How Many Racetracks Were Airfields??

Welcome to the forum I'm originally from Windsor.
Not an area rich in disused runways being such a built up area how far are you prepared to travel?

Hello there.

Try this thread: /community/showthread.php?6981-How-Many-Racetracks-Were-Airfields

Not all are still used for motorsport and some now actively discourgae it but the ones still active may be able to help. For a fee, no doubt! Try Everyman Racing. They have a stake in an airfield or two for motorsport. You could try Elvington (Yorkshire), they hold regular track days for two wheels and four. Sounds like that might suit your needs.

Chris

There's your Ex rally venue at Desborough Chris, bikes are always on there.

You wont find may privately owned airfields that are not already used for motorsport that will let you play with a race bike on them as councils and insurance companies have clamped down on this sort of thing ( I am professional race/rally mech by trade, a part time Silverstone BMMC marshal and my mate runs a few offroad and track-day sites so I get asked this all the time), its got so bad we have had one site dropped from 50 to 30 days use a year and we can only run between set daytime hours because of the (excessive) noise.

I often see privateers using the LALA at Thurleigh (Bedford Autodrome - Motorsport Vision) out of corporate event hours, but as others have said they wont be cheap.

Hethel has the Lotus test track, and Beccles has a Kart track.

Does Honiley test track count?

thanks everyone you'v all been very helpful sorry for the late reply was on hols!

RNAS Stretton, was used by Shell Oil (based at nearby Stanlow refinery) for vehicle testing.

In recent years there have been attempts (by other organisations) to apply for planning permission to develop a full blow race circuit, however objection from the local community has put paid to that.

jeta1;83176 wrote:

RNAS Stretton, was used by Shell Oil (based at nearby Stanlow refinery) for vehicle testing.

In recent years there have been attempts (by other organisations) to apply for planning permission to develop a full blow race circuit, however objection from the local community has put paid to that.

Shell were testing fuel/oil not vehicles at Appleton (think they pulled out in '85) and moved some of the testing to near our old workshop on the MIRA site, I heard that they were chasing planning consent to up grade the site to a test and training site (Driving Standards, Police and motorsport. They were also tied in in some way with 6th Gear (driving experiences) and Bentley!. The Marshals club (whom I a member of as a marshal, rally technician and test track driver) did have some gossip they were going to run on the old shell track (a boring squared off oval) using the old shell wooden control tower/offices/workshop as the marshals HQ/race control but Warrington Council threw out the planning application and the company went bust...

Jenna;83185 wrote:

......Shell were testing fuel/oil not vehicles at Appleton (think they pulled out in '85) .......

Forgive my lack of precision, I meant vehicles using Shell lubes & fuels ...