Birmingham Superprix

[threespires]

lemanslegend said:

Hello here,

I am currently making a website about the history of the Birmingham Superprix:

http://8w.forix.com/bsp.html

I thought this is a good place to look for people who actually went there themselves.

So could anyone remember their experiences at the Birmingham Superprix?

I presume you've spoken with David Lucas about this ?

[lemanslegend]

I have been recommended to contact David Lucas but I never got his contact details, so at the moment I got no way of contacting him.

Remind me again, what is David Lucas' role with the BSP?

[AdamMX-5]

It was great, went 2 years on the trot (although, were there only 2 years anyway?).

My childminder's boyfriend was a cameraman for ITV so we got a great view as well!

ETA - No, there obviously weren't just 2 years . . . I must have gone to the last 2 years!

Edited by AdamMX-5 on Friday 11th April 09:20

[lemanslegend]

Any chance of having a peek at the footage he recorded? :P

[AdamMX-5]

lemanslegend said:

Any chance of having a peek at the footage he recorded? :P

Oh, you mean me!

Sadly, at age 29, I've long since lost touch with said childminder but I would guess anything Mark filmed was property of Central TV anyway. Shouldn't think he kept any of it.

[lemanslegend]

May I ask where he was positioned and which year he was?

As I might have a photo of a cameraman recording the Metro 6R4 race during the 1988 Birmingham Superprix somewhere.

[threespires]

lemanslegend said:

I have been recommended to contact David Lucas but I never got his contact details, so at the moment I got no way of contacting him.

Remind me again, what is David Lucas' role with the BSP?

Lemanslegend - I've sent you a pm.

[lemanslegend]

threespires said:

lemanslegend said:

I have been recommended to contact David Lucas but I never got his contact details, so at the moment I got no way of contacting him.

Remind me again, what is David Lucas' role with the BSP?

Lemanslegend - I've sent you a pm.

Is it an email? Where is the PM inbox? I haven't got anything.

Please try again.

Edited by lemanslegend on Sunday 20th April 15:38

[lemanslegend]

Sweet, thank you. I have got in contact with Dave Lucas and he is like a goldmine of BSP information and memorabilia.

ANyone else got some stories or even photos?

[lemanslegend]

Anyone got any more stories or even photos from the Birmingham Superprix?

[lemanslegend]

I am pleased to announce that I have written a book and worked in partnership with S.S Collins (of Autodrome fame) about the Birmingham Superprix:



It is ready for pre-order from Amazon and Waterstones websites.

There are more information about the book itself from Veloce Publishing:-

http://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetai...

[FM]

nice...

[ph123]

You need to get this moved to General Motorsport.

[chevronb37]

I've got the Brands Hatch book from that series - they're good titles. I'll keep an eye open for this. Must pick up the Oulton Park edition at some point too. Good work, fella.

[lemanslegend]

The Birmingham Superprix book is out now:



Have a look for a small preview of the book (look in the PDF icon)

http://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetai...

Hopefully this will appeal to people who went to the street event and share some memories in this thread!

[Babu 01]

Good stuff

[robm3]

lemanslegend said:

It is expensive to run a street racing event nowadays and it would require a new Road Race Bill to run it again.

Also people are becoming environmental friendly and perhaps the Birmingham City Council might worry about breaking their image of being environmental friendly?

Oh what the hell, just do it it on the streets!

Anyone else got any memories or photos from the Birmingham Superprix?

Yep, why would Birmingham Council want to put Birmingham on the map, just let it quietly decay like it has been for the last 25 years....

[StevieBee]

abdulaziz said:

So cool, could it ever happen again?

Sadly, unlikely. It is prohibited to organise road races on mainland Britain. To do so requires an exemption that has to be voted for in Parlament. The Superprix was heavily funded by Halfords who's chairman at the time was Dennis Thatcher who's missus just happened to be quite influencial in Westminster at the time.

There are a few places that may fall outside of this. A London Grand Prix often rears its head and the roads around Buckingham Palace cited as a suitable location. Most of these roads are actually private (Crown Estate) so in theory would only need a nod from The Queen.

[Agrilla]

Great - that's my Dad's birthday present sorted!

[Futuo]

As killed off by Claire Short MP amongst others, bear that in mind come the next election