Which Caterham Series?

Which Caterham Series?

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chappj

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312 posts

144 months

Sunday 11th October 2020
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I’m seriously considering starting racing next year in a caterham and looking for some advice on which spec / series to enter. I dabbled with 100cc carts for a season many years ago and raced motorcycles at club level for a few years. All of this was 20yrs ago... I had a road caterham 7-8 yrs ago and did a few track days, but would consider myself rusty...

I’d quite like to build a Caterham as my 11 yr old daughter is crazy about cars at the moment and so I think it would be fun to do this together, however not essential if the consensus is to buy used for better value.

Which series(s) should I consider? Would the official Caterham Acadamy be the best route?

Also, I’d be storing the car at home and would rather not take up loads of room with a trailer, so would prefer to store the car on the trailer in a single garage. Any recommendations on make/model?

chappj

Original Poster:

312 posts

144 months

Wednesday 14th October 2020
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Thank you so much for the informative replies. Lots of really useful info in here. Will digest and keep you posted on progress. It’s great to hear there are so many different series to race a Caterham as I’m more interest in the circuits than championship standing.

chappj

Original Poster:

312 posts

144 months

Saturday 17th October 2020
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Confirmed today with Caterham that I’m not eligible for the Academy due to my (very limited) Karting 20yrs who. I’m more concerned that they also said I may struggle to get a slot in Roadsport as those slots are usually taken by people moving up from the Academy.

More research into the other series now underway.