SHORT PATH TO AFFORDABLE JUNIOR RACING
Of all the problems in UK circuit racing there are a couple that seem particularly prominent: costs and youngsters getting a chance behind the wheel. And there’s overlap in the Venn diagram.
Martin Short, for one, has noticed. And he should know, not only as an experienced and successful racer, team boss and car preparer, but also as someone whose own sons, Morgan and Marcus, are starting their own racing journeys.
“I still keep a very firm grasp on costs and count the pennies and count the pounds,” Short tells Motorsport News, “and I treat motorsport as a hobby. I try not to have it as a ridiculously expensive hobby but that’s the way it does seem to be going.”
And on how to give youngsters a chance in a cost-effective way, Short reckons he has a solution. He suggests a C1 Junior Cup, an equivalent of the existing highly popular Citroen C1 one-make endurance contest, expect for racers aged 14 years plus.
