Marshals and Timekeepers
As with every event, Abingdon Motorsport CAR-nival is reliant on an huge army of unsung heroes, the club marshal…
There’s free camping available across Friday, Saturday and Sunday plus there even a free lunch ticket for those attending the Sprint.
OFFICIALS AND MARSHALS REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
ALL QUERIES TO barrygcharlie@aol.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT SUFFICIENT RADIO OPERATORS HAVE NOW VOLUNTEERED AND SO ANY FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE PLACED ON A RESERVE LIST.
SATURDAY IS SPRINT TIME – Saturday 7th June 2025
The Sprint event is relatively simple by comparison whereby we need around 30 marshals to keep it all safe and to act as ‘First Responders’ to any incidents.
Yes, sprints and well behaved driver can lack excitement but with cars hitting in excess of 130mph down the back straights marshals are one of the most important ingredients of the CAR-nival Sprint.
At the end of the day, one of the nice things about the sprint is you can ‘stand down’ almost immediately the last car finishes with no clear up to worry about.
SUNDAY RALLY TIME: Sunday 8th June 2025
Experienced marshals and timekeepers are always needed for this, one of the largest single venue in the UK with 100 cars covering up to 60+ stage miles of super smooth tarmac. 
There’s normally 30+ junctions to cover over the 7 stages and Abingdon always has its stories. High-powered WRC and R5 cars mix it with classic Escorts and Peugeots and sometimes there’s even the odd classic.
Experience is not essential as you need to start somewhere so we will ‘buddy’ you with more accomplished marshals to help give you a taste of what it’s all about.
Radio Operators (SEE ABOVE)
Whilst we are reverting to a closed network of handhelds for the Sprint, the CAR-nival Rally always requires a small army of volunteers and one of the most important groups are our worthy band of MS-UK licenced radio operators.
Our Communications Officer (Bob Clark) is always on the lookout for volunteers and would love to hear from anyone volunteering for Saturday.
Helpers and Officials
Although CAR-nival runs under the banner of 3 main motor clubs, it is essentially a group of organisers and friends that all joining together to make it happen. Officials and volunteers travel from as far afield as Cornwall and Carlisle and we even have one intrepid ‘International’ that travels all the way from Belgium – In other words you don’t have to be a local, or even a member of any particular club to be part of CAR-nival.
If you want to get involved at a higher level, working as a Deputy or Assistant Senior Official then let us know with a quick email to: barrygcharlie@aol.com
Safety Briefing
Safety is absolutely paramount at Abingdon Motorsport CAR-nival and no more so than for our officials and volunteers. A full briefing will be given alongside written instructions but ahead of the event we ask you to watch the safety presentation on rally marshalling
We are always on the look out for ‘new blood’ and would love to hear from anybody who wants to join the team.