750 motor club

[Yazza54]

Anyone here race with them? Would like to hear experiences good and bad. I'm looking at getting back into some form of affordable motorsport and some of the classes look like they would be great fun without (completely) breaking the bank.. I.e. Mx5s, hot hatch, mr2 cup and super coopers. Does anyone here run in any of these classes and are the grids healthy etc?

I've always looked longingly at the RGB class but it seems it's gone completely away from what I remember it being, I.e a fairly affordable way to race a bike engined car. Now they all seem to be rear engined prototypes at 25-30k a pop that are effectively full blown race cars that could pass an IVA. Seems a real shame to me as there are loads of bike engined 7 a likes out there, fisher furys, etc etc. That could be had for very reasonable money. I know there's still a front engined class but there only seems to be a couple of people on the results list in class F and they are still 15k+ arions.

I probably need to pop to a few meetings, but the criteria is basically something fun to drive, not a fortune to repair when the inevitable happens and healthy enough grids that it's not going to die out a year after I've started!

Any advice welcomed...!

[Yazza54]

MG CHRIS said:

I'm racing next year within class c in the sport special race series with my mev exocet. Be my first year of club racing too. Went along to Thurxton few month back the mx5/clio/mr2 are good series with pretty healthy grids. Its only the birket relay race left for the 750mc race series but from what I've seen and heard hood series to begin with.

Do you mean that's the only race left this year?

[Yazza54]

Sounds good, thanks for the info all

[Yazza54]

I've been speaking to some of the guys running in RGB and it sounds like there are some additions/changes coming to make it more attractive to the clubman racer, which is interesting as I love the cars. Find myself torn between choosing a class because I really like the cars and choosing a class because it looks like close and fairly level racing. Obviously a balance of the two is best!

[Yazza54]

smiles1 said:

It's a shame as Class F grids were good a while ago and it was enough to have a simple bike engined fury to have a good competitive car but things have really spiralled over the years with modifications, in that a relatively basic fury or similar just wouldn't be enough. Good to hear things might be changing to get the big class F grids back

The changes aren't mainly focussed on F cars, pretty much anyone mid pack as they are making a kind of clubman championship within a championship. The class seems like it's at the point now where even some of the fastest R cars from 5 years ago are now only good for mid pack. I do get the impression though that some of that is just coincidental and the best drivers are actually in the best cars too. A class F Arion actually won the championship last year although quite a step forward from a fury it's impressive, but that was with a very talented driver. There was another 2 or 3 Arions knocking round the back so I think too much focus is placed on the car sometimes!!

[Yazza54]

Just an update, ARDS passed today at Oulton Park. Done very professionally, I had David Hart who certainly went out of his way to put us at ease and help where he could.

It doesn’t matter how easy people tell you it is (and it is pretty easy!) I was still quite anxious going into it. I had David for the track part too, he was great and barring a couple of not so smooth gear changes he was quite complimentary. In the end it went from a let’s just get this over and done with approach from my part, to quite an enjoyable evening and he told me I certainly wasn’t wasting my time which was nice!

Back onto the racing, I’ve thought about it long and hard and I’m going to be having a crack at RGB. Maybe not every race next year as I want to do some testing and track days to familiarise with the car first, but I’ll be out there at some point cheers all

Edited by Yazza54 on Thursday 16th November 10:41

[Yazza54]

smiles1 said:

Good news on the ards!

What class are you looking at within RGB?

Class R, whilst there’s some changes such as to the weights I’m not convinced there’s much benefit from me buying and entering a class F car as a newcomer.. I hope I’m wrong though. There must be loads of people out there with class F cars that just aren’t bothering to enter.

Can always do bikesports or OSS with a rear engined RGB car too, albeit with the addition of slicks & aero. So it’s a safer investment IMO.

Edited by Yazza54 on Wednesday 15th November 06:16

[Yazza54]

I am still enjoying racing in sports 1000, formerly RGB

A great formula, proper sports prototype racing cars on a realistic budget with regards to the running costs with our control tyres/limited sets per season, standard superbike sealed engines etc.

The only thing that comes close is bikesports or f1000 (formula jedi) but people are running massively tuned engines and slicks cost a fortune. So for me Sports 1000 is a no brainer for anyone who wants to race a proper racing car (i.e. not a stripped out road car) without breaking the bank.

Here's my pole lap from Anglesey last time out

https://youtu.be/iwKGq7fgwYc

Edited by Yazza54 on Wednesday 7th October 22:36

[Yazza54]

yanni_1 said:

P.s. how long is a full season (how many races)

Thanks!

Generally run from April to October. We normally do 7 events / 14 races, but this year has been 6 / 12.

I race in Sports 1000, it is a fantastic championship. BTCC rivalling lap times, proper motorcycle engined sports prototype race cars with sensible cost controlling measures.

Here's a flying lap onboard my Spire at croft this year to get you moist

https://youtu.be/HL5pAciBDXk

[Yazza54]

yanni_1 said:

Yazza54 said:

yanni_1 said:

P.s. how long is a full season (how many races)

Thanks!

Generally run from April to October. We normally do 7 events / 14 races, but this year has been 6 / 12.

I race in Sports 1000, it is a fantastic championship. BTCC rivalling lap times, proper motorcycle engined sports prototype race cars with sensible cost controlling measures.

Here's a flying lap onboard my Spire at croft this year to get you moist

https://youtu.be/HL5pAciBDXk

This looks pretty awesome. Are there companies that do arrive and drive for this? E.g. they maintain and hold the car and I just pay?

There's a couple yes, Paul nightingale at spire is running a car this year but he has the capacity to run 2 cars per weekend. There's also Tim Gray Motorsport who runs about 4 spires in sports 1000. The other option is mittell cars who design and build their own racing cars and are the other major manufacturer in sports 1000.

[Yazza54]

This would be a great starter for someone..

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/123610/s...

[Yazza54]

Likewise, if you want to pop along to a 750MC meeting you will find yourself more than welcome and all the competitors are always happy to chat about the racing and cars. We have an upcoming event at Oulton Park on October 9th if that's anywhere near your base?

If you want any more info drop James @750MC a email: [e-mail], as a prospective racer he may even be happy to sort you out with some tickets.

[Yazza54]

In Sports 1000 we have cars that are all much of a muchness, yet see time deltas around 3s regularly too

[Yazza54]

Here's a few laps from my quali at oulton..

https://youtu.be/2GwaYWPIjAs

[Yazza54]

A cool video intro to the formula I race in..

https://youtu.be/KAuzIeQ70BA