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Old 5 Jun 2024, 09:51 (Ref:4211899)   #201
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Have seen links to videos , but I think they were for the last International races at Crystal Palace , which were in [ I believe ] 1972 .
And I think clubman races went on until about 1974 .
Didn't Gerry Marshall win the last ever race there (in a Lister Jaguar)?
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Old 5 Jun 2024, 11:12 (Ref:4211907)   #202
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Didn't Gerry Marshall win the last ever race there (in a Lister Jaguar)?
Yes , Gerry Marshall is listed as winning the last race .
But I actually raced in a Kart race meeting which was held later . And there were some more clubman events for a year or two .https://www.motorsportatthepalace.co.uk/RacingAtPalace
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Going back in memory , I also raced at Aintree , [ probably 1970s ].
It had a full GP circuit , but that had its last race in 1964 , and continued with a club circuit until about 1982 . Now only track days and possibly M/C racing .

So that is another one gone .
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Old 5 Jun 2024, 13:32 (Ref:4211919)   #204
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One other name I recall is a circuit that I never raced at, and that is Longridge. However, just found two other circuits that I can't remember ever hearing of, and they are Davidstow and Ibsley, both former RAF airfields.

This site may help: https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk...racing-venues/
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Old 5 Jun 2024, 14:05 (Ref:4211925)   #205
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One other name I recall is a circuit that I never raced at, and that is Longridge. However, just found two other circuits that I can't remember ever hearing of, and they are Davidstow and Ibsley, both former RAF airfields.

This site may help: https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk...racing-venues/
Some very good information in that link .
Another one I found is GRANSDEN LODGE .Again , a WW11 airfield used as a racetrack . First race was there in 1946 , some more in 1947 but then no more .
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Davidstow held races for F1 cars!
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Old 6 Jun 2024, 08:38 (Ref:4212016)   #207
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One other name I recall is a circuit that I never raced at, and that is Longridge. However, just found two other circuits that I can't remember ever hearing of, and they are Davidstow and Ibsley, both former RAF airfields.

This site may help: https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk...racing-venues/
Interesting site Mike. Thanks for the link.
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Fersfield is actually part of American history .During the war , as an American base , Joe P Kennedy jnr took off from there in a bomber converted into a remote controlled bomb .When he got to the English coast , he switched on the control mechanism prior to baling out .But it went wrong and he was killed when it exploded .
This stopped his fathers future plans of making him the president , and his younger brother , John F Kennedy got the job instead .

So Fersfield might be known to Americans as an airfield before it became a race track .

A bit in the news today about Fersfield .https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...b-village.html

Not as a race track but another story about an American pilot who took off from there before he was tragically lost in the war .
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Not exactly an abandoned track, but little used. Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland is up for sale at £2m. Another place if bought could become a housing estate. Don't know.
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Old 25 Jun 2024, 06:54 (Ref:4216852)   #210
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How often is it used? Have to say I haven't really heard about Bishopscourt
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How often is it used? Have to say I haven't really heard about Bishopscourt
If you log on to racingcircuis.com you will find a comprehensive history of the circuit. Not having been there myself I can't offer much more information. Nice place by the looks of it.
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How often is it used? Have to say I haven't really heard about Bishopscourt
Bishopscourt is limited to 16 days usage per annum - typically, there is a single, two-day, car race meeting each year.
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Old 26 Jun 2024, 14:30 (Ref:4216972)   #213
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Actually found something that WIKI is good for .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._racing_tracks
If you go down to United Kingdom , you will find a good list .
You can then click on names and usually find some of the History / Current use etc .
One there I did not know was used for racing was Boreham , before Ford took it over .
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Bishopscourt is limited to 16 days usage per annum - typically, there is a single, two-day, car race meeting each year.
No wonder it isn't well known. Especially compared to Kirkistown
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A little history lesson on Naish House hillclimb

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Interesting article on "sport bible.com" concerning Korea International race track. Built for F1, used for about 4 years until early 20's. Now abandoned.
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Interesting article on "sport bible.com" concerning Korea International race track. Built for F1, used for about 4 years until early 20's. Now abandoned.
Yet another F1 track to be abandoned. Hanoi, in Vietnam.
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