Uniroyal Fun Cup

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The Uniroyal Fun Cup is a race series, created 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 £24,000. The races last mostly between three and six hours, split between a team of three or more drivers, so driving time in the Fun Cup is more than 8 times that offered by other series.^[1] There are Fun Cup national series competed in USA, Belgium, France and Spain, Italy and Germany, 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.^{[citation needed]}

The cars are identical, 130bhp, 760kg Volkswagen Beetle replicas with identical RainSport tyres, which run in both wet and dry.

The British Fun Cup calendar is as follows:

5th May 2007	Croft	3 Hours
6th May 2007	Croft	3 Hours
9th June 2007	Mondello Park	3 Hours
10th June 2007	Mondello Park	3 Hours
5th - 8th July 2007	Spa	25 Hours
4th August 2007	Snetterton	4 Hours
1st September 2007	Brands Hatch	3 Hours
6th October 2007	Oulton Park	4 Hours
11th & 12th November 2007	Jarama - World Cup	TBA