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Been thinking heavily about taking part in this course as it looks like it could possibly open up some doors to a career doing what i dream of doing.. Obviously you have to achieve well in the course but some of the testimonials i have read from people who have attended the course say they would highly recommend it and believe their career stemmed from this course.

Does anyone know of anyone who has taken part in this course? Or of anyone who holds a B series Racing liscense who takes part in regular competitive motorsport? I would love to know the best way to get into the sport but dont want to do something that is going to cost me close to

Forget it.

Only way into motorsport is money, lots of, from an early age. The days of being noticed for being quick are long gone.

Karen got through to the last 70 or so on Formula Woman, a series that was tauted as being purely on merit - and then her and a couple of the other "quick ones" got dropped for not having enough sponsorship to help pay the costs invloved with the championship. It was primarily a platform for Graham Glew and Tim Harvey to be seen and talked about and to sell track tuition time to a market that otherwise wouldnt have existed.

Very similar to this Silverstone course. Its a stepping stone for rich kids to get involved so they have it ob their CV as a ticked box for when their thousands of pounds of karting and then single seaters or one makes brings them finally to a position where a decent team might take them seriously - at which point they will stay have to pay but have hopefully got sponsors on board thanks to their previous acheivements to actually foot the bill.

You could of course do what Leo from Nemesis did and just pay 100k and just buy your seat in Aston Martin DB9GTRs and eventually buy the car too I believe for a stupendous amount of money !!!

J.

Thats kind of exactly what i thought it was going to be like. Even Silverstone say on their website how much an average season costs - just to get on the grid and its so expensive. It does seem that you have to be involved in Karting from a young age unless you are really good at networking off track with potential sponsors and happen to be in the right place at the right time..

My technician course is going really well at the moment and i have just won apprentice of the year out of all the second years on the Renault dealership programme (came second in the first year too!), getting to go to the grand prix with corporate hospitallity and able to get into the pits apparantely so some begging is in order i think!!

Ive been speaking with a guy called Eain who manages Jason Plato and he recommended the Silverstone course to me saying he may be able to introduce me to some handy people but i havent got the financial back up to put myself on the grid which is frustrating and it seems that thats what i need to have!! :x

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The Silverstone course is a bit money grabbing in my opinion (tbut then again all motorsport is). I'd get yourself down to a more honest circuit for your ARDS and have a few seasons in a relativley cheap one make formula like the BRSCC Fiat's or even the Golf racing series and get some experience under your belt. You cannot put a price on experience.
Short Oval racing is overlooked by alot of people because of the negative image of banger racing however there are numerous other formulae that are alot more technical, fun to race and require alot more driving skill.
Derek Warwick started off racing a Superstox and still has a hand in some cars ( ). Rob Collard is also a former 2.0l HotRod racer.
Your welcome to pop along to a meeting with the Golf or the Super if you like.

Cheers Luke, very helpful.

There seems to be so many different race series available when you look into it, its choosing one thats going to be enjoyable and affordable i guess. And possibly lead onto something bigger although i guess thats up to you as a driver and if your able to get the money together to move up into the next league?..

Do you attend any of the Golf Racing Series events or plan on doing them in the future?

I've entered this year Paul, its good to be involved in at the moment as it is the 1st year the series has been run. The 1st meeting is at Cadwell (in at the bloody deep end!) on the 1st of July.
Thinking about things for a minute if your more into single seaters the BRSCC Jedi championship might be worth a look.

Paul,

thought this might be of interest ..

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/sto ... 3A58%3A480

Cheers Ben, Interesting read there..

Could well be worth a drop in there when they have set themselves up to get some advice

Many thanks