Club members are volunteering their time across the four-day Bathurst 12 Hour event to keep the bellies of race fans full.

The club has opened its McPhillamy Park food shed for the past 20 years during the Bathurst 1000, but this was only the second year for the 12 Hour.

Red Tops president Carol Prosser said 15 club members have volunteered their time for this year’s 12 Hour.

“Some are players, some are past players and some are life members,” she said.

“We have a family that travels from the Blue Mountains to be here [as a volunteer].”

The food shed may be open long hours during the race festival, but Ms Prosser said it was well worth the effort.

“Last year we raised $8000,” she said.

All funds earned through the four-day event go straight back into the Red Tops.

“We use it as a fundraiser, it helps us keep the fees down,” Ms Prosser said.

“We keep the money in the club so people can afford to have their kids play and so that they can play.”

In order to promote the food shed, and where the funds raised will go to, Ms Prosser and some of the club’s other members have been handing out flyers to race fans while they take in the action.

“It’s fresh, it’s local and it’s a really good cause,” she said.

Ms Prosser said the Red Tops was the city’s oldest sporting clubs and it accepts players from as young as four years old.