Major National Magazine to Support Monoposto Racing Series

The announcement of TRACK AND RACE CARS MAGAZINE (click the logo left to see their website) as the headline sponsor for this year’s championship really does present the Club, and that includes every one of our members, with an exciting and intriguing opportunity.

The Magazine is clearly aiming to fill the yawning gap left by other publications, to provide informed coverage of “real” national and club motorsport and its cars. TRC’s by-line “the essential motorsport monthly: written by the racers for the racers” really highlights this. The fact is that there are no other print media now serving this audience well. Internet motorsport club sites, such as Monoposto’s own undoubtedly excellent offering, tend for good reasons to be highly focused on their own membership, or to be too generic to be current and interesting. The relationship with TRC could well be a chance for the Monoposto Club, our drivers and sponsors, to come to the fore in the eyes of an informed and enthusiastic readership.

At the same time, in the current difficult financial situation, Monoposto racing is offering a very carefully arrayed set of classes; which can give competitors real value-for-money, as well as fast and state-of-the art motor racing. It’s worth mentioning here that the average entry fee per race in our 12 race Championship is below £150, and this includes some of the best venues in British motorsport. So entry fees will be £275 for the Double Headers and £200 for the single rounds at Silverstone and Donington.

The deal with TRC was initiated by a contact made by David Cox at the Autosport Show, which appears this year to have retreated from the rather boy-racerish positioning that it has adopted in the past to be more grounded and race-oriented: perhaps a sign of the times. TRC responded very quickly and positively, fortunately just in time for us to register the new Championship name with the MSA. So well done David!

During the year we will be helping to provide race reports and other copy for the Magazine, often under some deadline pressure. Pics will be provided by our very own Norwich Photo. It will be really great if everyone can help supply race information, as well as all those other titbits which make racing such a fascinating and intricate sport, so please give all the co-operation you can to the Monoposto team who will be doing this. All offers of help here are very welcome!

For our competitors, if you’ re talking to a possible sponsor for your efforts and you need any further information/logos etc about the Championship, MRC or TRC (these initials seem to be an acceptable abbreviation for the magazine’s name) please do not hesitate to contact me and I’ll do whatever I can to help.

Me – I’m really looking forward to it.

Simon Davey