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the main reason that there is very liitle racing or rallying on uk public roads is that the law precludes it - that is, even if you close the road you have to obey the speed limits etc. therefore in order to organise an event on the road you need to pass an act of parliament, which is what birmingham did, and indeed Duns town council for the Jim Clark rally. There are some excpetion to Uk mainlnad laws namely the islands such as Isle of Man or Isle of Mull - although the mull rally had to apply in the early 1990's after it was stopped from being a road rally.
Interestingly inthe late 1980's Hull City council applied to host the RAC rally, on the promise of closing some of the roads in the Yorkshire moors, for rallying purposes. It was intended that the RAC would become a mixed surface event, with Sunday/Monday on tarmac and the Tues/Wed on gravel, unfortunately it was canned due to local opposition - they were worried that young'uns would treat the selected roads as race tracks.
No chance of it ever happening now though - mores the pity.
Interestingly inthe late 1980's Hull City council applied to host the RAC rally, on the promise of closing some of the roads in the Yorkshire moors, for rallying purposes. It was intended that the RAC would become a mixed surface event, with Sunday/Monday on tarmac and the Tues/Wed on gravel, unfortunately it was canned due to local opposition - they were worried that young'uns would treat the selected roads as race tracks.
No chance of it ever happening now though - mores the pity.
Road Racing was banned in mainland Britain a very long time ago, perhaps even the early 1900s. Other countries never passed such bils. Indeed road racing was/is allowed on the Isle of Man, Jersey and in Ireland
It took something like ten years to get the bill passed through Parliament to allow the Birmingham races. It would be nice, if you could find the right course, attract a good series, and most importantly some council had the gumption to commit to a decade's work to realise it. But in the current climate, no-one would get it off the ground.
It took something like ten years to get the bill passed through Parliament to allow the Birmingham races. It would be nice, if you could find the right course, attract a good series, and most importantly some council had the gumption to commit to a decade's work to realise it. But in the current climate, no-one would get it off the ground.
steviebee said:
HiRich said:
It took something like ten years to get the bill passed through Parliament to allow the Birmingham races.
Also worth noting that a senior board member of Halfords (the chief sponsor of the Birmingham race) also happened to be one Dennis Thatcher!!
Cynical? Moi?
What a coincidence.
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