Section
Shows and exhibitions, from the loading ramp onwards
Four guides covering the practical chain: how the car gets there, what preparation is worth the time, how club stands work, and what an indoor winter event asks for that a summer field does not.
Guides in this section4 published guides
Transport
Road or trailer: how the car actually gets to the field
What driving to an event puts the car through, what trailering asks of you instead, and how owners generally split the difference.
Preparation
The week before: preparation that earns its keep
Which preparation is worth the time before an event, which is worth doing badly rather than not at all, and which is worth skipping.
Entries
Club stands: who allocates the space and what comes with it
How club pitches are allocated, what the club expects in return, and when an individual entry is the better arrangement.
Winter
Indoor and winter events, which are run to different rules
Fuel limits, battery rules, move-in windows and drip trays: what indoor venues ask for and why the answer is almost never negotiable.
How the four guides fit together
They follow the order the work actually happens in. Transport is decided first, because it changes everything after it. Preparation follows, then the question of where the car will stand, then the particular case of indoor events, which are run to different rules.
Each guide is written to be read on its own, so there is some deliberate repetition where a point matters in more than one place.
What they assume
That the car is road legal, insured and in running order. Restoration, mechanical work and valuation are outside this section.
That you are entering as an owner rather than as a trader or an organiser, which changes what the conditions on an entry form mean.
What they do not cover
Judging criteria and points sheets. Those vary so much between clubs that a general description would be misleading.
Anything to do with buying, selling or insuring a car outside the context of a single event.
Each guide names the event or club whose published conditions it draws on. Where none is named, the point is general and should be checked locally.