This gets worse the more one looks into it. What needs to be investigated is the owners of the "rented" equipment.
If I were starting a racing series with my own or borrowed money I would buy the equipment through Company A and rent it out to Company B. Company A would be an equipment hire company with loads of assets, and would demand big deposits, probably approaching the capital cost of the equipment. Company B would have no assets and be a trading company, selling racing to the ambitious. If the race series doesn't make a profit, the assets would be protected and Company A would be a preferential creditor along with IR, VAT etc.
Just saying that's how I'd do it.
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