Combe Cans Carnival?

[Marshal]

According to the latest listings on the Castle Combe Website, the FFord Carnival is no more, the date being taken by a National Bike meeting in August - reducing the number of car meetings to 7 at the circuit this year.

Perhaps its not a surprise as the Carnival always struggled to attract competitors for whom Combe wasn't their home circuit, but its a shame to see the ammount of car racing at Combe reduced - it'll be particularly strange that the last car meeting of the season will be August bank holiday.

Does anyone know more?

[Tiptop]

Marshal,

I have the listings for this years championships and on the form I have received there is now a seperate 'King of Kents Event' on the 2nd Oct the event is classed as a carnival and consists of heats & final.

I hope this answers your question

Tiptop

[Marshal]

I hope you're right, as our availability forms for marshalling had the carnival on the 2nd October, but as we all know, Combe has a limited number of days running, and the calendar published on the website fills these without provision for the carnival

[G Tanner]

As far as I'm aware the Carnival is still on and is listed as such on the BRSCC site.

The Combe FF1600 series is running on the 27/3, 12/4, 3&31/5, 20/6, 7/8 and 30/8. The 12/4 and 30/8 meetings will run as double headers giving the series 9 rounds and allowing the October event to be the Carnival.

But as we know, these things have a habit of changing.

[PTs Bro]

Just to put your minds at ease, the "carnival" is still on on 2nd of Oct and is confirmed in the Combe fixture guide which I received from the circuit a couple of days ago.