750mc - No Hot Hatch Championship for 2009? Alternatives?
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Hi everyone. I have recently been looking to get involved in club motorsport, and had my eye on the Hot Hatch championship run by the 750 motor club, as I have a car fairly suitable, but too modified to run on the Stock Hatch championship. I was disappointed to see that they are not running this series in 2009, and wondered if anyone knew the reasoning, and whether there is any alternative series running?
Car in question is a 96 Civic VTi. I would be looking to run it in a series allowing gearbox modifications as the Hot Hatch series did. Originally I was planning on entering the Golf GTI series, but after seeing that my Civic would have been eligible for Hot Hatch, and having been fairly tuned already in the transmission and suspension areas, would have not needed much bar safety equipment to be a fairly competitive car, and would have probably been a cheaper way of going racing than buy a car and building it from scratch.
If there is another series running with similar regulations with regards to tuning then I would be extremely interested in getting involved.
If there is another series running with similar regulations with regards to tuning then I would be extremely interested in getting involved.
andy97 said:
I would thoroughly recommend that you look at the Classic Sports Car Club's "Tin Tops" series, as mentioned above. I race in it myself. It really is a good clubmans series and their are plenty of novices who have cut their teeth in it. The series is of a "mini-enduro" format of 30 min practices and 40 minute races. The races have a compulsory pit stop so that you can share a car (and costs) with another driver if you want. Single drivers still have the pit stop but have to get out & back in.
Club membership is (from memory) £35 & series registration is £95. Entry fees vary from £245 at Anglesey to £285 at Oulton & Brands, making the series "good value" in terms of track time per pound. The Civic would probably be a Class A car - 1600-2000cc multi valve and there are several Hondas in this class.
Send me a PM if you want more info.
Andy
This sounds very interesting, being able to split the costs between two drivers is a help too! I will speak to a potential team mate and get back to you for some more details. I think my Honda will run in class B as it is only 1595cc.Club membership is (from memory) £35 & series registration is £95. Entry fees vary from £245 at Anglesey to £285 at Oulton & Brands, making the series "good value" in terms of track time per pound. The Civic would probably be a Class A car - 1600-2000cc multi valve and there are several Hondas in this class.
Send me a PM if you want more info.
Andy
What sort of running costs for the season would we expect from this series?
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