How to get an 'F' grade...

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Hi, couple more newbie questions I'm afraid.

Me and a couple of mates have now joined York club after a few weeks introduction to racing. I believe we're also now associate members of the BRCA and we're pretty keen to get into racing as much as possibe this year. Whats the best way to get into it? Which events will we need to be looking at and will we need an 'F' rating? If so how do we get one or are we automatically allocated F5.

I know most of you on here are pretty experienced, but if you can cast your addled brains back to how to get started......

Cheers.