Cheapest racing series

[50-SIX]

Apologies if it has been mentioned previously, but a new (1 season old) c'ship that I will be joining for the first time this year at Brands on 29th April, is the BMW Compact Cup. Grids last year were 10 cars by end of the year (not bad for fist year at club level), and the entry for this year for the first round is 25 cars!

The car (BMW 318i Compact E36) costs around £4k to buy and build, with probably about another £2-3k running costs for the year.


Check it out.

[AlexF]

Drayton Mannon Metro Cup?

Metros of all sorts and even MG ZR 105s....

Looks cheap...

Alex

[andy97]

Originally Posted by 50-SIX

Apologies if it has been mentioned previously, but a new (1 season old) c'ship that I will be joining for the first time this year at Brands on 29th April, is the BMW Compact Cup. Grids last year were 10 cars by end of the year (not bad for fist year at club level), and the entry for this year for the first round is 25 cars!

The car (BMW 318i Compact E36) costs around £4k to buy and build, with probably about another £2-3k running costs for the year.


Check it out.

Does that series not combine with the BMW Z3 Roazter series? The cars are also eligible for the CSCC "Deutsche Marque" series if you fancy some 40 min, 2 driver races.

[50-SIX]

Originally Posted by andy97

Does that series not combine with the BMW Z3 Roazter series? The cars are also eligible for the CSCC "Deutsche Marque" series if you fancy some 40 min, 2 driver races.

It did last year Andy, in its first season. It now has stand alone grid and for the first round at Brands Hatch yesterday there was 25 cars.

[Benny1664]

Is that BMW roadster series even still alive? I thought it had died like the Golf GTI diesels the 750MC also tried last year?

Must admit though, I was amazed by the transformation in the quality/size of the Compact grid from last year, especially as I havent heard anything about it from the 750MC when I was a member? Looked a good competitive series straight away.

[chezza]

Its not just entry fees that need to be considered.

Club memberships and championship/series registration fees should also be taken into account. These can vary wildly from club to club and could add as much as £275 to your first race entry fee!

Luckily to join BARC SEC is just £50 and then £30 to register for your first series/championship and £15 for each subsequent. So even if you chose to register for all three, your only looking at £110 in total.

[midgetman]

Cheap racing? Hah, the racewear.co.uk Team Silver Arrows Porsche 924 I ran in the 6 hour race last weekend cost £160 on eBay. I reckon it cost me £1500 all-up to get on track. And don't think I'm some kind of engineering dynamo, I'm a complete mechanical dunderhead as anyone looking at my car will know. I don't have a garage so I built it in the drive. If I can do it anyone can. it's pretty cheap to get on the grid. Oh, and I don't have a deep pocket but I stopped going down the pub, eating out etc etc and managed to build the car without straining the marital finances!

The cost for 3 of us to enter a good quality 6 hour race was £850 per head, splitting the entry fee, fuel and tyres between us. That was cheap racing, we got loads of seat time each. Go to www.360mrc.com for the full info, rumour has it there will be more races soon.

I reckon I spent less on that than my mates do on Club 100 racing. Good times needn't be expensive times!

[wheelsportaddict]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Cheap racing? Hah, the racewear.co.uk Team Silver Arrows Porsche 924 I ran in the 6 hour race last weekend cost £160 on eBay. I reckon it cost me £1500 all-up to get on track. And don't think I'm some kind of engineering dynamo, I'm a complete mechanical dunderhead as anyone looking at my car will know. I don't have a garage so I built it in the drive. If I can do it anyone can. it's pretty cheap to get on the grid. Oh, and I don't have a deep pocket but I stopped going down the pub, eating out etc etc and managed to build the car without straining the marital finances!

The cost for 3 of us to enter a good quality 6 hour race was £850 per head, splitting the entry fee, fuel and tyres between us. That was cheap racing, we got loads of seat time each. Go to www.360mrc.com for the full info, rumour has it there will be more races soon.

I reckon I spent less on that than my mates do on Club 100 racing. Good times needn't be expensive times!

I think what 360MRC are doing is excellent and of course more races would potentially reduce race entry fees as well, making it an even more attractive option for novice racers.

The 6 hour is definitely something I would look to do next year if I could get the budget and the car put together. The advantage is that with the regulations, I could probably run the car in the Classic Sports Car Club Tin Tops Championship as well.

[MartinSmith]

Originally Posted by wheelsportaddict

I think what 360MRC are doing is excellent and of course more races would potentially reduce race entry fees as well, making it an even more attractive option for novice racers.

The 6 hour is definitely something I would look to do next year if I could get the budget and the car put together. The advantage is that with the regulations, I could probably run the car in the Classic Sports Car Club Tin Tops Championship as well.

You can and you will be able to do both.

[stockhatcher]

so this weekend, I have paid £100 for my race entry at SEMSEC, and i also get 4 free races as well in the invitation events.

so that's 2x15 min qually plus 5x12 mins races = 90.

90 mins for £100. perfect. £1.10 per min