Wednesday 23rd July 2014

East Coast Classic: Time For Tea?

It's like Goodwood but beside the sea in Scarborough ... so not really like Goodwood at all!

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A little while back we wrote about former Top Gear bike man Steve Berry's plan to revive the Oliver's Mount hill climb in Scarborough with a festival of cars and bikes taking on the 2.5-mile road course. At the time of writing Oliver's Mount was Britain's last remaining street circuit - since then of course we've had confirmation that closed road motorsport will again be possible in the UK without having to ask for act of parliament.

No doubt plans are being hatched as we speak but Berry's drive to create a distinctively northern alternative to a certain Sussex-based classic motorsport franchise is one to celebrate and with the event scheduled for September 21 the organisers have shot a little promo vid to help rally support. There's a landing page for the event too but not too much to go on yet - we'll keep you posted but in the meantime here's the teaser/recruitment video.

Promo vid here

Lead photo: Michael Ward

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Brings back happy memories from the early 1950s when we could ride up from Ripon (5TR Royal Signals) and watch the aces riding in the motorcycle events. All gloriously informal, so hope any new event there will be the same (subject to 'elf n safetie' rules!) and not "twee" or a show pantomime as has a certain event become. Better not go over one of the steep drops off the track at the Mount..................