pay per drive

[JDBB]

Just read a good article on here about budget racing (Locost, Mini, historic saloons etc). Does anybody know of anybody offering pay-per-drive options in these or any similar budget series?

I've done a bit of motorbike racing where I've sorted my own licence and clothing and registered for a championship and paid race entry, and then another racer has stuck a spare bike in their van and let me use it for a fee, with their mechanic taking care of it, and I've only had to worry about tyres and petrol.

Obviously not so convenient with car racing due to transporting it to the tracks, but does anybody know of anybody hiring out drives at the lower budget end of car racing?

[JDBB]

Thanks very much for all that. That'll give me a nice bit of research to dream a few evenings away with. Somebody asked about budget - I haven't even got that far yet, I just want to get an idea of the cheapest way to get a weekend's racing and then see if I could maybe afford to do a couple of weekends next season – ideally Brands and Silverstone. It looks like for 2 days racing it’s going to be getting on for £2k with car hire, race entry fees and travel etc, and then there’s the other stuff:

Anybody know if 750motorclub are likely to do a deal on registration and membership fees if it’s just for a one-off race?

And how much the necessary race licence costs nowadays? My last one (novice clubmans?) expired about 12 years ago (I only did a total of about 5 meetings spread over 2 or 3 years - elva courier in historic sportscars) so I don’t know if I’d have to do the training day again. Or if they’d make an allowance for holding an ACU licence?

Hopefully see some of you on track next season.

Edited by JDBB on Thursday 1st October 15:54