New Z racing series
- Thread starter Brian H
- Start date
Wow, really excited! Just made contact with the organisers to see what's what! Would love to try and organise a meet up at one/some of the races if possible... 
Will email them later!
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Will email them later!#flyingthezedflag
Not far off Q, maybe a little more depending upon the braking system imposed.
You then have the running cost of racing for the season on top of that.
Approx figures below?
Cost of car £500-1000
Cage fitted £1200 -1500
Wheels tyres 15" £1000 - £1200
Suspension £600 -£800
Exhaust £400 -£600
Brakes £600 - £1000
Polybushes £250
Fuel tank £250
As previously mentioned can we arrange Silverstone PLEASE (dam no kiss smiley or hug smiley to add)Wow, really excited! Just made contact with the organisers to see what's what! Would love to try and organise a meet up at one/some of the races if possible...
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Hi Everyone!
I thought it was about time to break cover on here - GFR (www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk) are behind the technical development of the Z Cars Series and we have built the first cars as pictured;
In response to some of the questions asked I'll do my best to answer a few;
-Venues
We are working on a six round calendar currently, and Silverstone is a possibility for one of the meetings, as well as the fantastic MSV circuits such as Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Snetterton, of course! A Silverstone Z meet sounds great!
-Weight
Fuel included in 'race ready weight' is 15 Litres. The car weighs 1044kg, less the standard hard top. We are working on a fibreglass roof skin for the Z3 and Z4 to reduce weight and provide readily available roof's, as original Z3 and Z4 hard top's are hard to find.
-Suspension
We have developed a suspension system in co-operation with GAZ Shocks which is readily available for purchase via ourselves (www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk). The suspension is to our specification and we are the sole suppliers of this, having carried out all development work to design a suspension system that works well even with open differential cars. A variety of spring rates are available to cater for track day/road dual purpose cars, and fully fledged racers. As stated, UK a manufacturer of these dampers is of great benefit!
-Flywheel
A solid flywheel conversion kit is more suitable to track use, and is mainly for increased reliability.
-Costs
We are finalising the costings, but a self built car is a very cost effective way to go racing. We are offering self build kit's, all the way up to a fully built car. We currently have a total of 20 Z Cars in stock including Z3's and Z4's. More information, costings and final regulations to be released shortly.
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to help! - find us at;
Web - www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk (we are BMW Motorsport specialists based near Reading, Berkshire)
Email - sales@garyfeakinsracing.co.uk (Technical and car information), zcars@msvracing.co.uk (General series information)
We look forward to hearing from you, and hope to see many of you on track soon!
Best Wishes,
Gary Feakins
I thought it was about time to break cover on here - GFR (www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk) are behind the technical development of the Z Cars Series and we have built the first cars as pictured;
In response to some of the questions asked I'll do my best to answer a few;
-Venues
We are working on a six round calendar currently, and Silverstone is a possibility for one of the meetings, as well as the fantastic MSV circuits such as Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Snetterton, of course! A Silverstone Z meet sounds great!
-Weight
Fuel included in 'race ready weight' is 15 Litres. The car weighs 1044kg, less the standard hard top. We are working on a fibreglass roof skin for the Z3 and Z4 to reduce weight and provide readily available roof's, as original Z3 and Z4 hard top's are hard to find.
-Suspension
We have developed a suspension system in co-operation with GAZ Shocks which is readily available for purchase via ourselves (www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk). The suspension is to our specification and we are the sole suppliers of this, having carried out all development work to design a suspension system that works well even with open differential cars. A variety of spring rates are available to cater for track day/road dual purpose cars, and fully fledged racers. As stated, UK a manufacturer of these dampers is of great benefit!
-Flywheel
A solid flywheel conversion kit is more suitable to track use, and is mainly for increased reliability.
-Costs
We are finalising the costings, but a self built car is a very cost effective way to go racing. We are offering self build kit's, all the way up to a fully built car. We currently have a total of 20 Z Cars in stock including Z3's and Z4's. More information, costings and final regulations to be released shortly.
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to help! - find us at;
Web - www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk (we are BMW Motorsport specialists based near Reading, Berkshire)
Email - sales@garyfeakinsracing.co.uk (Technical and car information), zcars@msvracing.co.uk (General series information)
We look forward to hearing from you, and hope to see many of you on track soon!
Best Wishes,
Gary Feakins
Welcome on the Forum @GaryFeakins.
Do you know these guys? The owner is a member on here.
TMC Motorsport.
Do you know these guys? The owner is a member on here.
TMC Motorsport.
Welcome @GaryFeakins 
Welcome @GaryFeakins, exciting project you have here. Keep us updated please.
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Sounds like a great project, a big step up from track days. I will certainly be an interested spectator at events in the future.
Always get jealous of the Ginetta series or Porsche or Clio Cup events on Motor Sport UK, when I'm up at stupid o'clock watching it on TV.
@GaryFeakins are there no restrictions on seats and harnesses? Or tyres?
I suppose the last question is how much does entry to the racing series cost? Is insurance etc. required, race licences?
Cars look mint by the way!
Always get jealous of the Ginetta series or Porsche or Clio Cup events on Motor Sport UK, when I'm up at stupid o'clock watching it on TV.
@GaryFeakins are there no restrictions on seats and harnesses? Or tyres?
I suppose the last question is how much does entry to the racing series cost? Is insurance etc. required, race licences?
Cars look mint by the way!
Not sure it is wide enough @t-tony, great as a bike track and track day circuit but little tight in places. Could make for good racing though
A mate of mine had tickets for this this year but something came up so we did not go...
http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/en/dtm/races/zandvoort.html
http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/en/dtm/races/zandvoort.html
6 venues = 6 meets up and down the country!
Hi all, just to follow up on this... we are exhibiting at the Autosport Show between 12th-15th January with our new Z3 and Z4 race cars.. it would be a pleasure to meet some of you at Stand 7431
Some dates for the diary below!...
More information on the series will be released today including our 2017 Brochure, Race ready car pricing, Self build kit pricing and much much more!
Information as it becomes available will be found at the link below;
http://www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk/z-cars-racing/
Some dates for the diary below!...
More information on the series will be released today including our 2017 Brochure, Race ready car pricing, Self build kit pricing and much much more!
Information as it becomes available will be found at the link below;
http://www.garyfeakinsracing.co.uk/z-cars-racing/
Just realised you guys are based in Aldermaston! that's just down the road and on the same industrial estate as one of my mates!
Would be a great day out to one of the races!