MotorSport Vision Racing (MSVR) and James Beckett Motorsport re-introduced the Champion of Brands to race schedules in 2010 and since then the series has provided Formula Fordsters with a golden opportunity to race their cars at Brands Hatch, the legendary venue that hosted the first ever Formula Ford event back in 1967! 

The Champion of Brands now runs within Brands Hatch rounds of United Formula Ford, the MSVR and James Beckett Motorsport administered championship, enjoying its own points scoring system at Brands Hatch events. This championship within a championship provides the opportunity for any driver from within one of the competition's five competing classes to become the coveted end-of-season 'Champion of Brands'. 

2025 CHAMPION OF BRANDS DATES: 

2 August - Brands Hatch Indy Circuit featuring The Peter Rogers Trophy

13 September - Brands Hatch Indy Circuit featuring the Bert Ray Memorial Trophy and the Martin Down Trophy

GENERAL CLASS STRUCTURE:

Formula Ford 1600 cars competing to 2025 (to be released) Ford Motor Company and MSVR issued Technical Regulations and using Avon (Nova) ACB9 and ACB10 treaded racing tyres.

* Star (cars manufactured 1999-2025)

* Regional (cars manufactured 1993-1998)

* Heritage (cars manufactured 1982-1992)

* Classic (cars manufactured 1972-1981)

* Historic (cars manufactured 1967-1971)

FINAL 2024 CHAMPION OF BRANDS POINTS:

1. Chris Sharples (Historic) - 40; 2. Andrew Rackstraw (Star) - 38; 3. Matt Smith (Regional) - 30; 4. Morgan Quinn (Star) - 27; 5. Gerhard Hauschulte (Heritage) - 22; 6. Klaus Dieter Haeckel (Heritage) - 20; 7. Stephen O'Connor (Heritage) - 18; 8. Jason Smyth (Star) - 17; 9. Charlie Mann (Star) - 15; 10. Mark Adkins (Heritage) - 14; 11. Ben Powney (Heritage) - 13; 12. Isaac Canto da Silva (Star) - 12; 13. Tom Nippers (Star) - 11; 14. Gaius Ghinn (Heritage)  -10; =. Darwin Smith (Heritage)  -10; 16. Shaun Macklin (Heritage) - 8; =. Josh Smith (Star) - 8; =. Jason Pribyl (Star) - 8; 19. Caleb Gafrarar (Star) - 7; 20. Will Liston (Heritage) - 6; 21. Chris Middlehurst (Star) - 5; =. Ben Cox (Star) - 5;  23. Tim FitzGerald (Heritage) - 4; 24. Connor Willis (Star) - 3; 25. Innes Hickman (Heritage) - 1

CHAMPION OF BRANDS ROLL OF HONOUR 2024 

CHAMPION OF BRANDS OVERALL CHAMPION: Chris Sharples** - Palliser WDF2 

STAR CLASS CHAMPION: Andrew Rackstraw - Spectrum 011c

REGIONAL CLASS CHAMPION: Matt Smith- Van Diemen RF93

HERITAGE CLASS CHAMPION: Gerhard Hauschulte - Van Diemen RF91 

** denotes Historic Class champion