Recently lost circuits

[Rob29]

With Richard Young's post we have listed practically every car circuit in the British Isles.
Ireland pre-war;Athy,Cork,Limerick,Skerries,Bray,Ards,Bangor,Ballyclare.
Isle of Man (Mountain)1905-22
Douglas 1934-99?
St.Helier (Jersey) 1947-52

[RAP]

Shouldn't we add sand racing at Southport ? Theses were "real" races pre war, not speed trials. I'm not sure about other places like Saltburn ans Redcar. Also, some of the early sea front events like Bexhill and Brighton had side-by-side starts / first across the line goes through to the next round events which, I guess, are strickly speaking races too !

[RAP]

PS Need to add Dundrod to the road courses. Cork, Limerick. Skerries, Bray are in Eire so do they count? If so also Tallaght Dunboyne Curragh Rathdrum & Wicklow

[Rob29]

Originally posted by RAP
PS Need to add Dundrod to the road courses. Cork, Limerick. Skerries, Bray are in Eire so do they count? If so also Tallaght Dunboyne Curragh Rathdrum & Wicklow

These are mentioned in Richard Young's post,RAP.Whether they count depends what you are talking about I supose.None of this is relevant to the title of this thread-RECENTLY lost.But as someone mentioned the book 'Motor Racing Circuits in England-Then & Now' I reckon one called 'MRC of the rest of the British Isles'should include all of Ireland-Athy goes back to when there was a united Ireland!
I had not thought about sand racing-saw some in Jersey -St.Ouen? when I was there in the 80s.Two at a time as used to be the form in Brighton,would now be called drag racing-which is another ball game.

[Dave Brand]

Originally posted by Rob29
Safety requirements for bikes are obviously less than for cars

NO! Different, yes; less, no. I think you'll find that many of the circuits used only for bikes are considered too narrow to race cars.

[RAP]

Oops. Should have re read Richard's posting. With regards to Brighton - yes it's the same in principle although the trem Drag racing was not yet invented in 1905!

[vaughan jones]

Fersfield nr Diss, norfolk,forerunner of snett.

[f1manoz]

Australian Tracks:

Amaroo Park - torn down for a housing development
Lakeside
Warwick Farm - hosted F1 races in the 1960s
There was a track up in Surfers Paradise that hosted bike racing that went belly-up

[Darren Galpin]

Missing to the list are Clady and Cluntoe in Northern Ireland. You might like to take a look at http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/gb.html - also includes some beach venues.

[Richard Young]

Cluntoe.....See previous posting. Clady was a bike circuit.