Junior Bangers Pre’95 2025
Following the success of the 2024 event, the Junior Bangers will once again have an older car meeting this season. The fixture is to take place on Saturday 6th September in support of the Unlimited Bangers World of Shale Championship. The rules are unchanged from last year. Here’s a recap:
The meeting will be strictly for pre 1995 cars from the eligible car list in the ORCi rules (see below for the list) but the following will also apply:
1. Due to it’s current popularity and common usage the Nissan Micra K11 will not be permitted
2. Ford Fiesta Mk4 will be permitted but only using the Endura-E (a.k.a. ‘rattler’) engine. 1.25 Zetec engines will not be allowed
3. On RWD cars only, the running of distributor and / or cam guards will be permitted. This can only be bolted to the engine. It cannot be butted or connected or bolted to any of the engine mounting bolts or cradle bolts or water tank, and must be made of flat plate maximum 5mm thickness. The guard can have no side plates or gussets – just a bracket to bolt to the engine. The purpose of the guard is to protect the front of the engine, the distributor and crank sensors as relevant to the engine being used. Anything deemed excessive will have to be removed or altered.
Car build/preparation is to conform to the Junior Banger rules, as will the rules of the racing. We will allow some leeway for engine swaps to get cars on track – please check your plans with the promotion to get agreement before starting to build. We will definitely not be allowing K11 engines in K10 Micra or any other FWD car.
As stated in the rules, we would also like to emphasise that locked differentials are not permitted in Junior Bangers and this rule does not change as a result of a meeting being staged where a number of rear wheel drive cars are going to be used.
To assist with some of the more commonly received queries, an edited copy of the car eligibility list from the 2025 Junior Banger ORCi rules is set out below indicating some of the cars that can be used. This list is not completely exhaustive and enquiries about the eligibility of other cars are welcomed. However, it goes without saying that other cars will need to be of a very similar size to those listed to be accepted to race. If the car you are enquiring about was made after 1980 and is not on this list, then it is unlikely to be permitted – readily available cars of the era were all considered when the ORCi rules were first written in the early 2000s.
Austin - A30 / A35 / A40 (Farina only - NOT Somerset or Cambridge) / 1100 / 1300 / Allegro / Metro
Citroen - 2CV / Dyane / AX / Visa
Daihatsu – Charade
Datsun - 100A (Cherry)
Fiat – Panda (1st gen only) / Punto (1st gen only) / Uno (1st gen only) / 126 / 127 / Cinquecento / Tipo
Ford – Fiesta (Mk 1 to Mk 4 only) / Popular 100E / Anglia
Hillman - Imp
Honda - Civic (1st generation 1972-1979 only)
Kia – Pride (1st gen only)
Lada – Samara
Lancia - Fulvia
Mini (Not BMW Mini)
Mazda – 121 / 323 (3rd generation 1977-1980 and 4th generation 1980-1984 hatchbacks only –not booted versions or estates)
Morris - 1100 / 1300 / Minor
Nissan – Micra (K10 only)
Peugeot - 104 / 106 (Phase 1) / 205
Proton – Satria (1st gen only) / Compact
Renault - 4 / 5 / 6 / 10 / Clio (Mk1) / Twingo (Mk1)
Riley - Elf
Rover - 100 (Metro shape - not p4!)
Seat – Ibiza (mk.1 1984-1993 & mk.2 1993-2002)
Skoda – Favorit (hatchback only – NOT estate)
Subaru - Vivio
Suzuki – Swift (1st & 2nd gen only) / Wagon R (1st gen only)
Talbot - Samba
Toyota – Starlet (up to and including 4th gen)
Vauxhall - Nova / Corsa B / HA Viva / Chevette
Volkswagen – Polo (Mk 1 to Mk 3) / Beetle (classic only)
Wolseley - Hornet
Yugo
Driver bookings will open shortly before the event in the usual manner, this meeting will initially be for Trackstar drivers only.