Goodwood Circuit - tha\' tha\' that\'s all, folks ...
 

A little bird told me that Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit will no longer be hosting motorcycle trackdays for the foreseeable future.

A call to the Circuit itself has confirmed this. The reason - motorbikes go too fast.

Next, I suspect that car parks around the country will begin to close because they tend to fill up with cars.

I ask you ... ffs.

:flame::flame::flame:

Sounds like maybe the nasty 'litigation' word has reared its ugly little head once more ???

Frank

Maybe the outcome after a nasty accident to a motorcyclist there last year.

We know that happens on other circuits. :(

Mr Bushell, can the club afford to buy Goodwood? :o :rodent:

That would really upset the neighbours :D

The noise restrictions are far too tight for it to be our circuit :(

Shame, as it's my local, and a great, fast circuit.

Won't stop us going through the tunnel on the rev limiter tho!

Oooooh!
 

Never realised the Espace had a rev limiter :o

my 748 with 50mm termi's pasted the noise tests- just about at 3/4 thottle 7500rpm:P

don't know what they mean bikes go to fast!
I was only pulling 10,500rpm in top gear down lavent straght

The case i'm thinking of when all the other participants were sent home was I'm told by a mate who was there was put down to the dangerous condition of the track surface.

I was at a td at goodwood last year that was cancelled by the management because it was too slippery for bikes ... and he said it was because of all the crap the _cars_ leave on it from their fuel additives and water additives not just their oil which stayed _in_ the track surface for several days after a meeting :puzzled:
It _was_ damp, and not clearing very fast, and a complete **** did plough into the chicane way too fast for the condidtions, so it didnt seem a bad judgement actually.

Then they should close Rockingham for the same reason.

The surface at Goodwood was completely adequate when I was there in June this year. Dry, except a tiny touch of rain around lunchtime, no problems at all. None of the 21 participants came off. The organiser said that they would end the TD is the circuit got wet, due to its slippery nature - fair enough, perhaps, but the same could be said for any circuit.

I'm not a happy lepine here. :mad:

I'm sorry to say it guys but noisy cans on tracks is going to kill our fun. More and more circuits are facing noise restrictions and it won't be long before you will HAVE to have a road can to do track days.

It F%^&ing crazy but the writing is on the wall.

Andy:flame:

[Edited on 24-7-2005 by Andy Ibbott]