

Prices

We have senior and junior memberships available. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know.

SENIOR MEMBER - £30
Option: Add £14 for annual BRCA Club Affiliated Membership
Full membership of Eden Park Raceway
Free unlimited practice (subject to EPR committee approval*)
Reduced race fees of £5

JUNIOR MEMBER* - £15
Option: Add £14 for annual BRCA Club Affiliated Membership
Full membership of Eden Park Raceway
Free unlimited practice (subject to EPR committee approval*)
Juniors do not pay ANY race fees
*To qualify for junior membership you must be 16 or under on 31 December 2011

NON-MEMBER
Club race fees of £7
Practice fees of £10 per day (subject to EPR committee approval*)

Membership of EPR and the BRCA runs annually from 1 January to 31 December. If you join through EPR, you are entitled to cheaper BRCA Club Affiiated Membership. Full and Club Affiliated Membership Forms can be downloaded below.

Download a 2012 EPR Membership Form. Click here.
Download the 2012 BRCA Club Affiliated Membership Form. Click here.
Download the 2012 BRCA Full Membership Form. Click here.

*Members and non-members need to request permission from either Steve or Matt before using the track in order for EPR to maintain our relationship with Club Langley.

Note: Non-BRCA members are ineligible to take part in the regional race series’ as these are sanctioned and insured by the BRCA. In order to promote regional racing, the BRCA offer temporary cover for three meetings.

Club Langley is the sports club where the track is located andthey offer a host of sports and social activities from football to gymnastics with function rooms available for hire. Please make the most of the facilities at this great club! For more details about Club Langley, click here to be taken to their website and a full run down of what's on offer.

 

Transponders

After spending a few year's running Eden Park Overlander's old AMB20 system, some serious hard work raising funds has allowed us to upgrade to AMBrc (a digital system that supports the use of Personal Transponders) along with BBK Timing software. If you have a PT, please can you e-mail us with your details so we can add them to the database on the club's race control laptop.

 

Rules

We aren't ones for being stuffy! After all this is a hobby and is supposed to be fun. The main things are to listen out for PA announcements, check your race order, frequencies, (unless you're on 2.4GHz) listen out for your race, be on the line in good time and don't forget to marshal. Even if you miss your race due to failure or are still repairing your car, you must marshal. No disappearing when its your turn or leaving early until all marshalling duties are finished. It is very important to respect the marshals even if they are slow to pick your car up after you have crashed. They may have to be aware of other cars or tread carefully when the track is damp. Remember, it's your fault if you crash, no shouting at marshals and keep the language clean - have fun!

 

Track layout

We are able to run a host of different and layouts and run in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. The track surface is made up of Astroturf, tarmac and concrete with lap times around 23 or 24 seconds on the longest layout.

Below you can see a line drawing of the overall layout so you can see the options we have. If you have any suggestions for layouts at the meetings just let us know and we'll try and accommodate. Also, if you are a newcomer or junior, do let us know if you are finding the tracks too difficult to learn or you're not having fun. Again we'll try and accommodate your views.

 

Driver profiles

 

Driver:	Chris Brooke
Born:	17 April 1992
Home Town:	New Addington, Croydon, Surrey
Star Sign:	Aries
School:	Charles Darwin Sixth Form
Started Racing:	2001
Sponsors:	Horizon Hobby UK, Losi, KO, Spektrum, Orion, Corally, Decal Designs, JConcepts, Kustom RC Graphics, Racer
RC Hero:	Kevin Moore
First RC Car:	Tamiya Porsche Boxster
Favourite Track:	Eden Park Raceway
Classes Raced:	1:10 Off-Road, 1:8 Off-Road, Crawling
Best Results:	BRCA 2WD SE Junior Champion 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 BRCA 4WD SE Junior Champion 2007, 2008. EPR Winter Warmer Junior Champion 2007-08
Racing Tips:	Practice as much as possible, walk the track before the race, listen to and take advice from more experienced drivers
Personal Tastes
Favourite Car:	Aston Martin DBS
Music Preference:	Anything but classical
Favourite Film:	Fast and Furious, The Transporter, Indiana Jones, James Bond
Favourite Food:	Jam sandwiches, burgers and spaghetti bolognaise

 

Sponsorship

We are always looking for sponsorships for the Raceway to help us invest in and improve facilities. Sponsorship opportunities could include track-side advertising, one-off race meeting sponsorship, track area naming or just small donations. Please contact Alex Brayshaw if you would like any information.