Abandoned Tracks

[Tel 911S]

Been a bit quiet on here , [ then just noticed Gordons post ], but I thought I would bring up a bit from " Abandoned Tracks ".
Had been looking up the history of FERSFIELD . A link to it here .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYw7iWr9eU
And looked up the history for Snetterton and Silverstone .
From old maps it looks like they were all very similar design WW11 airfields .
Silverstone had its first racing in 1948 , Fersfield in about 1951 and Snetterton a year or two later .
Fersfield did not last very long , [ probably to far away from main roads ,] but the other 2 are still going strong as race circuits today .

How many tracks across the country had similar starting points , as I cant think of many that were about , [ Brooklands ], before the war .

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

Been a bit quiet on here , [ then just noticed Gordons post ], but I thought I would bring up a bit from " Abandoned Tracks ".
Had been looking up the history of FERSFIELD . A link to it here .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYw7iWr9eU
And looked up the history for Snetterton and Silverstone .
From old maps it looks like they were all very similar design WW11 airfields .
Silverstone had its first racing in 1948 , Fersfield in about 1951 and Snetterton a year or two later .
Fersfield did not last very long , [ probably to far away from main roads ,] but the other 2 are still going strong as race circuits today .

How many tracks across the country had similar starting points , as I cant think of many that were about , [ Brooklands ], before the war .

Donington, though somewhat briefly.

But then again, dedicated tracks must have been rather rare pre-WW2.

[grantp]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_circuit

Possibly slightly missing the point of Tel's post in terms of airfield tracks post WW2, but having lived next to the park whilst racing was still active, albeit as a very young person at the time, I think the concept of the Palace is something that should be remembered.

That said most of my visits to the Park were more memorable for the dinosaurs.

https://cpdinosaurs.org/

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by grantp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_circuit

Possibly slightly missing the point of Tel's post in terms of airfield tracks post WW2, but having lived next to the park whilst racing was still active, albeit as a very young person at the time, I think the concept of the Palace is something that should be remembered.

That said most of my visits to the Park were more memorable for the dinosaurs.

https://cpdinosaurs.org/

I should have looked that one up , but did not know it had been about that long .
I actually raced there a few times , including ,[ I think ] the last meeting on the full circuit ,in about 1974 .

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

I should have looked that one up , but did not know it had been about that long .
I actually raced there a few times , including ,[ I think ] the last meeting on the full circuit ,in about 1974 .

There is a video of the last meeting's races on YouTube somewhere.

Maybe not all of the races though.

[Tel 911S]

Originally Posted by grantp

There is a video of the last meeting's races on YouTube somewhere.

Maybe not all of the races though.

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 .

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Tel 911S

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)?