Leon B Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 Does anyone know the name of the track near ringwood, hampshire? I cant seem to find details for it anywhere. Cheers Quote
Mark Purves Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 Are you thinking of Avon park near Bournemouth Airport Quote
Leon B Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 Are you thinking of Avon park near Bournemouth Airport Thats the one, Avon Park in the forest, just down the road from me Cheers Mark Quote
Mark Purves Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 Have been there for many a rally in the past, but I understand that they have pulled the plug on that. Quote
Robandcolin Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 Matcham's is a small banger racing oval. They hold the rally's on the M.O.D proving ground just down the road. I think they hold part of the sunseeker rally there every year. Rob Quote
Leon B Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 Is Matchams Raceway and Avon Park connected then? Spoke to a guy the other day who said you can only do 1 lap at a time alone for insurance reasons. Quote
Mark Purves Posted June 30, 2004 Posted June 30, 2004 I do not believe they are connected as stated Avon Park is MOD so in recent times with the problems then they have closed ranks so to speak. I think it was IMS who do things on this track and it is very limited. Even when we did rallies there only pit crews allowed and we even had to stay in one area. So could not see any rallying. Quote
Leon B Posted June 30, 2004 Author Posted June 30, 2004 Just found an old CCC they have an ad in there: ICM, Avon Park, Ringwood Hampshire £120 per car , 3.6 mile resurfaced tarmac track, 100% track time Think I'll make some enquiries, be good if they're still operating Quote
Richard M Green Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 Avon Park is now operated by QinetiQ Ltd on behalf of MOD. The Company policy is currently not to permit any form of motorsport related activity to occur at any of its sites. It is for this reason that the sprint at Boscombe Down has been cancelled this year Quote
ChrisG Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 We were talking about possibly organising a "track" day there with the BEC list a year or so ago, but from an onboard video of the lap that Ive seen, I wouldnt want to drive it quickly in a Caterfield anyway, basically like a country road with no run off and trees / banks etc everywhere. Chris Quote
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