Types of Membership
Please note - the Membership Fees detailed below are effective from the 1st January 2009
Ordinary Club Membership (also suitable for Foreign Members and Marshals)£35.00
This entitles Members to carry the BARC badge, receive the BARC Startline Magazine free, benefit from trade discounts, get concessions on spectating at Thruxton and enjoy social and training events organised nationally by the club.
Members are welcome to train as officials or marshals.
Competitors who are only participating in Hillclimbs, Sprints or Races organised by one of the BARC's Regional Centre's, should purchase this category of membership, and combine it with an appropriate Centre Membership. (See below)
Joint Membership (Costs an additional £10.00 for a Spouse or Partner)
A Member's spouse or partner may join the Club at a reduced rate, becoming a Joint Member with no additional joining fee. Joint members receive only one copy of Startline, and may not take out Racing Membership.
Racing Membership (includes Basic Club Membership) £110.00
This inclusive price, specifically for competitors who are participating in competitions organised by the BARC's headquarters at Thruxton, gives all the benefits of Basic Club Membership. It also entitles members to receive regulations for all the BARC headquarters-organised Race Meetings and to enter them, and all BARC headquarters-run Championships (subject to current MSA regulations).
Racing members may also attend any of the BARC workshops that are organised from time to time for certain race series.
Please note : Hill Climb and Sprint competitors, and competitors entering Races organised by our Regional Centres, need only hold an appropriate Centre Membership in addition to the Basic Club Membership; they do not need to hold Racing Membership.
Centre Membership, Costs an additional £15.00 per Centre
Membership of the various Centre's is available for a small additional annual fee. You may join as many Centre's as you wish. UK Centre's are detailed on the Corporate page. Centre Membership entitles you to take part in that centre's social and competition events and to receive their magazine or newsletter.
Hill Climb and Sprint competitors, and competitors entering Races organised by our Regional Centres, need only hold an appropriate Centre Membership in addition to the Basic Club Membership; they do not need to hold Racing Membership.
A Centre Member's spouse or partner may become a Joint Member of that Centre for an extra £5.00
Junior Membership, £7.00
Those aged between 10 and 17 may join the club as Junior Members for an annual subscription of £7.00
They are entitled to the BARC Startline Magazine, to carry the BARC badge, to benefit from trade discounts and to receive special spectating concessions at Thruxton Circuit. They may transfer to Full Membership at the age of 18.
Junior Members need to submit an annual photograph; passport size is preferred.
If you wish to join us, you may either :
- Telephone our Membership Secretary (during normal office hours) on 01264 882205, or
- Apply on line by filling in an On-Line Membership Form, and then paying your initial membership fees through our webshop.
You will be transferred to the membership section of our webshop once you have submitted the On-Line Membership Form.
- Finally, you can contact our Membership Secretary by e-mail - membership@barc.net