The British Motorcycle Racing Club (BMCRC), informally Bemsee, is the largest motorcycle racing club of its type in the UK and organises a range of championships including Clubman and Supersport 600, Thunderbikes, Superstock 1000, Formula 400s and

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History

Founded in 1909, it was originally based at the classic

Brooklands Brooklands was a motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first airfie ...

circuit near

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in Surrey. During the 1960s the offices were at Kingston, Surrey and are now located in

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. It is the oldest motorcycle racing club in the world. Many champions have emerged from starting out in the homemade Aprilia Superteens championship for example: *Two Time world superbike champion

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*Moto2 Racer Bradley Smith *Moto3 Racer Danny Webb *MotoGP Racer and 2009 Supersport Champion

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Racing Classes (2019)

In 2019, the BMCRC had classes available, based on machine type and rider age. Some classes also had sub-classes determined by various factors such as rider licence level (such as Clubman and National) or machine configuration: * BMZRC 250 MZ *"Blue Haze" GP 2-Strokes * RKB-F1/BMCRC F1 & F2 Sidecars * BMCRC Formula 400 * MRO 600 * MRO Minitwins * MRO Powerbikes & Clubman 1000 * ACU Team Green Junior Cup/Senior Ninja Series * BMCRC Rookie 600 & Rookie 1000 Open * BMCRC

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Sport, Thunderbike Extreme & Thunderbike Ultra * Yamaha Past Masters * Junior Supersport

Circuits

BMCRC leased the Lydden Hill circuit from 1993 to 2007.White Cliffs Country https://www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk/things-to-do/activities/lydden-hill-race-circuit The 2022 season uses the following circuits: *

Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...

(Indy and GP circuits) *

Snetterton Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is about east-northeast of Thetford and southwest of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of . The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 201 people living in 74 h ...

* Silverstone *

Oulton Park Oulton Park is a hard surfaced track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington, with a nearby rail connection al ...

* Donington Park *

Cadwell Park Cadwell Park is a motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, south of Louth, owned and operated by MotorSport Vision, a business associated with former racing driver Jonathan Palmer. Sited on former parkland across a steep-sided valley w ...

References

External links

Bemsee.net Official site Motorcycle racing organizations Motorcycle racing in the United Kingdom {{motorcycle-racing-stub