Amatuer Racing

[wombat172a]

Afternoon all,

There's a group of about 4 of us who are interested in taking part in some amateur racing. None of us have raced before, and there a few questions.

From peoples experience is it feasible to have 4 people involved with a "team" without throwing spanners at each and giving up?

Budget is around £5k-£9k per year (maybe a bit more), could anyone suggest a series that would be practical on this budget? Not sure whether to go for track/rally yet so all options considered.

Also, are we too late to consider the 2009 season?

Thanks,
Chris

[Muz_Wez]

It's certainly worth considering CSCC Tin Tops, freindly club, good racing, great for begineers, 30mins practice & 40mins races at each round for 1 or 2 drivers, manditory pit-stops, so take it in turns at each meeting & away you go!!

Mixed but open & flexible class structure so even if your car doesn't quite comply they would probably pop it in a invitation class for you.

Your budget would more than fit in. Andy97 posts on here and he's full of information on the series, it kicks off at Snetterton i nearly April although there is a test day there before then.

Also look at the other thread covering this series.

Failing that call the club (CSCC) & either Hugo or Richard will be glad to help & offer advise.

Good luck!!

Mark

Edited by Muz_Wez on Wednesday 25th February 17:12

[Kickstart]

Another vote for tin tops - I race on occasions with Andy97 and we have a huge amount of fun for far less than the budget you mention

Andy97 might have an Alfa you could rent at very low cost

Have fun

[andy97]

I am definately a big advocate of the Classic Sports Car Club's "Tin Tops" series, and they also have other similar series for cars from the Sixties, Future Classics (70's & 80's) & 7 Type cars.

The club are virtually unique in that all their series are designed as 40 min races for one or two drivers, with a compulsory pit stop, meaning that drivers can share cars and share costs. The track time per £ is probably the best there is in club motorsport and the series are ideal for the novice and experienced driver alike. Kickstart and I usually share either an Alfa 33 or a Fiat Uno at the budget end of the grid but bigger budgets can get you in to race winning Honda Type Rs. I have had tremendous fun in this series for not masses mount of money.

There are 3 other threads where I go on & on about the CSCC & particularly about their "Tin Tops" series:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

If you have any questions after reading through that lot, please feel free to ask on here or PM me.

Is your budget to purchase & race, or is that just the car purchase costs? If its the latter, For your budget I reckon you could probably buy 2 cars so that all 4 of you can race at each meeting! There are plenty of eligible cars around for Tin Tops at low prices - XR2/3, Maestro, Pug 205, Alfa 33, Rover 216, Golf GTi etc etc and all would go well within the Tin Tops class structure. An XR2 or Pug Gti can be had for £2-3K, see here:
http://www.motorsportads.co.uk/race-cars/saloon-ca...

http://www.motorsportads.co.uk/race-cars/saloon-ca...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/914011.htm

http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listing/20649/XR2_Fo...

http://www.fastroadandtrack.co.uk/frat/showad.php?...

Hope that helps

Andy

Edited by andy97 on Thursday 26th February 06:47