750 Motor Club is a motor racing club in the UK. It was founded in 1939 to promote the sporting use of the Austin 7. '750' refers to the near-750cc Austin 7 engine. It later led to racing and the 750 Formula where specials are raced. Famous members include Colin Chapman, Eric Broadley, Adrian Reynard, Arthur Mallock, Derek Bennett, Tony Southgate, Brian Hart, Gordon Murray, Jem Marsh, Frank Costin and Mike Pilbeam. These engineers and designers produced the first Lotus, Lola, Chevron, Speedex, Marcos, Pilbeam and other sports and racing cars between the 1940s and 1960s. The 750MC has continued to promote competitive, low-cost racing for enthusiasts, with a range of championships for production and racing sports cars, saloons and single-seaters.

Series and Championships

750 Formula Championship

The world's oldest sports prototype formula, with all cars using the 1.1 litre Fiat FIRE engine. There are three classes:

• 750 Formula is the longest running championship in the world, beginning in 1949.

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Alfa Romeo Championship

Joining the club in 2020, the Alfa Romeo Championship caters for all types of the marques cars, classified in three categories - Modified, Power Trophy and Twin Spark Cup.

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Armed Forces Race Challenge

Primarily a motor racing community for Service personnel and veterans, AFRC rewards consistency as well as outright pace and achieved championship status in 2017.

Bikesports Championship

A championship for sports-racing cars using production motorcycle 4-stroke engines, with their standard transmissions. There are currently three classes:

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Birkett Relay

A six-hour relay event where competitors race for scratch and handicap positions, open to sports cars and saloon cars. The race was first run in 1951, and was created by Holland Birkett, who was one of the founding members of the 750 Motor Club. In 2001, a twelve-hour race was also held. Currently, the event is held at the Silverstone Circuit on the full Historic GP layout.

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BMW Car Club Racing

BMW Car Club Racing (BMWCCR) began in 2018 and is for club-level BMW racers. There is championship status for 2019 and classes catering for all four-cylinder, six-cylinder and differing levels of M-powered cars. BMWCCR is also backed by the BMW Car Club GB.

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Classic Stock Hatch Championship

A longstanding formula for 1400 cc multi-valve, or 1600 cc 8-valve engined hatchbacks. All cars models must have been produced prior to January 1992.

Championship winners

Prior to 2012, pre '92 cars ran as Stock Hatch Class B.

Stock Hatch

The Stock Hatch Championship ran to the same rule set but allowed in newer cars and came to an end in 2016 after a long, successful history with the club – attracting over 100 registrations in its prime with the Citroën Saxo generally being the car of choice.

Clio Sport Championship

A one-make championship for the Renault Clio 182, 197 and 200 models.

Championship Results

From 2015 to 2021, the championship was solely the Clio 182 Championship.

Club Enduro Championship

An endurance racing championship designed with the club-level competitor and budget in mind. Races are usually two or three hours long, with at least one mandatory three-minute pitstop to allow re-fuelling. Three classes separated by power to weight allow the vast majority of cars to be eligible, with outputs monitored by 750MC's own mobile rolling road. The endurance race series for production sports and saloon cars began as a series in 2016, after a trial race in Snetterton the previous year and gained MSA Championship status in 2018, boasting some of the biggest grids in the UK.

2015 trial race

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2019 season

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2020 season

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F1000

The championship previously known as Formula Jedi joined the 750 Motor Club in 2019 and has established itself as the premier bike-engined, single-seater category in the UK and provides some of the fastest lap times in the country. Using a proven ‘slicks and wings’ racing car with excellent handling characteristics and powered by a 1000cc high performance motorbike engine, the cars reach 60 mph in just 3 seconds and go on to 150 mph, while revving to around 14000rpm.

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Formula Vee Championship

The most cost-effective introduction into single-seater racing; Formula Vee cars utilise 1300 cc Volkswagen Beetle components, in single-seater chassis – often converted from Formula Ford units.

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Historic 750 Formula

This is a historic racing series catering for the previous two generations of 750 Formula cars, such as Austin Seven specials and Reliant-engined models, plus other small capacity racers 500 cc Formula 3 cars, amongst others.

Hot Hatch Championship

A formula for almost any naturally aspirated 2WD hatchback or hatchback-coupe. Re-launched in 2016 to follow on from the original, but now with power-to-weight rather than capacity class limits to ensure costs are tightly controlled. Class rules were updated for 2021.

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Locost Championship

A one-make championship for the DIY sports car Locost using the design from Ron Champion's book "Build Your Own Sports Car". All cars use the 1300 cc Ford Crossflow engine mated to a 4-speed Escort or 4/5-speed Sierra Type 9 gearbox.

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Ma7da Locost

New in 2019, Ma7da Locost is an offshoot of the eternally popular Locost Championship for kit cars designed to the original Ron Champion ‘Build Your Own Sports Car’ book dimensions but featuring a 1.8-litre Mazda MX-5 engine.

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MR2 Championship

A one-make championship for Toyota MR2 sports cars. There are two titles at stake for each driver, one for the overall results and one for the different classes:

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MX-5 Cup

5 Club Racing was formed in 2014 and joined the 750 Motor Club to run the MX5 Cup for Mk1 Mazda MX5s. The series became a championship in 2015.

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RGB Sports 1000 Championship

Formerly known as simply 'RGB' (Roadgoing Bike-engined), the highly competitive championship was re-launched in 2018 to reflect what the cars had developed into over the years. Namely 'Motorsport's Most Affordable Sports-Racing Car Championship.' Cars use 1000cc motorcycle-engines but run semi-slick trackday tyres, with no wings allowed. Lap times showcase BTCC pace at most circuits.

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Roadsports

The Roadsports series is a mini-enduro series for production-based, sports and saloon cars fitted with production engines from the same manufacturer. There are four classes, with A, B and C aligned with Club Enduro:

Sport Specials Championship

Relaunched in 2012 and previously known as the Kit Car Championship, until 2015 all cars were originally road legal, however this necessity was dropped in 2015 (see regulations ) to encourage more competitors. The championship caters for all manner of kit-type cars with production car powerplants, from Caterhams, Westfields and Sylva Sports Cars to home-developed one-offs. After a class system restructure in 2017, there are two main classes, plus a third for MX150R models:

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Type R Trophy

New in 2019, a series for Honda Civic Type-R's with limited modifications.

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116 Trophy

New in 2019, a one-make endurance series for the BMW 1 Series, using donor E87 aka "Mk 1" road cars. Only changes to ECU map, tyres, dampers, and roll cage are required.

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