About Us | Yorkshire Dales Autograss Club

About Us

ABOUT US

Yorkshire Dales Autograss Club was formed in 1993 and our home club was at Kiplin near Scorton, Richmond.

Before this we started around 1984 and the club was known as Catterick Yorkshire Dales, our prefix would have been C1YD as an example. We had numerous tracks before 1993, West Witton, Spennithorne, Tunstall and Gatherley.

The 'Rules and Regs' were very much different back then but a lot now is down to safety which is much better than back then. Cars and tracks have come on so much over the years and some people invest a lot of money into them, but the good thing about Autograss is you can choose and race on a budget that suits you.

Our club prefix is now YD1, we have another club in our league from Solway near Cumbria and there prefix is SL1. They lost their track and have not found another one but they still have a few members that race for their club at our track.

We held our first Nationals at Rushyford in 1998/9. There was a couple of years we didn't race due to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

We moved to Thornborough around 2006/7 and have been here ever since. We have one of the best venues in the country and have held a number of Nationals and BAS rounds successfully.

Our membership is growing all the time and it is like one big family - some of the members have been here since 1984 and are still racing. Our club is going from strength to strength and we are looking forward to the Nationals, on the 30th/31st July this year, which will be on our newly renovated track.

Our Committee

If you have any queries that you can't find an answer for on this website, our helpful Committee will be more than happy to answer your questions or offer guidance.