Everything we've learned aggregating every UK motorsport event — how to get on the entry list, what each discipline is like to watch, and where to be this weekend.
10 Oct 2026
Becoming a motorsport marshal in the UK is free, open to almost anyone over 16, and usually takes just one weekend to go from signing up to standing trackside at a real event. You…
07 Oct 2026
A Clubman licence is a Motorsport UK competition licence that lets you enter grassroots, non-race events — things like autotests, autosolos, sprints, hill climbs, car trials, road…
04 Oct 2026
A 12 car rally is the cheapest, friendliest way into competitive road rallying in the UK — a small navigational road rally, usually run at night on public roads, with a maximum of…
01 Oct 2026
Autocross in the UK is grassroots car racing on unsealed ground — typically a grass or stubble field, sometimes a loose-surface track — where road-legal and purpose-built cars rac…
28 Sep 2026
A race school in the UK teaches you to drive a competition car quickly and safely on a real circuit, usually starting with an experienced instructor beside you and building up to …
25 Sep 2026
The 2024 British Touring Car Championship ran across 10 event weekends between April and October, with three races at each meeting for a total of 30 races. Rounds were held at Don…
22 Sep 2026
A Brands Hatch track day gives you the same tarmac used by the British Touring Car Championship and British Superbikes, split across two very different layouts: the 1.929 km Indy …
19 Sep 2026
The quickest way to find motor clubs near you is to search by your county or nearest circuit, then cross-check what disciplines each club runs against what you actually want to do…
16 Sep 2026
To race a kart in a Motorsport UK-permitted competition you need a valid Kart (National) licence , and to get your first one you must pass the ARKS test — a short theory exam plus…
13 Sep 2026
To become a racing driver in the UK you need three things: a race licence issued by Motorsport UK, a car (or kart) that passes scrutineering for the series you want, and a first e…
10 Sep 2026
A novice track day in the UK is an open-pitlane session on a real racing circuit — Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Donington and dozens more — where you drive your own road car on trac…
07 Sep 2026
No — you do not need a racing licence for a UK track day. A standard track day is not a race and it is not timed, so there is no requirement for an ARDS certificate, a Motorsport …
04 Sep 2026
A Go Racing pack is the official starter kit from Motorsport UK that takes you from "I'd like to race" to holding a valid competition licence. It's the route almost every new circ…
01 Sep 2026
An ARDS test in the UK typically costs between £200 and £330 , depending on the circuit you book with and whether you add extras like a briefing package or extra track time. That …
29 Aug 2026
Getting on an entry list for the first time is less complicated — and usually far cheaper — than most people expect. Here's how UK motorsport entries actually work, from the paper…
29 Aug 2026
British motorsport is far bigger than what makes television. Any weekend of the season there are dozens of events running — ovals, forests, airfields, hillsides — and most cost a …
29 Aug 2026
UK motorsport has a discovery problem. The events are there — hundreds of them, every month of the season — but they live on a governing body's locator here, a club's fixture page…
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