Welcome to Eastern Counties Motor Club!
We’re an enthusiastic club based in Suffolk, organising motorsport events for all across East Anglia! Our friendly committee would like to welcome to you to the club and encourage your involvement in motorsport, no matter the role or discipline.
A bit of history!
Eastern Counties Motor Club were formed in the early 1950’s by a group of keen enthusiasts looking to use their road cars for sport. We started our motor racing at Fersfield near Diss, and were the first club to run a proper race meeting at Snetterton when it was just an airfield.
Initial club activities focused on sprints, driving tests and racing at redundant airfields across East Anglia. In fact our major Saloon Car race was the first of what became the British Saloon Car Championship, later to become the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), the most hotly contested national race series.
Our membership has produced many international competitors including Archie Scott-Brown, Jack Sears, Don and Erle Morley, Valerie Domleo, Pat Ozanne and many others. While many well-known national names began their motorsport careers as members of ECMC, we do our best to encourage newcomers to our sport and see our club as the ideal starting point. We are an innovative club and seek new ways to promote entry-level motorsport, and support our members to get involved.
We were the initiators of Anglia Motor Sport Club, a club of clubs to allow free competition across East Anglia, and do our best to keep costs affordable, so that our events and motorsport in the region is accessible to all.
Where is the club now?
Nowadays, the Club organises and promotes various disciplines of motorsport including car trials, autosolos, 12 car rallies, classic car runs, and many others across East Anglia. We’re a social bunch and organise fun events for the family too, including treasure hunts, quiz evenings and guest speaker events.
You can take part in many of our events using your very own road car, or if you don’t fancy competing yourself, marshalling is a great way to be part of the action.
We have an active base of members across the country, from well-established competitors in racing, rallying, autosolos and car trials, to pillars of the motorsport community – supporting with marshalling and organising. All of whom are more than happy to help and guide you in your own motorsport journey.
The future
Whilst maintaining our usual club activities, our Committee works hard to develop and sustain motorsport for the future – whether that’s new events, ways of working, or initiatives to grow participation. Our Academy Car initiative is designed to support newcomers to car trialling and we hope to continue boosting the sport in our region.
Membership of Eastern Counties Motor Club gives you:
- Membership of a recognised Motorsport UK club with properly organised events.
- Membership of Anglia Motor Sport Club (a club of clubs in East Anglia) so that you can take part in other local clubs’ events and be registered in their Challenge series automatically.
- Regular e-bulletins with the latest club news and information about upcoming events.
- A varied sporting, classic and social calendar with plenty of events to take part in.
- A community of other likeminded individuals, and access to a wealth of knowledge, experience and support from participants across all disciplines and roles in motorsport.
- Priority access to ECMC initiatives, including our Academy Car.
All for only £10 per year!
Visit Joining ECMC or Renewing Membership for more information, or to renew or purchase your membership.