THE WOODFORD TRAILERS MSUK HSA BRITISH SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP REGULATIONS

The 2026 Woodford Trailers Motorsport UK HSA British Sprint Championship Regulations can be downloaded here:

2026 British Sprint regs

The Woodford Trailers Motorsport UK HSA British Sprint Championship, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2020, will be run in 2026 with 21 events across the UK and comprising 42 scoring rounds. The British and National championship titles are the most prestigious in UK motor sport and the British Sprint Championship is the premier Championship in the discipline of sprinting and it will be sponsored by Woodford Trailers

For 2026 the Championship now includes a double header at Mallory Park and the Challenge Cup continues, for competitors wishing to take part in a reduced number of events - up to 12 rounds nomintated by the competitor for an entry fee of £30. (Please advise the championship co-ordinator of the rounds you wish to nominate by using our contact form).

In order to compete in the 2026 British Sprint Championship, drivers and entrant/drivers must hold RS National or above competition licences and must be paid up members of the Hillclimb and Sprint Association. In addition, they must be registered for the Championship.

You can register on-line by selecting 'Register' from the menu above and pay via PayPal using either your PayPal account or with your credit card. When registering on-line you will have the opportunity to register for the HSA organised Sprint Leaders and HSA Speed championships at the same time. Competitors entering two of these three championships will have the total cost reduced by £20 and by £30 if all three are entered.

If you are paying by Paypal please remember to wait after you have clicked on 'Pay Now' until Paypal retuns you to the HSA web site and your registration number and details are displayed on screen. You will then be sent a confirmation email and your details will appear in the list of competitors.

Each ‘Run Off’ (two per event) will be a separate scoring round of the championship and points will be awarded to qualifiers down to 25^th place.

With a number of events, particularly Sprints, now offering three, four or more timed runs (T1, T2, T3, T4 etc.) the format of runs is:

1. 2 timed runs. When two timed runs are offered then T1 and T2 will be qualifications for the two Run Offs which will be held after all timed runs have finished.
2. 3 timed runs. When three timed runs are offered then T1 will be the qualification for the first Run Off which will take place within T2. The 12 qualifiers will score based on their times set in T2. T3 will be the qualification for the second Run Off which will take place after all timed runs have finished.
3. 4 or more timed runs. When four or more timed runs are offered then T1 will be the qualification for the first Run Off which will take place within T2. The 12 qualifiers will score based on their times set in T2. Similarly qualification for the second Run Off will take place in T3 and the 12 qualifiers will score based on their times set in T4.

Competitors who do not qualify for either Run Off take their timed runs as usual.

Points are awarded, in order of qualification, from 26 to the fastest qualifier, 24 for 2^nd fastest down to 1 for the 25^th qualifier. Then before each Run Off the 12 fastest contestants’ points are adjusted to 13. Upon the conclusion of the Run Off, points are added on the basis of 13 to the fastest performer, 11 to the 2^nd fastest down to 1 to the 12^th fastest to the 13 already acquired above. Should the Run Off fail to take place then the Top 12 competitors points will be reinstated.    

Scoring will be the best 29 out of 42 rounds – reduced on a sliding scale if the total number of rounds goes down in the event of cancellations occurring.

Bonus points. A single bonus point is available to a competitor who breaks a class record during qualification and Run Off runs and is the new Class record holder at the conclusion of these runs.

The Foundation Cup (for competitors who haven’t finished in the Top 12 overall and excluding competitors in Racing and Libre cars over 2000cc) will continue. Points will be awarded to the fastest twelve competitors based on their best and second best times in the timed runs.

The Britannia, Saxon and Celtic trophies will continue and be scored from each competitor’s best two timed runs as a percentage of the appropriate class record.