It’s the first of two bank holiday weekends this month and there are over 80 events taking place across the country covering almost every discipline. Use our interactive map here to search by your postcode, and you’ll find an event near you – or take a look at our summary. Whether you are competing, volunteering or spectating, have a great weekend!
Circuit Racing
The UK’s race circuits are filled with a variety of race championships this weekend from the exotic international supercar action of the GT World Challenge Europe at Brands Hatch and Ferrari Challenge at Snetterton, to the nostalgia provided by the Donington Historic Festival and Equipe Classic racing at Silvestone, plus club racing at Croft and Castle Combe.
Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park, Derbyshire, Fri-Sun – live streaming available here
Equipe Classic Racing, Silverstone, Northants, Sat-Sun
BARC, Croft circuit, Darlington, Sat-Sun – live streaming available here
GT World Challenge Europe, Brands Hatch, Kent, Sat-Sun – live streaming available here
Ferrari Challenge UK, Snetterton, Norfolk, Sat-Sun – live streaming available here
Spring Speedsters Raceday, Castle Combe, Wilts, Mon
Karting
The British Karting Championship continues at Whilton Mill, plus there are club events this weekend in the north and south of England and in Scotland.
Wera Tools British Karting Championship, Whilton Mill, Northants, Fri-Sun – live streaming available here
FAT Karting League Pro Champs R2, Dunkeswell Raceway, Devon, Sat-Sun
TVKC Club Championship, PF International, Lincs, Sat-Sun – live streaming available here
Club100 Junior/Cadet, Shenington, Oxfordshire, Sat-Sun
Forest Edge Kart Club, FEKC, Hampshire, Sun
Sprint Summer Series, Crail, Fife, Sun
Club Championship, Lakeland Stadium, Cumbria, Sun
Sprint
A accessible way to get competing on tarmac, sprinting events range from grassroots events up to the contrasting Vintage Sports-Car Club at Curborough and the highly-modified machines of Time Attack at Cadwell Park – an event which also includes some racing action.
Iain Pinkerton Memorial Sprint, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Sat-Sun
The Figaty Spring Sprint, Goodwood, W Sussex, Sat
VSCC Speed Championship, Curborough, Staffs, Sun
Time Attack, Cadwell Park, Lincs, Mon
Trevilla Challenge Time Trial, Camelford, Devon, Mon
Hill Climb
Competing against gravity as well as the clock, hill climb events are often as picturesque as they are challenging. The British Hillclimb Championship’s second race takes place at Craigantley in Northern Ireland, and there’s also action this weekend in the Guernsey as well as the midlands and southern England.
Werrington Park Hillclimb, Launceston, Devon, Sat-Sun
British Hillclimb Championship, Craigantlet, County Down, Sat
Speed into Spring, Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, Sat-Sun
Gurston Hill Climb, Gurston Down, Wiltshire, Sat-Sun
Hill Climb, Les Val des Terres, Guernsey, Mon
Autocross
The Channel Islands has a strong traditional of motorsport including the regular Guernsey Motor Cycle and Car Club sand race at Vazon Bay.
Sand Race, Vazon Bay, Guernsey, Sat
Autotest/AutoSOLO
Grassroots motorsport at it’s most accessible, these disciplines are great fun and devilishly tricky as precision and control is as important as speed. Events this weekend include a taster event in Kent.
Jersey Motor Cycle & Light Car Club Autosolo, St John, Jersey, Sat
StarterMotor Charity Autosolo, Bicester Motion, Oxfordshire, Sat
Spring Autotest, Oakwood, Stockton-on-Tees, Sat
Autotest Morning Taster, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, Sun
Grass Autotest Taster & Training Day, Headcorn, Kent Sun
Autotest, Bodmin, Devon, Mon
Trials and Cross Country
A huge number of Land Rover and 4×4 clubs are holding events this weekend in which competitors can get stuck into the action, sometimes literally!
Deudney’s Farm Tyro Trial, Hailsham, Sussex, Sat
Disgarth Car Trial, Corwen, Wales, Sat
AWDC Comp Safari Championship, Camelford, Devon, Sat-Sun
Trevilla Challenge RTV & Tyro Trial, Camelford, Devon, Sat-Mon
Baden Hall RTV, Badenhall, Stafford, Sat
Spring Bank Holiday Trial, York, Sat-Sun
Claxby Two-day CCV Trial, Market Rasen, Lincs, Sat-Mon
Lowesby Grange CCVT Taster Event, Leicester, Sat
Isle of Arran RTV, Corrie, Isle of Arran, Sat
CCV Horsford BH, Norwich, Sat
Lowesby Grange TYRO Trial, Lowesby Grange Farm, Leics, Sat
Lack Trial, Lack, Enniskillen, Sun
Deudney’s Farm CCV, Hailsham, Sussex, Sun
The Hepplewhite May Two Day, Kirkoswald, Carlisle, Sun-Mon
JTV Taster Permit, Norwich, Sun
Badenhall TYRO & CCV, Eccleshall, Stafford, Sun
The Mike Tremayne Flora Classic Trial, Redruth, Cornwall, Sun
Claxby Tyro & RTV, Market Rasen, Lincs, Sun
Ernest Owen Memorial Car Trial, Shifnal, Shrops, Sun
SW – West Harptree, Bristol, Sun-Mon
RTV Horsford BH, Norwich, Sun
SOCC Regularity Run, Witney, Sun
RTV Sewell, Dunstable, Beds, Sun
Lowesby Grange CCVT, Leicester, Sun
Deudney’s Farm RTV, Hailsham, Sussex, Mon
Baden Hall Comp Safari, Eccleshall, Staffs, Mon
Comp Safari Horsford BH, Norwich, Mon
Rally
There’s a mixture of road and stage events this weekend, including the MayFly Scatter, which starts at Motorsport UK HQ in Bicester and is a great way to get started in competing.
Navigational Treasure Hunt, Castlemorton, Worcs, Fri
South Oxon Car Club MayFly Scatter, Motorsport UK, Bicester, Fri
Berwick Classic Targa Rally, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, Sat-Sun
Dixies Challenge Rally, Epynt, Powys, Sun
Campbell Contracts Ltd May Day Rally, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Mon
Electric-powered motorsport
Greenpower is holding two events for its STEM educational series this weekend in Gloucestershire and Devon
Greenpower – Renishaw New Mills Goblins, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos, Sat
RMB Chivenor Heat, Barnstaple, Devon, Sun