The CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship action is ready to burst onto the race track – with the 2025 grid looking forward to getting their championship underway on the 12th April. The six-event series is run by the British Automobile Racing Club North West Centre – with a midlands and northern-centric championship – open and home to a whole host of cars regardless of make, model or power output.  

This Sports/Saloon championship started off back in 1984 as a Special GT championship with a small core of regular enthusiastic entrants. Over the next 40 years it has grown into a successful and cost-effective Sports/Saloon championship run over 14 rounds at six different race meetings – with grids regularly approaching or exceeding 30 cars of all shapes and sizes.

To be eligible cars for the championship must have been originally designed for road use, they are then split into two basic categories, Silhouette Special and Modified. Each of these categories is then sub-divided into three capacity classes with splits at 1600cc and 2500cc. The more highly modified cars fit into the Silhouette Special classes. Basically, as long as the car has the same silhouette as the original – this will be its home.

Expect to see exotic machinery such as the Saker S1-500, Lotus Esprit Turbo and TVR Tuscan run side by side with iconic saloons such as the Vauxhall Vectra, Ford Fiesta, Mini Cooper and Renault 5, with interlopers such as BMWs Ginettas and Caterhams in for good measure too.

The 2025 season for the CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship organised in conjunction with the British Automobile Racing Club kicks-off at Oulton Park in Cheshire on the 12th April.

Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned.  www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub

2025 CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 12th April – Oulton Park
Rounds 3-5 – 31st May-1st June – Anglesey
Rounds 6-7  – 6th July – Oulton Park
Rounds 8-9 – 9th-10th August – Donington Park
Rounds 10-12 – 30th-31st August – Anglesey
Rounds 13-14 – 11th October – Oulton Park

For more information on the CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship – head to  www.barcnorthwestern.co.uk/championships/cnc-heads