50 years of Ingliston racing circuit 11-13 Sepetember 2015.
Discussion
This event has passed me by completely, apologies if it's already been mentioned here.
http://www.ingliston.co.uk/event-calendar/
Many happy memories of racing at Ingliston through the 70's and 80's, be great if they can tempt back some of the drivers/cars from this era.
Also notable is the hypercar run(LaFerrari/P1 etc).
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First time the track has been used in its entirety for a while?
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http://www.ingliston.co.uk/event-calendar/
Many happy memories of racing at Ingliston through the 70's and 80's, be great if they can tempt back some of the drivers/cars from this era.
Also notable is the hypercar run(LaFerrari/P1 etc).
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|http://thumbsnap.com/lQf1Shpj[/url]Edited by Dinoboy on Saturday 28th February 11:22
The vast majority of the track isn't there anymore, and what's left is hardly fitting of any revival event. Seeing some supercars trundle around at walking pace is hardly an attraction either. This just appears to be a cynical attempt to cash in on the growing Goodwood Festival of Speed event market.
You could well be right, I think there is an appetite for a Goodwood type event up here though if Johny Dumfries's event on Bute a few years ago is anything to go by. The infrastructure couldn't cope with the number of people attending and there's no chance of it ever happening again.
There is talk on the website of track resurfacing so you never know, maybe it is more than just a showcase for a voucher company?
There is talk on the website of track resurfacing so you never know, maybe it is more than just a showcase for a voucher company?
I have a DVD with probably 30mins of footage from the 70's.
Used to go with my dad, my older brother, my uncle (who would come up from Workington and stay for the weekend) and a neighbour; my uncle had a cine camera and used to film some of the racing, the reels lay in his loft until last year when he got the footage transferred to disc and gave us all a copy. Brought back some great memories - not so good though was the journey from Penicuik which seemed to a 10yr old to take forever (and often involved being travel sick!!).
Ironically my brother went on to win his first bike race there in circa 1983.
If I can fathom out how to load it I'll stick a copy on here.
Used to go with my dad, my older brother, my uncle (who would come up from Workington and stay for the weekend) and a neighbour; my uncle had a cine camera and used to film some of the racing, the reels lay in his loft until last year when he got the footage transferred to disc and gave us all a copy. Brought back some great memories - not so good though was the journey from Penicuik which seemed to a 10yr old to take forever (and often involved being travel sick!!).
Ironically my brother went on to win his first bike race there in circa 1983.
If I can fathom out how to load it I'll stick a copy on here.
JM said:
Olivera said:
The vast majority of the track isn't there anymore,
Yes it is, and it is clearly visible on Google Earth.Thanks for posting about this Dinoboy, I'll try and go along.
But there may have been some repairs since then and I will be going along to this event if I can.
Dinoboy said:
From the Herald.
Bit cheeky claiming that Stewart, Clark and Moss "battled for victory" although it qualifies it later by pointing out it was a milk-float race.Good article here:
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/...
I remember seeing the Chalmers/McRae battle; I think he set a new lap record and afterwards the commentator asked Chalmers how he'd managed it. "Having Jimmy McRae up yer chuff, for one thing" was the reply.
Bit more info on the event http://www.tartantarmac.com/ingliston-revival-11-1...
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