Can I Race My Car?

The path to the grid requires an eligible car with a log book issued by RMVR or another VMC-affiliate racing organization. The Car Eligibility Guide is a great place to start researching options. Even better, after exploring the guide, come to one of our races and get a feeling for what might appeal to you. Guest racers from other VMC-affiliate organizations are welcome to enter RMVR events using their current log book from their home VMC club.

If your car does not have a log book, don’t despair; you may obtain one through RMVR after the car meets our eligibility and rule requirements. Whether you’ve held onto your favorite production car all these years and want to modify it into a race car, you have a drag race car or autocross car that you want to start road racing, or you’ve come across a retired race car, RMVR’s goal is to get you and your car on the track.

Whether your car has a log book or has never had one, start the eligibility process by contacting RMVR’s Chief of Eligibility who will help you locate the applicable rules based on your car and class and put you in contact with the appropriate Eligibility Team member. If you are not certain which class best fits your car, provide the Chief of Eligibility with the year, make, model and your intended level of modifications (stock, moderate, or heavy modifications) to receive a recommend a class and its associated rulebook(s) to get you started.

What Determines a Car’s Eligibility?

RMVR has its own General Rules and class exceptions but relies on the established rulebooks listed in the Car Eligibility Guide.

What Are Car Categories and Classes?

For those new to road racing, each car is built for a specific “category” that is broken into different “classes” based on the governing rulebook. You may find descriptions of each class in our RMVR Car Category Descriptions and in the RMVR General Rules. For example, a highly modified production car with a 355 c.i.d. engine may be using a GCR built to run in the GT-1 class. Another car with a 122 c.i.d. engine is using the same GCR but is built to run in the GT-4 class. Both of these cars are in the GT category but are in different classes. In this example, they will race in different RMVR run groups, described below, because these two GT-1 and GT-4 cars differ greatly in performance capabilities.

What Are RMVR Run Groups?

Not to be confused with car categories and classes, race entries are assigned to basic RMVR “run groups” made up of similar types of cars (e.g. production-based, open wheel, or sports racers) with similar speed and performance characteristics. Each car’s racing class is the best gauge to “map” cars to appropriate run groups. Because RMVR has many different car categories and classes, a single run group is often made up of multiple car classes, some faster and some slower. Run groups are subject to review and change by the Chief Steward depending on modifications that have been made to a car that impacts its speed and performance characteristics.

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