delbikerboy Posted October 6, 2008 Report Posted October 6, 2008 check this old footage of the superbikes well cool is this track still used or is gone to history http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_jaas1hYNig&...feature=related
fzrtim Posted October 6, 2008 Report Posted October 6, 2008 Sadly its an indusrial estate now although you can still get on to the old back straight. Shame as auto66 put so much work into this track and some big names battled here. Recently Leconfield Airfield was being used by the name of carnaby 2 by the auto66 club but due to M.O.D it too has gone by the by. At least we still have Olivers Mount!
tootall Posted October 11, 2008 Report Posted October 11, 2008 Well worth spending some time looking through the other videos posted by the same guy on youtube, he's got some classics.
laminator Posted October 11, 2008 Report Posted October 11, 2008 Cool, thanks for the video. Bimota YB4, a Padgetts bike, Endurance kwak, etc. Awesome.
Harvey Mushman Posted November 3, 2008 Report Posted November 3, 2008 Great find! I never realised Carnaby was used for national races I thought it was just a club racing circuit. Some top names in there. Mark Phillips who is on a Bimota in the clip owns a motorcycle clothing shop near Lincoln not far from me. I knew he raced but thought he was just a club racer. He was running ahead of Mark Farmer and Jamie Whitham!
Spike16 Posted November 15, 2008 Report Posted November 15, 2008 my favourite era of bike racing! and i wasnt even born then!
msjackson Posted December 11, 2008 Report Posted December 11, 2008 Sadly its an indusrial estate now although you can still get on to the old back straight. Shame as auto66 put so much work into this track and some big names battled here. Recently Leconfield Airfield was being used by the name of carnaby 2 by the auto66 club but due to M.O.D it too has gone by the by. At least we still have Olivers Mount! I got to use the 'Carnaby 2' circuit at leconfield when it was in use about 4 years ago, and it definately had potential. When the MoD stopped play it was advertised bt auto66 as a temporary thing, so fingers crossed that it comes back. I suppose anyone up here still desperate for that grass/cones/bumps/airfield vibe has the various Elvington configurations to play with. Roll-on summer! Oh, Top 80s footage too! Anyone got any early 90s club racing vids from up here/Darley/Cadwell?
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