Welcome to Spalding & District Autograss Club

 About Autograss

(Wikipedia description)

Spalding & District Grass Track Car Club (as it was then known) was formed during the 1960's, at the same time as the "Jalopy" racing clubs in the Midlands. After many years as an extremely successful independent club, the decision was eventually made during the mid 1990's to join the ranks of the National Autograss Sports Association (NASA), thus opening the opportunity for the Club's members to race anywhere in the country as well as welcoming visiting drivers to the Fenland Track.

Spalding is one Club in fifty plus clubs across the country with 5000 competitors nationally. It is a low cost motorsport that is available to almost everyone, including Drivers, Mechanics, Officials or purely social members who like to be involved and is a truly "family sport" with classes for men, ladies and juniors. It is car racing for every taste - saloon racing and special (hand-built) racing.

Safety is paramount and all cars are fully safety checked before racing commences and they must all meet stringent safety rules as laid down by NASA. A team of race marshals are allocated at each meeting and First Aid cover is provided by the St John's Ambulance and a team of fully trained Paramedics.

Recent years have proved extremely successful and we were very proud to boast that in 2003 we saw National Championship victories in both Class 5 (SP240 Justin Drury) and Junior National Champion SP741 Dan Vaughan. Dan also became the "Fastest Junior on Grass" at the big annual Fastest Man on Grass, August Bank Holiday meeting on the Lincolnshire Showground. 2005 we saw more success with a superb 2nd place in Class 6 by SP17 Chris Allanson. Local driver SP8 Chris Pope has for a number of years appeared in the top three positions of the British Championship in his Class 8 Special and other regulars on this circuit have included 'Bouncing' Bob Ellis in Class 2, Tom Godfrey and Will Dobson in Class 4, Chris Parkinson in Class 6, Kenny Perry in Class 7 and 'Awesome' Bill Shaw in Class 10.

Spalding continues to be a small but successful club which has maintained it relaxed family atmosphere, whilst providing an exciting day's motorsport in as safe an environment as possible.

Spalding has over the years had some competition from its Short Circuit Stadium neighbours - but where else could you find a full afternoon's race programme of some 36 heats and 12 class finals as well as a Champion of Champions race for £6.00 per adult entry fee??

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Autograss is a non-contact sport (although the odd "bump" is inevitable) and deliberate contact is punished.

Cars & Classes: Autograss cars are grouped into 10 Classes - 7 for Saloons and 3 for Specials. General descriptions are outlined below - for more details go to the official NASA website through the links page. For details of Juniors see 'Who can race?'.

Classes One & Two: Unmodified Saloons - The easiest and cheapest. Class 1 is for front-wheel drive saloon cars (regulated) up to 1000cc. Class 2 is for all saloon cars up to 1300cc.

Classes Three, Four, Five, Six & Seven: Classes 3 & 7 are restricted to rear-wheel drive only. Both have a minimum engine capacity of 1420cc and Class 3 cars must have the engine in the front. Class 7 are known as "unlimited saloons". Class 6 is similar to Class 3, but all cars in this class must be front-wheel drive. Classes 4 & 5 allow both front and rear-wheel drive.

Classes Eight, Nine and Ten: These classes house the purpose built, single-seat, open-wheel race cars described as Specials. Class 8 being the smallest up to the awesome unlimited machines of Class 10.

Two non-official classes have been introduced over recent years to provide lower cost entry, these are Stock Hatch which is a lower spec Class 6 equivalent and the Formula 600 a Special with a standard 600 cc motorcycle engine limit.

Class trophies are awarded at the end of the day.

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Licences come in 3 types to encourage participation by women and children as well as adult males.

Juniors: Available to male and female competitors between the ages of 12 and 16. Driving in designated Junior races. Juniors race in Class 1 cars and/or in regulated Junior Specials (Parent/Guardians consent required).

Ladies: Available to female competitors who are 16 or older. Driving a saloon or special competition car in designated Ladies races. (Ladies can race on a men's licence but may not therefore compete in the Ladies classes).

Men: Available to all male and female competitors who are 16 or older. The licence entitles participation in all races with the exception of those designated for Juniors or Ladies - driving a car from any class.

For further information:  Chairman: Andrew Godfrey (01406 490102) or (07968 126565)

                                         Vice Chairman: Jon Leeke (01353 862861) or (07876 138187)

                                         Secretary: Sandra Secker (01775 710672)
 

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