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Old 4 Jan 2014, 11:24 (Ref:3350297)   #42
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Originally Posted by andy97 View Post
My memory (which may be faulty!) was that there were 2 proposals for Silverstone - one involved an oval which actually included one of the corners on the GP circuit, with it built up as a shallow banked corner that could also be used to provide multiple lines for overtaking opportunities on the "road" course as well, and the other involved an oval built up as part of the infield Stowe circuit
I don't think that the introduction of a banked corner (Club) was part of an idea to create an oval. However, there was an embryonic plan in the early to mid 90s to construct a non-banked oval (of sorts) involving Stowe, Club and a link from Abbey to Chapel for IndyCar. This was in addition to the later plan for a short(er) oval on the Rallysprint site.
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