Motorsport UK is proud to announce the four winners of the Disabled Drivers Scholarship in conjunction with Bristol Motor Club and Loughborough Car Club.
This brilliant initiative, created by Loughborough Car Club and now powered by Motorsport UK, is a key part of our mission to get more people enjoying motorsport, more often.
The scholarship provides a fully-funded season of competition in a specially-adapted car and the places are awarded follow an assessment day by each club. Twenty participants took part across the two days, the programme beginning with acclimatisation drives before moving into timed and assessed runs, with experienced competitors accompanying participants in the car throughout the events.
Alongside their driving performance on the day, participants were also assessed on their motivations, ambitions and enthusiasm for becoming involved in grassroots motorsport.
The scholarship offers access to the Motorsport UK StreetCar Toyota Yaris, and free entry fees for one season of AutoSOLOs with their respective Club. The support is designed to help both drivers build confidence, gain competitive experience and take their first steps into motorsport with practical backing across their opening events.
Following the assessment days, scholarships were awarded to Daniel Phillips and Pete Donnelly from the Bristol Motor Club, and Cameron Makepeace and Ryan Lawrence-Cokayne from the Loughborough Car Club.
The winners have already taken part in their first events, with Cameron finishing third in class and 15th overall at the Loughborough evening grass Autotest on the 2nd of June. Daniel and Pete both competed at the Abingdon CAR-nival AutoSOLO on the 6th of June, with Daniel finishing 14th in class and 47th overall, and Pete 16th in class and 51st overall.
We look forward to seeing how the winners progress throughout the year.
Click here for more details of StreetCar and here for Motorsport UK’s inclusion programmes.