Motorsport Australia is pleased to announce applications are now open for Round 2 of the 2025 Supercheap Auto Club Development Fund and will close on 31 October.
Following a successful first round of this year’s Club Development Fund, proudly supported by Supercheap Auto, Motorsport Australia is excited to continue supporting our affiliated clubs.
Since 2015, the fund has delivered more than $105,000 in grants through to Motorsport Australia affiliated clubs, growing and strengthening their capacity to develop participation, improve safety, and upskill volunteers through various programs.
Similarly to the first round of grants, there are three different streams clubs can apply for, such as Safety and Operational Equipment, Volunteer Upskilling and Club Capacity Building and Participation Programs.
The Kempsey Sporting Car Club was one of the clubs successful in attaining funding in the previous round, putting the money towards its annual Junior Development Day, which invited new drivers to get a taste of motorsport locally.
Club President Chris Seam stated funding from the Club Development Fund plays an important role in expanding its membership base by supporting club-level events.
“We’ve been doing our annual Junior Development Day for a while, we did them prior to COVID and then it was shut down for a few years, but last year was the first time we got it up and running again,” said Seam.
“The idea for going for the grant, and any other funding we could get, is to try and keep it as cheap as possible for our participants.
“By the time participants are buying their licence, entering an event and getting whatever they have to, it’s a costly sort of exercise.
“We had another sold-out event this year, which kind of reaffirms why this particular event is so important to the club. The community gets around this event, even right down to the Local Members of Parliament, the Mayor, they all love it and they all want it running each year.”
Interested clubs looking to apply for the Supercheap Auto Club Development Fund can contact their Motorsport Australia Regional Development Executive to discuss a project prior to application.
All successful applicants will also receive a Supercheap Auto gift card to spend at any of their 280 stores in Australia.
Applications must be submitted online before Monday, 31 October at 5pm AEDT. All successful applicants will then be notified in November.
In Round 1 this year, nine clubs received funding via the Club Development Fund to assist them in growing their projects.
2025 Supercheap Auto Club Development Fund recipients to date:
- Murwillumbah Sporting Car Club
- Kempsey Sporting Car Club
- Queensland Motor Racing Officials Association
- Queensland Superkart Club
- Collie Motorplex Incorporated
- North West Car Club Incorporated
- Maffra and District car club
- Formula SAE Australasia
- Austin 7 Club Incorporated
