Getting into the MotorSport Industry

**jaylb** · 1st Jun 12, 14:28

I'm 17 Years Old and CRAZY about car racing... (Mainly Rallying).
I'm living in West London (Northolt) and there's nothing here to do with car racing apart from people belting down the streets with their mk2 golfs.
I don't get money due to family not exactly being "rich" and so doing anything with cars is quite hard for me.
Getting a job is easier said than done for me for some reason considering I've got good grades and I'm a great peoples person.

Getting back to the point though, is there any advice on how to get into the MotorSport industry considering money is a big issue for me?
I'm currently on a Level 1 Course in Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair at Uxbridge College but want to know more about tuning cars for race/rally
spec and getting behind the wheel myself.

Any Ideas? I would be overly grateful.

**Brown, Jon Brow** · 1st Jun 12, 17:05

Sorry, motorsport is full.

**D-Type** · 1st Jun 12, 21:32

Get an evening job - don't be over-ambitious, consider anything - shelf stacking even. Get a tin, mark it "Racing fund", put your earnings in it.

Go to a couple of race meetings and talk to the teams and ask if they have any vacancies.

If any of the teams are based near you volunteer to help out with the preparation: You'll learn something, you'll meet racing people, you'll hear of any vacancies going

**Mark** · 2nd Jun 12, 19:12

The main thing is that you are going to have to be prepared to work long hours including into the night and weekends doing menial tasks for NO pay. After you do that for a good while you may get somewhere.