Sprinting is a great way to participate in motorsport. As a competitor you can take part free from many of the dangers associated with other disciplines. You are competing against the clock so you don't encounter other vehicles to collide with you. There is a wide range of venues such as race and kart tracks, airfields, a few stately homes and even the odd purpose built sprint course. These permit you to drive as fast as your car and abilities will allow with little likelihood of you coming into contact with anything solid. Events provide a wide range of classes and there will be something to suit almost any car you plan to use.
We organise the British Sprint Championship which is the premier Championship in the discipline of Sprinting. The Championship is aimed at the fastest cars taking part (see photographs of examples below). The Top 12 fastest registered contenders are then invited to take part in a "Run Off" when points are awarded purely based upon the competitors performance over two additional runs.
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To encourage competitors with lower capacity cars who have not finished in the Top 12 of the Championship before, there is a special trophy called "The Foundation Cup" which runs alongside the British Sprint Championship. This is further enhanced by the 7 category awards for the fastest Modified Production, Sports Libre, FF1600 as well as fastest 1100cc, 1600cc, 2000cc and unlimited capacity Racing Cars. We have always been conscious that there have been many competitors who have wished to take part in the British Sprint Championship but due to budget or time constraints have been unable to do so.In 2007 we will expand yet further to encourage competitors who wish to take part in a more limited programme of events in a "Junior Challenge"
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In addition we attempt to liaise with other Championship Organisers, Event Organisers and Venue Managers to aid the development of our sport in any way we can be of assistance. We have already been instrumental in the introduction of one variation to our discipline, Supersprinting. We have also developed another "twist" upon the Sprinting theme for introduction in the future. We will announce more details of these plans when we can offer something substantive. What it will offer is much greater value for money than the present format. An outline of what we have planned appears on our discussion page. We have helped one organiser already in its introduction.
Most other championships are "class based" where registered competitors are awarded points based upon their performance against those of their fellow competitors in their class. There are classes available for all types of car ranging from Roadgoing Saloons and Sports Cars, Roadgoing Specialist Production cars , Modified Saloons, Sports and Specialist Production Cars, Sports Racing (Sports Libre) cars to Single Seater Racing Cars. Within each of these categories there are a number of classes divided by capacity.