Fun Cup

The Fun Cup is a race series, created by Franz Dubois in 1997 in Belgium. The series is renowned for the competitiveness of the racing, as well as the friendliness and ease in which one can enter the races. It is, however, known mostly for the cost of it - it is one of the cheapest options to get into motor racing. Cars cost around £27,000, which is usually split between the drivers. The races last mostly between three and six hours, split between a team of two or more drivers, so driving time in the Fun Cup is more than 8 times that offered by other series. [ [http://www.funcup.co.uk/ JPR Motorsport] ] There are Fun Cup national series competed in the USA, the UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Canary Islands, all of which combine in the 25 Hours at Spa.

The pinnacle of the series, the 25 Hours at Spa, is the longest continuous motor race in the world, with a grid size in 2006 of 152 cars.fact|date=March 2008 The grids are now capped at 155 cars, which is the practical limit of the Spa Francorchamps circuit.

The cars are identical, 130bhp, 760kg (1700lb) Volkswagen Beetle replicas with all major components sealed to ensure the cars are technically identical and of equal performance. The tires are a standard road radial which is spec to the series, and is run in both wet and dry.

In the USA all of the cars run on Ethanol E85, and in Europe there is a push to convert all of the cars from Gasoline (Petrol) to Turbo Diesel engines.

A list of Fun Cup races in your region can be found here:

[http://www.fun-cup.com/calendar.html USA Racing Calendar]
[http://funcup.co.uk/calendar01.asp UK Racing Calendar]

References

External links

* [http://www.funcup.com Fun Cup USA website]
* [http://www.funcup.co.uk Fun Cup UK website]
* [http://www.funcup.eu Fun Cup Germany website]