In 1986 The FLRC (Formula Lightweight Racing Club) was formed by a group of bikers, including Ken Dawe and Martin Baldwin, who believed that the humble 250cc road bike that MZ produced could form the basis of a cheap and cheerful road racing series. Just 10 riders lined up at a meeting with the Vincent owners club on a wet day back on the 14th of June 1987 at Cadwell Park (on the short circuit as they didn't trust Clubmen with the cherished long circuit in those days)  to take part in the first MZ race. Sponsorship to the tune of £500 was availiable from Bike magazine and Avon tyres, and being Mz racers they decided to award the lions share to third place with least to the winner. The first series ran over four events and the Club raced with Derby Pheonix, BRC and Pegasus at circuits such as West Rainham and Lydden Hill. From those humble beginnings, MZ racing quickly caught the public imagination. Within a year there were forty bikes on the grid at Snetterton with ten reserves waiting to join the action. Soon the FLRC was one of the biggest single make racing clubs in the UK. Subsequently the bikes have been developed by their riders to go faster, handle better and regularly show up many expensive racing bikes at circuits around the country. The MZ racing class pioneered the concept of giving people an opportunity to try racing without going to great expense. To date, hundreds of people have tried MZ racing - young, old, male, and female, from complete novices to those with over twenty years racing experience. In 1995 the club changed its name to the BMZRC (British MZ Racing Club).

The mention of committees and the like are liable to cause a sudden loss of the will to live so the British MZ racing club has a simple "constitution" to enable it to function. The most important role of the club is to set and monitor the rules and regulations of MZ racing. We liaise with the BMCRC (the British Motor Cycle Racing Club, Bemsee for short), promote the series through introduction packs, advertising, show stands etc. We organise a variety of competitions and encourage sponsorship to help fund the club and provide prize money and trophies. The club also provides a regular Race Bulletin with race results, race reports, bikes & spares for sale, plus any other news and gossip. The club is run by racers for racers and is committed to helping and encouraging newcomers to road racing.

In the past MZ racers had to rely on a variety of clubs to organise race meetings that would include MZ races. This often meant joining several different racing clubs each year. The British MZ Racing Club has therefore joined forces with the British Motor Cycle Racing Club (aka. BMCRC or Bemsee) to become a club within a club. You just need to pay the Bemsee membership fee and this will entitle you to free membership of the British MZ Racing Club, but to fund the club, pay postage & printing of the race Bulletins etc we ask for a voluntary contribution. Most people donate around £15-£20 per season.

The various MZ racing championships and trophies are now part of the Bemsee programme.

The name Motorradwerk Zschopau first appeared in Grand Prix racing back in 1957. At various times from then until 1976, MZ works racers competed in World Championships for 125, 250 and 350cc classes. They secured 13 Grand Prix victories and 105 rostrum finishes in what surely were "David vs. Goliath" battles, given the Cold War and the harsh economic realities of life in East Germany.

The inspiration behind MZ's success was Walter Kaaden, a true engineering genius. He perfected the rotary valve and conventional two-stroke and expansion chamber technology. In 1961 his MZ125 was the first engine in history to exceed 200 horsepower per litre. An MZ125 was also the first two stroke ever to win a 125cc Grand Prix. Even the legendary Mike Hailwood won a Grand Prix on a MZ250 in 1963. The defection of Ernst Degner to Suzuki (and so to the West) in 1961 gave the Japanese motorcycle industry the technical knowledge they required to build a racer equal to Walter Kaaden's MZ - the forerunners of today's top racing bikes.

Alan Sheppard, a former president of the club, was a member of the original MZ racing team between 1961 and 1964, the year when he came third in the World 250 Championship and won the first round to be held in Daytona, USA. After German reunification the factory was re-launched as MuZ. Subsequently production was relocated to Turkey where the faithful strokers are still produced in large numbers.