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Originally Posted by The Gunslinger
It's been decided.
Instead of modifying my C4 (and possibly even the future 300C) for performance, I'm going to buy a cheap circuit car and let out the racing urges with that. I had a poke around, and I can pick up a nicely modified Gemini for six thousand dollars, totally track-ready. No skyrocketing insurance for a modified car, no massive loss if I crash it, no loss of a day-to-day driver. All the obvious appeal, however I didn't know how cheap ready-to-go racers actually were!
So, I throw the question out to all Aussie members involved with track racing, do I need to register with CAMS if I'm only racing casually, and where do I go about registering a track car for limited road use? Apparantly you can get a rego that's limited to weekend use, driving to the track and back. What kind of requirements are there for these licenses?
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To start out you need to be a member of an club that is registered with cams. MG car club is the one at $80 a years (you do not need to own an MG). You can then apply for your S2 licence that will allow you to enter sprint meetings and time trials. You just fill out the form and pay the money less than a $100. This is a good way to get a start and try it out with out getting in the way of every body. After six months or so once you have perfected your skills you can upgrade.
Your car needs to comply with cams regs. Extra bonnet catch,fire extinguisher etc (see Cams webs sit). You will need a compliant helmet and gloves etc. For the next level of racing you will also need a race suit.
For road registered cars you have to have a ctp extension to race which you can get free from your ctp insure on a race by race application in person at your nearest insurance outlet.
I hill climb and sprint a BMW Z3 which is great fun. The next level of racing is not cheap as to be competitive you need to keep upgrading. I suggest you start out and have some fun and see if you get the bug before spending a fortune
