Where do you look for available drives?

Where do you look for available drives?

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Jez-i9scb

Original Poster:

42 posts

58 months

Tuesday 26th November 2019
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I’m aware of Race Cars Direct but is there anywhere else to look for available UK club motorsport drives?

88racing

1,748 posts

156 months

Tuesday 26th November 2019
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Contact the coordinator of the series you’re interested in racing in.

andrewcliffe

955 posts

224 months

Tuesday 26th November 2019
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If you're looking to buy a drive, contact teams and show them a big sack of cash and suddenly cars will become available - but for most club motorsport, potential owners buy a car and then either prepare / maintain it themselves or take it to a team to run on your behalf.

Former option allows you to walk away within the constraints of any agreement you may have, option B is ultimately cheaper as you own an asset which you can sell.


Dynion Araf Uchaf

4,447 posts

223 months

Wednesday 27th November 2019
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you need to get in contact with the organising club who will know of someone or a team that has cars to hire.

you don't stay what type of car you want to hire but off the top of my head

MX5 blendini
MR2 rogue motorsport
VW golf Saxon Motorsport
Honda Type R - MJ auto styling
Hot hatch MRP race preparations Macaw motorsport

that should get you started

RobM77

35,349 posts

234 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Many people who offer arrive and drive, from individuals wanting to rent their car out right up to businesses that only do A&D, will not advertise, because they're careful about who they put in their cars. I would first contact the championship coordinator of the championship you're interested in and ask - that's what I did when I did A&D ten years ago and I got an immediate answer. Once you've done a couple of races and kept your nose clean you may get offers from others - I certainly did. I've found A&D quite common in some types of championship, for example Radicals, Caterhams, single seaters; but less common in others such as classics.

Vimes

316 posts

184 months

Monday 2nd December 2019
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CTS motorsport hire cars race by Caterhams: http://www.ctsmotorsport.com/

RiknRoll

169 posts

179 months

Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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You can rent or lease Formula Vee's with AHS:
http://www.formulavee.co.uk/