Dear All, I have been asked to make you aware of a competition that MaX5 is running to will a seasons racing in the MaX5 race series.
MaX5 is Mazda MX-5 racing and is the original series started in 2004. Although grids suffered significantly in 2009, they had built again to 16 last year and look set to be bigger this year again.
The prize includes:-
MK3 MX-5 Car Hire for the 10 exclusive MX-5 only races.
Race Entry fees,
Tyres, race fuel, brakes etc
Car Transport
£500 towards your race licence if required.
Essentially it is arrive and drive and is worth between £8,000 to £10,000 depending how you work it out.
The competition format is simple; it will take place at Silverstone Stowe on the 15th February. There will be maximum or 108 entrants, so the odds are good, in fact 70,000 times better than the lottery. Drivers in groups of 9 will be assigned a car and instructor. All the drivers will get sighting laps with the instructor and then will complete a timed run. Once all 9 had completed this, they will get a second timed run. The total times will then be compared and the top 2 drivers from each group will progress to the second round of 24 drivers where the process will be repeated. The 6 top drivers will progress to the final and the win of that will receive the prize.
The competition is open to all drivers, race licence holder or not and the limited number of timed runs introduced quite an element of luck, push too hard and times will suffer as they will if you are too restrained, so each and every entrant stands an equal chance of walking away with the prize. It is also a great prize; the chance to call yourself a current racing driver and have the car provided is indeed a great prize. Track days are great, but they do not come close to the feel you get when your heart is racing waiting as you sit on the grid waiting for the lights to go out.
The details are here
www.mx5shootout.com (http://www.mx5shootout.com/)
It is not a great site by any means, but at £199 entrance with only 108 allowed in, the prize certainly is. :god