RE: Cheap as chips racing

[2cvracer]

Hi all
If you are after close competitive cheap racing and the chance to race for 24hrs within your budget have a look at the 2CV Championship.

Philip

[dapearson]

2cvracer said:

Hi all
If you are after close competitive cheap racing and the chance to race for 24hrs within your budget have a look at the 2CV Championship.

Philip

Great Scott Marty!!!

[DanDC5]

Buddy Club Civic Cup is a good option for cheap racing. If you agree to have their graphics on the car the base car is £7500 including 2 years entry fees. Or the up specced car with better cage and few more adjustable arms is just over £9k for the 2 years. 2 15 min races and a 15 min qualifying session every meeting. 7 rounds this year.

Limited to 4 sets of tyres a year, obviously you then need helmet, suit and licence. But the cars are road legal if you want to drive it there.

[tonytifoso]

The budget figures are "interesting" to say the least. Fast forward via either the De Lorean or TARDIS to today and the figures are

[HustleRussell]

I'm racing in Caterham Classic Graduates.

http://www.graduates.org.uk

Okay so the cars are £7.5k+, but you'll never lose a penny nor will you spend a fortune trying to make it go quicker. Buy a car, spend some time to get it reliable and correctly set-up, learn to drive it, win.
For your £7.5k+ you get a 'proper' race car- rear wheel drive, space-frame chassis, ~200+ bhp/ton and about the best handling possible without going to single seater and it's associated impracticalities. The cars are road legal and their specifications closely regulated.
I have competing at the front and getting the occasional podium for ~£6k/year excluding the initial costs of car, trailer etc. If you've ever seen how close and fair the racing is, and how well-matched the cars are, and which circuits we get to race at (We're going to Spa this year!) you'll realise that this series is unbeatable for value IMO.

[EDLT]

tonytifoso said:

The budget figures are "interesting" to say the least. Fast forward via either the De Lorean or TARDIS to today and the figures are

I don't think the costs have increased much over what was quoted in 2007, the figures are always a bit on the low side if you want to be competitive rather than just turn up and drive around at the back.

[EDLT]

This thread is getting suspiciously close to a bunch of adverts.

[PhillipM]

I wish I had these kinds of budget for a year, Our whole car and 4 years of racing is less than some...

[johndeniel]

Mighty minis are the good adventures race. I have seen it. Last month, my friend participated in this race. He won the second prize in this race. Plump Prizes is going to organize a race with lower entry prize.