Looking At Going Racing! Hmmmm Deja Vu?
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Afternoon Everyone
About three years ago I came on here announcing that 2 friends and I were going to be entering a car in the CSCC Tin Tops series. We had gone through everything we needed to budget for and had even arranged to start going and viewing some cars. Unfortunately while all this was going on, one of my friends got made redundant and was struggling to find another job. As much as we all still wanted to go racing we just couldnt make up the rest of the budget to carry on with the plan. So it was shelved
Fast forward 3 years and the itch to get out racing is still there, but lo and behold there is actually a solid budget to do it with this time The team has changed slightly as have the plans so bare with me. My mates are no longer in the situation where they have a strong enough interest in going racing so I had to put them down as potential part time pit crew lol! However my Brother and his best mate have been itching to do something like this for a while so we now have ourselves a team Now the plan this time round is to enter a car in the 2013 Kumho BMW Championship. A friend of mines boyfriend (who will now be known as Fordy) races in this series and his Uncle actually runs the series so I have a wealth of information available to me. I am seeking all the proper information before spending any money, so I am off to have a proper chat with Fordy this evening about everything we need to expect to spend out on, plus he is going to show me around his race car (BMW 318 Compact) so I can get a good idea of what we need to be aiming for. As long we are all happy with the information I come back with we will start looking for a car ASAP to get prepped and ready for the start of the 2013 season
We are quite lucky in that myself and my Brothers mate Adam are both mechanics so we can maintain a car without too much difficulty plus I have a couple of other mates that are motorsport engineers and have shown an interest in popping along to some races over the course of the season
I will keep this thread updated with how were getting on and please feel free to offer us any advice you might have
Cheers
Sammo
About three years ago I came on here announcing that 2 friends and I were going to be entering a car in the CSCC Tin Tops series. We had gone through everything we needed to budget for and had even arranged to start going and viewing some cars. Unfortunately while all this was going on, one of my friends got made redundant and was struggling to find another job. As much as we all still wanted to go racing we just couldnt make up the rest of the budget to carry on with the plan. So it was shelved
Fast forward 3 years and the itch to get out racing is still there, but lo and behold there is actually a solid budget to do it with this time The team has changed slightly as have the plans so bare with me. My mates are no longer in the situation where they have a strong enough interest in going racing so I had to put them down as potential part time pit crew lol! However my Brother and his best mate have been itching to do something like this for a while so we now have ourselves a team Now the plan this time round is to enter a car in the 2013 Kumho BMW Championship. A friend of mines boyfriend (who will now be known as Fordy) races in this series and his Uncle actually runs the series so I have a wealth of information available to me. I am seeking all the proper information before spending any money, so I am off to have a proper chat with Fordy this evening about everything we need to expect to spend out on, plus he is going to show me around his race car (BMW 318 Compact) so I can get a good idea of what we need to be aiming for. As long we are all happy with the information I come back with we will start looking for a car ASAP to get prepped and ready for the start of the 2013 season
We are quite lucky in that myself and my Brothers mate Adam are both mechanics so we can maintain a car without too much difficulty plus I have a couple of other mates that are motorsport engineers and have shown an interest in popping along to some races over the course of the season
I will keep this thread updated with how were getting on and please feel free to offer us any advice you might have
Cheers
Sammo
Ok, so my Brother and I went and had a lengthy chat with Fordy last night about the in's and out's of entering a car. He showed us round his car and explained the bits you had to have and then the bits you didnt have to have but were advisable to have. We were both quite surprised at how simple it seemed to put a car together. We have cobbled together some seriously quick cars in our time and I think we were just taken aback at how little actually needed changing to get a car up to spec.
I think we are pretty much convinced that were going ahead with it, but just to make sure 100%, I am off to Rockingham next Sunday to watch a race and chat to other drivers etc. Get a few different points of view.
I think we are pretty much convinced that were going ahead with it, but just to make sure 100%, I am off to Rockingham next Sunday to watch a race and chat to other drivers etc. Get a few different points of view.
You can plan, analyse, manage risk and review options until the cows come home, but sometimes there's no substitute for just getting stuck in. It seems you've done a lot of homework and have good contacts, so if you have the budget just do it. Bite the bullet.
And have fun - a lot of people forget that part.
And have fun - a lot of people forget that part.
Jacobyte said:
You can plan, analyse, manage risk and review options until the cows come home, but sometimes there's no substitute for just getting stuck in. It seems you've done a lot of homework and have good contacts, so if you have the budget just do it. Bite the bullet.
And have fun - a lot of people forget that part.
I would imagine the outcome will be that we go ahead with it. But as I have never been to a round of the championship I figured it would make sense to do that before committing to it.And have fun - a lot of people forget that part.
Oh trust me we are going to have lots of fun!
Count Johnny said:
Really?? Why on earth not? Why would anyone be even considering committing so much money and time to something that they haven't even seen?
Hence going to watch a round next weekend. I dont spend my money on a whim so a lot of research is going into this before I part with a single penny. The last part of this research is to go and take part in a race weekend which is what I am off to do on Sunday. Then and only then will I make a decision on whether its for me or not.Gassing Station | UK Club Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff