Rockingham Motor Speedway , Corby England ,R.I.P.
Rockingham Speedway (UK) The Final Curtain Falls
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Rockingham Speedway, Corby, Northamptonshire, UK once attracted crowds in their thousands to come and watch some amazing races.
That the first purpose-built banked oval built in the UK since Brooklands in 1907 could be shuttered as a venue after just 17 years is almost as hard to comprehend as the circuit existing in the first place.
Built on a disused British Steel quarry site in Corby, Rockingham was conceived as an American-style high-speed oval test track, with a bold plan to attract the US-based CART Champ Car World Series for Indy-style machines. It took ten years of planning before the £70 million venue was built in 23 months.
t opened in 2001, with the first CART race held there on 22 September 2001. It was a troubled start: water seeping through the track surface delayed running, and the 500km race was eventually shortened to 300km due to time constraints.
The race itself was largely processional, with the 1.5-mile oval's tight, low-banked turns not conducive to side-by-side racing, although it was enlivened by Gil de Ferran overtaking future McLaren Automotive test driver Kenny Bräck at the final turn to snatch the win (pictured below). The CART World Series returned in 2002, with Brit Dario Franchitti taking victory.
But despite producing some good racing, the circuit doesn’t hold as much appeal for drivers or spectators as other venues. It doesn't, for example, have the history of Silverstone (located just 40 miles away), the flowing challenge of Oulton Park or the elevation changes of Brands Hatch.
That’s perhaps because it lacks in atmosphere: it’s as flat, featureless and glamorous as you’d expect an old British Steel quarry located next to an industrial estate in Corby to be.
To host a crowd of 55,000-plus, the venue has five big grandstands, although two of them haven’t been open since the last CART race. They probably contain seats that have never been sat in. Due to safety concerns related to subsidence, only the main grandstand has been in use this year.
With 2019 events for both the British Touring Car Championship and GT series having been cancelled already, and no activity planned for the year ahead, it very much looks like England is about to loose one of its most dramatic and diverse racing venues in many years.
Filmed using the Mavic 2 pro
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Randy Lewis, the World's #1 Trackchaser, visited the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northhamptonshire, United Kingdom for some British Auto Racing Club competition. Randy has seen racing at 2,220 racetracks in 70 different countries. Randy’s lifetime track total includes wheel-to-wheel racing on oval, road course or figure 8 tracks.
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Ride onboard, starting in 2nd position. Track conditions are now almost fully dry, so I was using Avon ZZR semi-slick tyres. Ambient temperatures of just 3 degrees Celsius and even lower with the horrendous wind chill! This was another really fun race, made even more tricky by the afternoon start time, low light and oil on circuit...
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Credits: Hay Fisher Productions, BRDC British F3 Series & Motorsport.TV
Best Attractions and Places to See in Corby, England
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Kirby Hall
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List of Abandoned/Disused Race Tracks in the UK
I decided to look at the abandoned or disused race tracks / circuits in the UK that are not being used anymore in List of Abandoned / Disused Race Tracks / Circuits in the UK.
Please visit Aerialf1.com who without their pictures I wouldn't been able to make the video. They make layouts of old abandoned tracks around the world which is very interesting.
Also thanks to tentenths.com for some of the pictures.
UK Trucks - Rockingham 10 September 2006
This full meeting is available on DVD from dh-videos.co.uk
List of British Race Tracks / Circuits
I decided to make this a double upload weekend after not uploading for a month and I decided to look at how many race tracks / Circuits there are in the UK in my list of British Race / Racing Tracks / Circuits