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Final UK circuit Race of 2026

500 Race — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:17:18 +0000

The club’s final UK round of the 2026 circuit championship took place at Oulton Park over the August bank holiday weekend. The weather gods were not kind to us with heavy rain for qualifying and both races. The Cameron dynasty took a number of podium places over the two races. Full results can be found on the events page. There is now just one race left to conclude the season with the foreign trip to the famous street circuit in Angouleme.

A scorcher at Brands Hatch!

500 Race — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:50:05 +0000

During the middle of the UK heat wave the latest rounds of the 500OA circuit racing chamionship took place on the full GP circuit at Brands Hatch. Alex Wilson and Hamish Cameron-Eveleigh each took a win each Full results can be found on the events page.

Wiscombe Report, Mallory Results & Circuit Points Updated

500 Race — Wed, 27 May 2026 07:30:40 +0000

Following our annual May trip to glorious sunny Devon and a sweltering bank holiday weekend at Mallory Park updates have been added to the relevant pages with reports and results.

Latest Circuit Racing Championship Points Table

500 Race — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:38:53 +0000

Following the first round of our circuit racing championship the latest points table has been added to the circuit racing page. After the first two rounds at Snetterton Chris Wilson CP1 and George Shackleton CP3 share the top of the table, both taking two class wins at the Norfolk venue.

First Circuit Race of 2026

500 Race — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:30:21 +0000

The first race of our circuit racing championship took place at Snetterton over the weekend 25th/26th April. Both races fell to George Shackleton in his Mk XI Cooper Norton. Results can be found on the events page. Hopefully a larger grid will appear for the next round at Mallory Park in May.

TYRES – Change of regulations

500 Race — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:01:19 +0000

The club was informed by HP Tyres that Dunlop R5 204 compound tyres are no longer available. However, they have been replaced by Goodyear “Blue Streak” tyres which are identical in every respect to the Dunlop’s we are currently using, the only change being the name on the sidewall.

The 2026 techical regulations will therefore be amended as follows:

Section 15 Tyres:

15.1 Shall be Dunlop Racing of 204 compound or Goodyear Blue Streak as in the table below or older type tread patterns.

Section Size Pattern

R 4.50 – 15 R5

R 5.00 – 15 R5

Motorsport UK are being advised of the amendment.

80th Anniversary of the 500 Club – Commemorative Sticker

500 Race — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:19:32 +0000

2026 celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the 500 Club (established in 1946). To mark this occasion the 500 Owners Association have commissioned and produced some stickers to celebrate. These will be sent out to club members with the next edition of our magazine. An image of the sticker can be found https://500race.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Artboard-11.pdf

Circuit Racing Entries Now Open

500 Race — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:42:06 +0000

We are pleased to say that entries for the 500 OA Historic F3 Championship are now open in PurpleLap.

We are all looking forward to a fantastic season.
The grid for Brands Hatch is full but we still have space for Reserves. It would be wonderful if we could also get a full grid of 34 for the Roy Hunt Trophy at Oulton Park.
Before that we have Snetterton, Mallory Park and Cadwell. All great 500 circuits and hopefully there will be plenty of social fun to accompany the racing.
Angouleme entries will open later when we have more details.

Wiscombe Park entries are open!

500 Race — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:47:40 +0000

Entries are now open for the 500 Owners Association annual event at Wiscombe Park on Saturday 9th May 2026. These can be found on the Wiscombe page and you will find regulations and a link to the on-line entry courtesy of the Woolbridge Motor Club once again. We hope to see as many of you … Continued

Provisional 2026 Speed Calendar Released

500 Race — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:20:22 +0000

A 16 round provisional speed event calendar has been released and can be found on the speed events page. 16 rounds at 11 venues makes an exciting season to look forward to.