Motorsport Development Program

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2025 Motorsport Development Program

 

Event Number

Date

Objectives

Location

1

9th February

Car Preparation

Simply Sports Cars, Artarmon.

2

16th February

Student car scrutineering and car preparation/technical lesson

Arcadia

 

3

16th March

Driving Techniques Instruction Day

TBA

4

30th March

Supersprint Round 1 Basic racing line

SMSP Gardner Circuit

5

12th/13th April

NSWRRC 6Hr Students paired with a team & Motorsport Australia officials

SMSP Gardner Circuit

6

15th June

Supersprint Round 3 Racing line and cornering skills

SMSP North Circuit

7

10th August

Supersprint Round 5 Consistent lap times on a familiar circuit

SMSP North Circuit

8

September

?

Small car Cup. Driving an unfamiliar and technical circuit

Pheasant Wood Circuit

9

9th November

Huntley Hill climb. Exposure to Hill Climbs

Huntley Hill Climb Dapto

10

22nd November

Come and Try Day Graduation Drive – solo consistent lap times

SMSP

 

 

You will also get:

  • a Motorsport Australia speed license worth $170, and
  • a yearly NSWRRC club membership worth $115.

 

The New South Wales Road Racing Club (NSWRRC) motorsport development plan was established some time ago as a pathway into motorsport for women who had an interest in motor racing but had no previous experience and, perhaps, very little mechanical knowledge but were willing to learn.

The 2025 program continues from the program last year, and before that, the tradition of encouraging women in motorsport, but it has also been broadened to include juniors and, slots permitting, adult male students.

The program had a limited number of student positions available as the training has to fit in with the motorsport events on the training days and with the number of driving mentors available. 

What did you need to participate in the development program? Your own car and a willingness to learn as well as accepting the challenge of driving your car out of your normal comfort zone. Don’t worry you will be supervised by an experienced driving mentor who has a significant amount of race car driving experience under their belt. You will receive practical car maintenance and race car preparation training as well as a theoretical lesson on optimum racing lines and race driving techniques early in the program. You will also need a Motorsport Australia L2S Speed Licence to participate which the NSWRRC will help you obtain. 

The development program runs concurrently with the NSWRRC’s motorsport program from February till October with students participating in some of those events. The program is designed to be flexible as the training and mentoring is limited by track capacity and availability of driving mentors. The student does not have to attend all the track training days in order to receive the necessary skills to drive their car around a race track in a capable and proficient manner. However, if the student attended all training events they would receive both theoretical and practical track driving training under the supervision of driving mentors as outlined in the table below.

If you are interested in enroling in potential future motorsport development programs with us, please email the NSWRRC at race@nswrrc.com.au or use the contact links on the website.

The 2025 MDP follows on from the successful 2024 program in a similar format. The program consists of both online theory training and face to face training days as well as track and skidpan events over the entire year. Students will be expected to complete the theory and face-to-face training in order to graduate from the program. This means a time commitment of a minimum of one weekend a month.

The program is extensive and requires the club to commit significant resources so the cost for the year is $1100. This includes the online training component, entry to all events, 1 year membership with the NSW Road Racing Club, and provision of your Motorsport Australia Speed Licence.

Student numbers are limited.

 

Applications for the 2025 Program are now closed.