Bristol Motor Club Vincenzo & Son Mx5 Challenge 2016
Discussion
Following on from the success of lasts years MX5 Challenge where there was a class of 10 MX5s competing, Bristol Motor Club are once again running the MX5 Challenge this time a couple more events have been added.
This years events comprise of 4 Sprints and 2 Solos.
A couple of people from this forum were in this last year, myself included, there was great banter between the entrants and some very close competition, the top positions were often seperated by mere tenths despite the differences between NA/NB/NC etc.
Below is some detail from the website.
What is it
It’s a 6 round series comprising 2 sprints at Castle Combe Circuit, 1 sprint at Llandow circuit and 1 sprint at Hullavington Airfield as well as two AutoSolos at Chepstow Race Course. The series is open to normally aspirated Mazda MX5 and Eunos models and a completely standard road car is both eligible and competitive. The emphasis is on affordable fun and excessive modifications are discouraged.
What do I need?
Bristol Motor Club membership
To register your interest in the championship so you get the entry forms for events (http://goo.gl/forms/kMYfvvyTbL)
A road legal Mazda MX5 where the modifications from standard comply with the regulations
The sprints require a Non-Race National B racing licence, which you can order from the MSA website (https://members.msauk.org/)
You need personal safety equipment for the sprints, as regulated by the MSA. A helmet (not a motorbike one), race suit and gloves complying with the correct certification are the minimum equipment.
What do I win?
Class winners at each event receive a trophy. The winner at the end of the season will pick up their award at the annual Awards Day celebrations at the start of 2017. There’s no cash prize, but you can’t put a price on happiness and a round of applause.
Isn’t motorsport dangerous and expensive?
Not all motorsport involves hugely expensive cars going 6 abreast into a corner and the massive pileup that inevitably follows. All the rounds in the Bristol Motor Club MX5 Challenge are competitions against the clock. You will not be on track with other cars, which means you won’t be held up by the car ahead and you won’t get punted off the track by the fool behind. The sprints are high speed events on circuits licensed by the MSA who deem them of the required safety standards. AutoSolos are low speed affairs that are safe enough that helmets are not required and the major financial worry is the contents of your fuel tank and the price of your lunch.
Click for the Supplementary Regs (http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vincenzo-Son-Bristol-MX5-Challenge-Regs.pdf)
If you are interested or have any questions fire away.
This years events comprise of 4 Sprints and 2 Solos.
A couple of people from this forum were in this last year, myself included, there was great banter between the entrants and some very close competition, the top positions were often seperated by mere tenths despite the differences between NA/NB/NC etc.
Below is some detail from the website.
What is it
It’s a 6 round series comprising 2 sprints at Castle Combe Circuit, 1 sprint at Llandow circuit and 1 sprint at Hullavington Airfield as well as two AutoSolos at Chepstow Race Course. The series is open to normally aspirated Mazda MX5 and Eunos models and a completely standard road car is both eligible and competitive. The emphasis is on affordable fun and excessive modifications are discouraged.
What do I need?
Bristol Motor Club membership
To register your interest in the championship so you get the entry forms for events (http://goo.gl/forms/kMYfvvyTbL)
A road legal Mazda MX5 where the modifications from standard comply with the regulations
The sprints require a Non-Race National B racing licence, which you can order from the MSA website (https://members.msauk.org/)
You need personal safety equipment for the sprints, as regulated by the MSA. A helmet (not a motorbike one), race suit and gloves complying with the correct certification are the minimum equipment.
What do I win?
Class winners at each event receive a trophy. The winner at the end of the season will pick up their award at the annual Awards Day celebrations at the start of 2017. There’s no cash prize, but you can’t put a price on happiness and a round of applause.
Isn’t motorsport dangerous and expensive?
Not all motorsport involves hugely expensive cars going 6 abreast into a corner and the massive pileup that inevitably follows. All the rounds in the Bristol Motor Club MX5 Challenge are competitions against the clock. You will not be on track with other cars, which means you won’t be held up by the car ahead and you won’t get punted off the track by the fool behind. The sprints are high speed events on circuits licensed by the MSA who deem them of the required safety standards. AutoSolos are low speed affairs that are safe enough that helmets are not required and the major financial worry is the contents of your fuel tank and the price of your lunch.
Click for the Supplementary Regs (http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Vincenzo-Son-Bristol-MX5-Challenge-Regs.pdf)
If you are interested or have any questions fire away.
Edited by binnerboy on Friday 15th January 13:40
regs out for the first round , the chepstow autosolo
http://bristolmc.org.uk/march-autosolo-notice/
and the second round the Great Western sprint
http://bristolmc.org.uk/gws-notice/
http://bristolmc.org.uk/march-autosolo-notice/
and the second round the Great Western sprint
http://bristolmc.org.uk/gws-notice/
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