Monthly Club Night

Oxford Motor Club meets regularly at 8.00pm on the first Wednesday of each month and you are welcome to join us in the upstairs function room at Cumnor Cricket Club, Cumnor. (OS Map reference 164/460040; postcode: OX2 9QH.).

Activities include video nights, table top rallies, navigational exercises, quizzes and socials. We also have guest speakers and training nights.

Marshalling

An opportunity to get up close to the action, our experienced members will show you how. We marshal at all sorts of local events, and further afield - up to Rally GB and events abroad. You can become a registered marshal through training via the club.

Oxford Motor Club MSA Safety and Medical Frequency radios mean that Club members go out frequently and provide safety radio cover on stage rallies.

Road Rallies

Typically 100 to 150 miles of all-night sport for an entry fee of only £50 or so. Events in this area are "navigational" road rallies and do not tend to use many unsurfaced roads so are eminently suitable for standard cars. Today most of these events take place in the South West, Wales and North Midlands. However, Cotswold Motorsport Group run a small seven round championship called Roadsport based on 12-Car Rallies but open to the Cotswold Motor Sport Group, of which Oxford Motor Club is a member. We have many top crews competing in the series, which use different areas around the Cotswolds.

Endrurance Rallies

Quite a new form of rallying in the UK. The events are based around tests on private land and a short road rally section during the night. There are several different takes on the format and we run the Bullnose Endurance Rally over a one day format. Cars for these events are restricted up to standard 1400 cars with some safety equipment installed. The idea is to keep costs low.

Stage Rallies

The most popular form of motorsport in Britain, perhaps because it involves ordinary looking cars. Two people working together, a driver and a co-driver with the cars running at one minute intervals competing against the clock rather than against each other. The events are held on private property such as Forestry Commission land or disused airfields. There are many types of event and many levels of competition but you will need a specially prepared car to take part. Oxford Motor Club organises and runs its own Carfax Stage Rally in November of each year.

Autotests

Timed tests manoeuvering around cones. We usually run this type of event on grass and it’s the best introduction to cheap motorsport. Read about Fifth Gear's experience of the 2006 OMC Summer Autotest..

Autosolos

Autosolos are tests around cones and pylons similar to autotests but they are all forward in direction and are more open allowing the tests to be completed quicker. These events take place on sealed surfaces only and are a very cheap form of motorsport. The events are aimed at standard road cars and driver skill is the biggest factor for success. We run our own Bocardo Autosolo, which is part of the CMSG Autosolo Championship.

Sprints

A speed trial against the clock on race tracks and disused airfields. Classes for anything from standard road cars to full blown race cars. We don't organise these, but do have information on local events and some members will be out either competing or marshalling.

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