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The Events
Held at prime UK circuits, including famous names like Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Donington Park,
Silverstone, Snetterton, Rockingham and Croft… we have already raced at them all. You will also
be allocated a pit garage at all events, prime parking and top billing. Normally, they are 2
day events with exclusive testing Friday afternoon and the racing on the Saturday.
We provide hospitality for our teams in our Fun Cup awning, where you will find tea, coffee,
juice and even beer on offer for the entire event and lunch is also served on race day.
Fun Cup UK usually hosts 6 or 7 events, spread throughout the year. UK drivers are invited to
other Fun Cup events held across Europe at many famous circuits such as Zolder, Jarama, Dijon
and Magny-Cours to name but a few, so your season can be as small or as large as you wish.
Help is provided for those drivers tackling overseas events, to make arrangements easier.
Special steps are taken to keep you out there racing. So, should you have a minor bump or
breakdown, then we will deploy a safety car, allowing your car to be recovered back to the
pits. That's when the real hard work begins!
Spa 25 Hours
In mid-July, the phenomenal Spa 25 hour race is held at the famous Spa Francorchamps circuit
in the beautiful Ardennes Forest. Over 160 Fun Cup teams from all over Europe compete in the
world’s longest race. Over 900 Fun Cup drivers take part and more than 30,000 fans travel
from near and far to watch the spectacle. For those who compete in the 25 hour race, they
will never experience anything quite like this awesome event.
The Organisation
Fun Cup UK has its own organisation team making every race weekend as efficient and enjoyable
as possible. We have a fully staffed office dedicated to answering your questions and tackling
many of the detailed arrangements, where other race series leave you scratching your head.
There is a fantastic website that provides you with a great deal of information on the Fun
Cup, the cars, the team line up for each event, rental drives available and much more: www.funcup.co.uk
Paul Rose
Roxie Marandi
Racing since the age of 12, Series Director Paul Rose has more than 30 years experience
as a competitor, winning many championships along the way. Race Co-Ordiantor, Roxie Marandi,
has a degree in Public Relations and focuses on the promotion of the series. Clerk of the
Course, Julian Floyd, is one of the most experienced officials in the UK and is backed by
top class scrutineers from the BRSCC.
The Regulations
The regulations for the UK series are in line with those used throughout Europe, so you
can race anywhere on the same basis. Strict controls are used on the cars to rule out
expensive modifications.
The engine and gearbox are sealed, so any repairs must be carried out by an authorised
company such as JPR Motorsport Ltd, the UK distributors, or Dubois Racing, of Belgium,
who make the cars.
Most parts on the cars are carefully governed and specified. All parts can be obtained
from JPR Motorsport Ltd who will have a parts truck at all events. The suspension allows
for a choice of spring rates. The suspension settings for items such as camber and toe
etc are left for the team to decide – but we will give you a detailed base set up to
get you started.
The aim of the regulations is to keep the racing close, fair and at sensible costs.
The regulations are firmly applied with a series eligibility scrutineer regularly
checking cars at each event, to iron out any irregularities.
The Cars
These are race-designed cars using a unique and extremely strong space framed tubular steel
chassis with a Beetle silhouette GRP bodywork. The suspension is a combination of special
race and some production-modified units with Bilstein dampers and powerful brakes.
They are powered by an ultra-reliable mid-mounted 1.8 litre VW/Audi engine, matched to an
Audi 5 speed gearbox at the rear. The cars have been given FIA approval and are ultra-tough.
They will withstand a huge amount of racing with little work and they are simple, easy to
work on and repair.
Even what may look like a serious accident to one corner of the car can usually be quickly
and inexpensively repaired with only external items like the suspension arms being bent
and not the chassis. That’s important to keep down the costs and get you back on the
track quickly.
The Costs
The series offers superbly cost-effective racing. If you were to buy a car (around £26,500 plus VAT
for a new one) the actual running costs are remarkably low.
One club racer who switched from what seemed like low cost sprint racing to Fun Cup endurance
racing found that his carefully monitored costs plummeted from £50 a minute to more like £7.
He got more racing in one year than many drivers do in a lifetime!
The cost of replacing routine items like tyres and brake pads is low. There’s little else
you will need on the cars apart from some effort in getting it ready for events. That means
real low cost motorsport – and remember, you share all the costs with a team of drivers!
Real value.
What’s more, because of the stable nature of the specification, the second hand value of the
cars is superb. In fact some owners who bought used cars a couple of years ago will find
they are actually worth more now!
Sales-Service-Support
JPR Motorsport Ltd is based Staffordshire and provides a full range of services, from selling
new and second-hand Fun Cup cars, through to stocking all the spare parts and preparing cars.
JPR take a spare parts truck and a tyre truck to every event, ensuring that each team need
only have a basic level of spare parts. This keeps down a hidden cost of motorsport and means
you have the back-up of real experts at every event.
Also, if you want to buy and race a car but not get your hands dirty, then the JPR team can
prepare and look after it for you, between events.
Car/Seat Hire
In addition to selling cars, JPR also offer cars for hire. So without the need to buy, you
can rent a one-off drive, a seat for a complete season, or a car for the season. Tell us
what you want and we’ll do our best to make it happen. All of this makes it easy to try
out the series, easy to get yourself into endurance racing, and easy to enjoy real,
cost-effective motorsport.
Promotion
Fun Cup receives widespread promotion, across a whole range of prime media from motorsport
magazines through to daily newspapers, general interest magazines and on TV. The series is
filmed at each UK event and Spa 25 hours for Sky Sports ‘Raceworld’ programme and Motors
TV. Each season we have over 30 hours of coverage and an end of year DVD. Cameras are
mounted in, or on several cars, to capture on-track action during the race. That’s brilliant
for driver enjoyment and for the sponsors.
Every car must carry specified series sponsors stickers, but that still leaves plenty of
room for you to include your own sponsors. Apart from a small badge on every race suit,
the rest of the space is also free for your promotional use.
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