Cheapest Form of Motorsport?

[Fraz.K]

Just wanted to know what people reckon the cheapest form of motorsport would be to take part in for 1 season, including everything from buying the vehicle to entering races, parts ect the total cost? Suppose I’m looking for the best value for money motorsport basically?

[skylinecrazy]

Banger racing?
Autograss?
Hillclimbing/spriting?

Any form of oval racing?

[OJ]

www.graduates.org.uk

If you want good clean racing in proper cars and a great atmosphere. I'm racing in the PCCGB this year and I can honestly say I miss grads racing.

I've also heard that the 924 cup is great value and a good atmosphere on a smaller budget

[Fraz.K]

Fair enough but for me oval racing is boring.

[skylinecrazy]

Fraz.K said:

Fair enough but for me oval racing is boring.

Hillclimbing?

[Tankman]

Gotta be this . . .

http://www.blmra.co.uk/modules/services/

[Truckosaurus]

Anything you can do in either an unmodified or slightly modified road car (that you already own), so off the top of my head... hillclimbs, sprint, production car trials, road rallies etc.

[Tankman]

Edited by Tankman on Tuesday 24th February 16:06

Edited by Tankman on Tuesday 24th February 16:07

[Fraz.K]

Ok I get the general idea, no one has said any actual figures though???

[carl_w]

I'm thinking of having a punt at the AEMC Sprint Championship. No idea of costs, but I already have a car so it should just be fees, consumables and clothing.

[taldo50]

Lawn-mower racing is awesome. suprisingly quick some of those mowers too.!

[DKMsport]

Road rallying is fairly cheap, you can use you own car and you dont have to moddify it (although sump guards and suitable tyres are worth the cost if you want to be competative and not worry about damaging something underneath) So really what you need as a car, any car...entance fee's and a very clever navigator.

[Mr Will]

taldo50 said:

Lawn-mower racing is awesome. suprisingly quick some of those mowers too.!

I spannered for the 12 hour race once, absolutely brilliant event. Just for the fun of it they start the race at 8pm and then race all night until the sun comes up again!

The mowers are mostly running 15hp engines which makes them plenty fast enough. According to the website they average 23mph during the 12 hour race, including pit-stops, breakdowns, etc.

[OJ]

Fraz.K said:

Ok I get the general idea, no one has said any actual figures though???

Here's some info to work it out on your own

http://graduates.org.uk/racing/advice.html

I reckon if you've got something capable of towing, camped at the circuit and looked after your own car you could probably run a Classic in every race of the season for less than £5k including depreciation, repairs, tyres starting from scratch (therefore license, flameproofs, helmet & trailer). The cars cost about 5-7 grand but don't really depreciate

[mechsympathy]

Mr Will said:

taldo50 said:

Lawn-mower racing is awesome. suprisingly quick some of those mowers too.!

I spannered for the 12 hour race once, absolutely brilliant event.

Likewise. I was sodding glad I wasn't driving: 30 minutes a stint on a mower around a tight circuit on a rutted field

As OJ has said, the Graduates is good value if not the cheapest as the cars are £10k ish.

[Graham]

Its much easier to say what can you afford to spend and what would you like to do... sprinting or racing etc... cars or karts...

then you can find something suitable... no motorsport is cheap !!! just different levels of expensive



G

[Benni]

Gymkhana & autotesting can be done with a completely stock car,
but I don´t know if that counts as "real" motorsport.
Quartermile racing can be done with a stock car, too,
at "Run what you brung" events or in the E.T. classes.
HTH,
Benni

[Sixpackpert]

Hovercraft racing.

£1,000 - £15,000 for a craft depending on formula.
£75 race entry for a weekend.
Fuel (varies dependent on formula ETA: Top Formula 1 craft use 20 litres in a 10 minute race).

50-80mph with no brakes. Top Formula 1 craft kick out about 180bhp and do 0-60mph in about 5 seconds.

Great fun! http://www.penkat.com/video/110

Edited by Sixpackpert on Tuesday 24th February 16:37

[HighOctane91]

skylinecrazy said:

Banger racing?No
Autograss?Yes
Hillclimbing/spriting?Yes

Any form of oval racing?

EFA

[mechsympathy]

OJ said:

I reckon if you've got something capable of towing, camped at the circuit and looked after your own car you could probably run a Classic in every race of the season for less than £5k including depreciation, repairs, tyres starting from scratch (therefore license, flameproofs, helmet & trailer). The cars cost about 5-7 grand but don't really depreciate

I spent less than £5k my first season, and substantially less the second, but I didn't enter as many races.