RaceFunded
by Trackside Partners
For racing drivers

Your
audience
is your leverage.

A done-with-you programme that turns your audience into a sponsor-ready activation business — recurring fan events across the season, verified attendance, and the proposition corporate sponsors actually buy. Built from your specific audience data, not a template.

Audience Profile~2 weeks
Membership build+2 weeks
GuaranteeData-led go/no-go
What this is

Three
things
at once.

Verified audience data your sponsors actually need. A programme of recurring fan events across your season — paid for, attended, measurable. And direct funding from a season pass that runs alongside it all. Built from your specific data. Delivered with you, not to you.

Trackside Partners · Pilot Phase
01 — The Problem

Sponsors
don't buy
followers.

Every driver has a social presence. Almost none can show a sponsor who that audience is, what they buy, where they go — and whether they'll turn up. The driver with 8,000 followers and no data is in the same position as the driver with 800. Neither has anything a brand can buy.

£0
What a follower count is worth to a sponsor deciding whether to write a cheque.
~90%
Of sponsorship cold outreach goes unanswered — drivers are asking, not offering.
100%
Of serious sponsors need verified audience intelligence before committing budget.
02 — Why It's Happening

The gap isn't
your following.
It's your data.

Most drivers are building an audience with no systematic way to understand it. Three things create the gap between where you are and where a sponsor needs you to be.

01 —

No Audience Profile

You have reach. You don't have a documented, verified picture of who those people are. A sponsor needs the second thing — not the first. Follower count is the least interesting number in that conversation.

02 —

No Activation to Sell

Sponsors don't want logo placement. They want recurring access to a defined audience — events, hospitality, content touchpoints across a season. Without a verified audience and a programme to deliver them to, there's nothing for a brand to actually buy.

03 —

No System

What to build, how to price it, how to launch it — specialist decisions most drivers make by guesswork. The ones who figure it out first don't share the playbook. Race Funded is the playbook.

03 — The Solution

Race
Funded

A done-with-you consulting programme that builds your sponsor-ready activation business — from audience data, through recurring fan events, to the foundation that opens the corporate conversation. The season pass funds the season. The audience data and activation programme open the sponsor conversation. One programme. Built around what your audience can actually carry.

01

Audience Profile

A structured survey deployed to your existing following. Reveals what your fans spend money on, what brands they align with, how far they travel, and what events they'll turn up to. Real data — not guesswork.

We only proceed when the data supports it.
Race Funded is built around your specific audience. After Gather, we Analyse the data together. If the engagement, intent, and demographic profile support a season pass and activation programme, we Design and Execute together. If they don't, you pay nothing beyond Gather — you keep the data, you keep the audience insight, and we revisit at 6 and 12 months. We only build what the audience can carry. That's the guarantee.
02

Recurring Activation Programme

A season-long programme of fan events — built from what your audience asked for, delivered through your season pass membership. Paid members are filtered, committed, and turn up. Sponsors buy the recurring access — which is the only kind that actually unlocks marketing budgets.

03

Sponsor Proposition Foundation

By the end of Race Funded you have a documented audience profile, a season of demonstrated attendance, and the foundation a marketing team actually needs to sign off budget. Sponsor activation itself — proposal build, outreach, close support — is a separate continuation engagement, available once the season's operational data supports it.

04 — The Programme

How it
works.

The Race Funded Method. One programme. A go/no-go gate after the survey. We Gather your audience data, Analyse what it tells us, Design your engine, then you Execute through the season. Race Funded ends at end-of-season. Activate — the sponsor activation work — is a separate continuation engagement, available once the operational data supports it.

Gather
Audience survey & onboarding
~2 weeks
Analyse
Data → debrief → membership blueprint
Gate
Go / No-Go
Decision
to proceed
Design
Season pass + corporate tier
+2 weeks
Execute
Season + content rhythm
Separate
Activate
Sponsor activation
The Gate
After Gather we Analyse the data together. If the audience profile supports a launch, we proceed to Design. If not — no charge, no obligation. You keep the data and the insights, and we revisit at 6 and 12 months. We only build when it's likely to succeed.
05 — Done With You

Built with
you. Not at
you.

We do the specialist work — survey, analysis, copy, configuration. You do the work only you can do — the videos, the outreach, the content. The split is designed so you stay focused on racing.

Consultant

What we build

We do the heavy lifting — so you can focus on racing.

