Mallory Park closure threat!!
Discussion
covboy said:
NJH said:
Look it up, the director of that company is Chris Meeke. Are we getting anything like the full picture here?
It's actually Chris MEEKTwo different people
NJH said:
covboy said:
NJH said:
Look it up, the director of that company is Chris Meeke. Are we getting anything like the full picture here?
It's actually Chris MEEKTwo different people
Part of this I would think, was due to him being a (serious) Club racer and his intentions of keeping racing going at the Circuit.
30 years down the line I don’t know if his (or Titan Properties) circumstances have changed enough for them to consider a new way forward.
There’s obviously a lot more that we don’t know about hence much of the speculation.
Quite a shame it has come to this, as a track to drive on it wasn't really that demanding, to some even boring, i was at Donington yesterday and they made a point at the drivers briefing of mentioning the noise issues that all the tracks have.
Donington has a drive by monitoring system, that is linked direct to the local council who monitor it closely, if it goes above what has been agreed, the circuit is fined.
Its no wonder the neighbours got a bit peeved off, if Mallory were hosting drift meetings with cars bouncing off the rev limiter gonna be a bit noisy eh ?
Still, got "The circuit of Wales" to look forward to.
Donington has a drive by monitoring system, that is linked direct to the local council who monitor it closely, if it goes above what has been agreed, the circuit is fined.
Its no wonder the neighbours got a bit peeved off, if Mallory were hosting drift meetings with cars bouncing off the rev limiter gonna be a bit noisy eh ?
Still, got "The circuit of Wales" to look forward to.
I just have this gut feeling that Chris Meek and Titan properties have breathed a sigh of relief that the BARC in the form of MPML have walked away from the table now.
Since the BARC took over MPML from the Overend family, the rot set in. The Overends were friends of Kirkby Mallory, and worked well with the community. After that MPML didn't appear to give a stuff.
Perhaps now someone will be put in the chair that will run the circuit to the benefit of the sport AND the local community.
Since the BARC took over MPML from the Overend family, the rot set in. The Overends were friends of Kirkby Mallory, and worked well with the community. After that MPML didn't appear to give a stuff.
Perhaps now someone will be put in the chair that will run the circuit to the benefit of the sport AND the local community.
thunderbelmont said:
I just have this gut feeling that Chris Meek and Titan properties have breathed a sigh of relief that the BARC in the form of MPML have walked away from the table now.
Since the BARC took over MPML from the Overend family, the rot set in. The Overends were friends of Kirkby Mallory, and worked well with the community. After that MPML didn't appear to give a stuff.
Perhaps now someone will be put in the chair that will run the circuit to the benefit of the sport AND the local community.
That's my thought/hope. Get BARC out of the way and rebuild relations with the local community with new faces and a better attitude.Since the BARC took over MPML from the Overend family, the rot set in. The Overends were friends of Kirkby Mallory, and worked well with the community. After that MPML didn't appear to give a stuff.
Perhaps now someone will be put in the chair that will run the circuit to the benefit of the sport AND the local community.
kers!Hope this works check out the interview with the CEO of the council on radio lemans this week from 8min 30 onwards very frank and informative:
http://audio.rpix.org.uk/mwm/8/mwm8-37.mp3
hopefully this will stop people blaming residents once and for all
I wonder where the £1.6 million Barc have taken from circuits has gone?
http://audio.rpix.org.uk/mwm/8/mwm8-37.mp3
hopefully this will stop people blaming residents once and for all
I wonder where the £1.6 million Barc have taken from circuits has gone?
Looks like it's the final death knell, unfortunately:
http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2013-11-19/...
RIP Mallory; many happy memories.
http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2013-11-19/...
RIP Mallory; many happy memories.
Eve (Radio LeMans) tweeted about this earlier today and said she is still digging!
I think that the company thats been put into administration is the new one that BARC set up after putting the old one into admin.
So I think that mean the the circuit will now be handed back to Titan and then it's up to them if they want racing or the housing £Ms.
I think that the company thats been put into administration is the new one that BARC set up after putting the old one into admin.
So I think that mean the the circuit will now be handed back to Titan and then it's up to them if they want racing or the housing £Ms.
One problem for Mallory Park is that all the clubs are currently organising their calendars and they have to do it with what they have on offer, so at the moment, Mallory Park is a big unknown for 2013. As championship regulations need to be lodged with the MSA in the next couple of weeks, assuming someone takes over promotion and day to day running of Mallory Park, that 2014 will be made up of non-championship races, test days and track days and non-MSA events - e.g. some sprinting etc... Means they can look at 2015 for the big relaunch.
If the last gasps of the current regime had happened a few months earlier, 2014 could be a little rosier.
If the last gasps of the current regime had happened a few months earlier, 2014 could be a little rosier.
skeggysteve said:
Eve (Radio LeMans) tweeted about this earlier today and said she is still digging!
I think that the company thats been put into administration is the new one that BARC set up after putting the old one into admin.
So I think that mean the the circuit will now be handed back to Titan and then it's up to them if they want racing or the housing £Ms.
I think it's the original Company that's gone (into recievership rather than administration) . The "second" company was, I think set up to try and obtain the lease and start again, but perhaps was a no-goer from the outset.I think that the company thats been put into administration is the new one that BARC set up after putting the old one into admin.
So I think that mean the the circuit will now be handed back to Titan and then it's up to them if they want racing or the housing £Ms.
As you say back to Titan (and Chris Meek) to make some pretty major decision.
Devil's advocate here.
If the 1985 notice is no longer enforceable, the new owners can do whatever they like until a new notice is enforced upon them.
If they were to operate in a manner which is fair and reasonable and in keeping with the historic uses of the venue as a motor racing circuit, then there would be no need for an order to be enforced.
Dare I say that the residents of Kirby Mallory have in the past been reasonable and the country's general attitude to NIMBYs has changed recently; in which case the future of Mallory Park could be bright.
If the 1985 notice is no longer enforceable, the new owners can do whatever they like until a new notice is enforced upon them.
If they were to operate in a manner which is fair and reasonable and in keeping with the historic uses of the venue as a motor racing circuit, then there would be no need for an order to be enforced.
Dare I say that the residents of Kirby Mallory have in the past been reasonable and the country's general attitude to NIMBYs has changed recently; in which case the future of Mallory Park could be bright.
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