DARLINGTON & DISTRICT MOTOR CLUB
Darlington and District Motor Club receive their Awards from Motorsport UK Club Development Coordinator, Ben Cross
“ We currently have around 65 registered competitors with a huge variety of cars and a wide range of performance levels out on track. Classes A1 and A2 are basically unlimited – the only thing you cannot do is run an out-and-out radical or something like that – and we go all the way to the compete opposite of that, with the Mazda MX5 1600s, which are pretty basic.
“ They all race on the same grid and touch wood, we get very little damage. There is a good relationship with everybody in the paddock and if anybody needs any help, somebody will go and help them. We rarely get a situation where we cannot get a car put back together and out on the circuit for the next race.” fluctuate through the years, but despite running an entire championship, it has always remained volunteer-run.
“ We do not have any paid staff at all, and we are quite proud of that,” explains Starkey.“ Once you start to pay people, it becomes a job, and they are not necessarily just doing it because they want to do it. Our members come from all around – we’ ve even got one as far away as South Africa – and we work with other Clubs to make events happen.
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The Championship does take guest participants if the grid space permits, but to pick up points you have to be a registered member of the Club. That helps draw in members, and at present there is a healthy member count of around 140 – although that Championship is certainly not the only thing people join up for.
Throughout the years, the Club has made a particular effort to follow the trends and provide whatever motorsport people want to participate in. That has seen the balance of time and effort put on different activities by the committee
Close ties with the British Motorsport Marshalling Club have benefitted everyone and supported motorsport in the local area
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