Survey design and deployment — questions, structure, platform setup
Audience analysis report — spending habits, brand alignment, travel behaviour
Membership offer and page copy — a compelling, bespoke offer built from your specific audience data
Season pass configuration — activity stack, pricing, content rhythm
All outreach copy — email scripts, social video hooks, WhatsApp sequences
Sponsor proposition foundation — the audience asset and activation record needed for the sponsor conversation, delivered as a Race Funded outcome. The sponsor work itself is Activate, a separate continuation engagement.
You — the driver

What you bring

Minimal admin. You stay focused on executing.

Post a launch video — short, authentic, direct to your existing audience
Attend scheduled check-ins — same day and time, throughout the programme
Execute the outreach — email your list, post the social hooks, send the WhatsApp messages
Deliver the member content — structured to five pillars and your race calendar
Provide a written testimonial — short, at programme end
06 — What It Looks Like After

A driver who
walks in with
proof, not a pitch.

End of programme, you have something most drivers at your level don't: a verified, paying audience and the data to prove who they are.

A Different Sponsor Conversation

You're walking in with a documented, paying audience and a recurring activation programme. The conversation stops being "will you fund me" and becomes "here's what you'd be buying."

Verified Audience Profile

Real data on spending habits, brand alignment, travel behaviour, event attendance. The kind a marketing team needs before committing sponsorship budget.

£

Season Revenue Running

Members pay a single annual fee for exclusive access to your season. Real income in your account before the first race — from your own audience, not a sponsor.

A Funding Engine That Runs

The Audience Profile, the activation programme, the content rhythm, the outreach playbook, the sponsor proposition — built once, running every season.

07 — The Offer

We only win
when you win.

One programme. The guarantee is the gate — we only proceed when the data says we should. If your audience can carry it, we Design and Execute the full programme with you. If it can't, you pay nothing beyond Gather. Either way, the diagnostic is real.

Everything
included.
No upsells.

Survey build, data collection, dashboard, analysis, debrief call, Membership Blueprint, Season Pass Stack, Season Pass Framework, Member Engagement Calendar, all outreach copy, corporate member launch, and full season delivery support. Foundation for the Activate engagement — delivered as part of Race Funded; the activation engagement itself is separate.

Every phase delivered — Audience Profile, Membership Blueprint, Season Pass Stack, all outreach copy
Scheduled check-ins — same day and time, throughout the build and Execute phases
Between-session support — WhatsApp or email, response within 24 hours on weekdays
The Gate — we only proceed when the Analyse stage data supports it. If the audience can't carry the programme, you pay nothing beyond Gather. We only build what's likely to succeed.
Limited to drivers with an active audience.
Go/no-go decision after the Analyse stage — if the data isn't there, no charge.
Yes or no by end of week.
Book a free Commercial Readiness Review →
08 — Common Questions

Things drivers
usually ask.

The four questions that come up on almost every Commercial Readiness Review. If yours isn't here, ask it on the call.

My audience isn't big enough
This isn't about size — it's about engagement quality. A driver with 1,000 engaged followers produces better survey data than one with 10,000 passive ones. The survey tells us what we're working with. That's the first step.
I don't have time for this
We tailor the membership structure to your capabilities and availability. The programme is built around your race calendar, not against it. Where specific tasks need extra support, we help identify additional resources to make it manageable.
I'm not good with tech
We handle the technical build. Survey platform, membership setup, page structure, analytics — all configured and handed to you to approve. Your job is the content, not the code.
What if it doesn't work?
We don't proceed if the data isn't there. After Gather we Analyse the audience together. If the engagement, intent, and brand alignment support a launch, we go. If they don't, no charge beyond Gather — you keep the data, you keep the audience insight, and we revisit at 6 and 12 months. We only build what's likely to succeed.
09 — Next Step

One
question
to answer.

Everything else follows from this. The Audience Profile, the Season Pass Stack, the sponsor conversations — all of it is downstream from one decision made today. The result is a Funding Engine that runs before your first race. And if the survey data tells us you're not ready, we'll tell you that clearly, at no cost.

If yes — here's what happens
1
Commercial Readiness Review
45 minutes live. A diagnostic of your commercial position — audience, funding, season plan.
2
Agreement
Click-through terms on the platform. Yes or no by end of week.
3
Onboarding questionnaire
Short form — platforms, audience, commercial situation, calendar.
4
Audience Profile begins
Survey prep and video brief. Go/no-go after the data is in — no charge if we don't proceed.

We reply personally — no automated sequences. Your details are used only to follow up about Race Funded.

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