Arrive and Drive 2017

[RobM77]

BertBert said:

RobM77 said:

I used to pay about half the OP's budget per event to race a Formula Renault run by a good team with a transporter etc.

I bet you didn't So, you rented a car, went testing, raced, bought tyres, fuel, spares, included the engine hours cost, run by a team for a season of 8 weekends for £6k?

That was the fee to turn up and race on the day, yes (aka 'arrive and drive'). It included everything you listed, other than tyres, which I mentioned earlier. I've just sold two sets of lightly used F3 slicks for £100 to put a figure on that. You'd obviously need wets as well.

I should add that there's a huge difference between doing what I did and being competitive. As I'm sure you know, being competitive means new tyres for each meeting (~£800 per set), engine rebuilds, testing and paying for a faster car, plus maybe some coaching, help with setup, data etc. I'd love to immerse myself in motorsport in that way regularly, but I don't have the money or the time.

[Thurbs]

ribiero said:

Personally, every time I'm in a 750mc paddock it seems people are spending more money to go club racing. The club enduro's peaked my interest but some of the budgets at the front should be in britcar imo. CSCC races + TDC look a lot more budget to me.

I want to go out and get a 5k prepped car, share a 40m - 2hr race with a mate and have a laugh for a weekend and race some similarly budgeted cars, there's gotta be a market for that.

You are dreaming if you think CSCC is budget. There are very few limits with CSCC so money counts as it does with all motor racing. With Roadsports etc at least there is a power to weight limit. For what it is worth, I am doing 9 rounds with CSCC this year! Great club.

If you just want to run around in a pack then any championship can be good value, including CSCC. Winning costs money.

[Robjburnham]

As novices, the phraseology of running round in a pack is about where we're at.

Ideally we'd like to be competitive and winning but for now just being there and getting the feel is enough.

Thanks again and any other help/comments much appreciated.

[Two speed]

Robjburnham PM me please we may be able to help you

[BertBert]

Including entry fees?

RobM77 said:

BertBert said:

RobM77 said:

I used to pay about half the OP's budget per event to race a Formula Renault run by a good team with a transporter etc.

I bet you didn't So, you rented a car, went testing, raced, bought tyres, fuel, spares, included the engine hours cost, run by a team for a season of 8 weekends for £6k?

That was the fee to turn up and race on the day, yes (aka 'arrive and drive'). It included everything you listed, other than tyres, which I mentioned earlier. I've just sold two sets of lightly used F3 slicks for £100 to put a figure on that. You'd obviously need wets as well.

I should add that there's a huge difference between doing what I did and being competitive. As I'm sure you know, being competitive means new tyres for each meeting (~£800 per set), engine rebuilds, testing and paying for a faster car, plus maybe some coaching, help with setup, data etc. I'd love to immerse myself in motorsport in that way regularly, but I don't have the money or the time.

[AndyPodium]

Hi

If you are looking some thing in roadsports we have a Mini cooper R53 available for hire or even purchase. Both option can come with an arrive and drive service. We are an experienced team and would be more then happy to help run you. Prices are sensible. Call or email at Podium Preparation.

Andy

[lucadiella]

I run a team in Civic Cup, and also race in the series myself. I share the car with a friend, in my first year we did one race each on the weekend (alot of series run weekends as double headers).

If you are looking for longer single races I'd recommend Roadsports or Club Enduro. My experiences with 750 Motor Club have been fantastic and thats why I continue to race with them today - affordable, friendly, big grids and well designed championships that minimise chequebook competitors.

I could certainly sort you out with some support or an arrive and drive deal for 2017 in Civic Cup if you were interested! Good luck with whatever you end up doing!

[Graham]

Robjburnham said:

Thanks everyone for all your help, really appreciated.

In answer to some of the questions;
- Yes we would like to do it together but possibly a car share over a weekend may be a more suitable alternative that a 40 min race however the idea of the 40min race is where we were heading.
- We have a budget of c£1,500 per race
- The Puma racing looks the kind of thing we were thinking (as does the Lotus albeit i think that maybe more money than we can afford)

Thanks a lot

If you fancy some classic races we run a few cars in the CSCC 40 min and 60 min races in both customer cars or arrive and drive in either a sebring Sprite or appendix K MGB. we also run the MGB in the 3 and 6 hour historic races at Spa.

the CSCC races would be within you budget

[TommyHalliwell]

Rob, there are a few options for you to gain what you want. We can offer either our MGZR championship winning car for Endurance style events, or we can offer individual cars (MGZR) where you and your friend could do 2 x 20 minute races each (so 40 minutes of racing each of you). The championship offers a novice points championship and also is offering discounts for novices to enter.

Please feel free to give me a shout and discuss.

Tom

[jboult]

Rob,

If you're looking for budget racing in broadly similar cars that let you test your skill, then the Puma Cup really is a good place to start. They're fun to drive and it's a friendly and very supportive group.

There are a couple of arrive & drive options, such as http://pumacup.com/for-sale/, and a chap looking for a 2nd driver in the latest December edition of CSCC Classic Lines.

Full disclosure - I switched to a Puma for the recent season and enjoyed every second!