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The Summer is now with us and as I look out onto the track, it is howling down with rain and the sky is a leaden grey colour. Fortunately, June has been predominantly warm and dry and we have welcomed a fantastic variety of two and four wheeled machinery to Blyton Park since my last update.

June 9^th was a particularly amazing day as the boys from Auto Express returned : Not content with their last visit (Merc SLS and Aston Virage), this time they brought the new McLaren and a Ferrari 458 Italia, the first time these amazing supercars had shared a track anywhere in the world.

On June 11^th Simon Perry brought the Drifters into town. I had a ride in his fearsome Nissan Skyline… and I am still taking the pills!!!!

The following day we welcomed the members of Supercar Driver which is an exclusive club for owners of exotic and expensive machinery. Never have so many beautiful cars graced the track at once. Sadly, the weather turned sour in the afternoon but I had a great ride in a Murcielago and it was great to see such an array of lovely cars.

Competitive Motorsport returned on June 19^th with another round of the MDA Rallycross Championship. There was plenty of close competition and thrills and spills on the super fast 1 mile Rallycross track.

More SuperCars were in evidence week commencing June 27 as SuperCar Lifestyle took over the circuit to give potential members a taste of driving some more exotic stuff. The helicopter parked here for three days also gave a flavour of a Supercar Lifestyle!!

Our friends from Norasport brought their SuperMoto Championship to Blyton Park at the beginning of July with Toby and Mike Taylor having built a completely new layout for their track. This seemed to go down very well with all competitors and the Superlite races were particularly fast and furious. We look forward to their return at the end of August.

Track days continued to provide a rich source of interesting machinery: some favourites include a lovely Formula 2 Lotus and a rare Shrike Sports 2000.

Javelin, Mazda-On-Track and Apex have all run days and will be back for more throughout the Summer. Check our Calendar for dates but contact the companies direct for availability.

Private tests and hire days have also brought some very interesting cars to us in the last few weeks : everything from racing Citroen 2CV’s to the new Chevrolet Spark F1000 rally car built by XS Racing. I particularly enjoyed Paul Stringer’s Lotus Formula Junior and Reynard F3 car on July 8^th : the latter powered by the rare Alfa Romeo twin spark motor.

Important news : We have been granted a Sprint License by the MSA and would like to thank John Symes for his kind comments and encouragement.

WE NOW HAVE A TELEPHONE: this has been a bit of a saga but we would like to thank the engineers from BT Openreach. You can call Blyton Park on 01427 628 922.

Coming Up in the Summer:

• Autograss racing in the dark: Promoted as ever by Nigel Thompson and the team at Scunthorpe and District Motorsports Club. Racing on the Grasstrack into the night on Saturday July 23^rd
• Dominic Yates Memorial Rallycross event promoted by the MDA on July 31^st
• First Bike Track day promoted by Focused Events on August 5^th
• MDA Rallycross on Sunday August 14^th
• Norasport British SuperMoto August 28^th/29^th

It has been a very busy time at Blyton Park since our open day on 4th May 2011.

Variety is the spice of life and we have been delighted to welcome thousands of enthusiasts to our new venue in the last month to see the work in progress, what we have achieved so far and to drive and spectate.

Our first official testing visitor was Mark Higgins who was behind the wheel of Steve Perez’s beautiful new Porsche. Mark later went off to win an important rally on the other side of the world, Rally Queensland in Australia.

The flowing weekend the “Quaife MSA British Rallycross Championship” moved to Lincolnshire and in a round again run under floodlights, Steve Proctor was a worthy victor.

Our first track day took place on Sunday 15th May. Colin and the Javelin team put on a great day for the 30 or so vehicles which were the first to sample the new track under official conditions. I was pleased that although we had spinners at most corners, no cars were damaged and no one made contact with any solid objects – long may this be the case!!

16th May was an exciting day as Owen Mildenhall from Auto Express arrived in the new Mercedes SLS followed later by an Aston Martin Virage. The weather was not particularly kind but you can see the results by visiting the Auto Express website or the link on this page.

At the end of the week we welcomed Mark Rennison in quite the most outrageous RS200 I have ever seen. With nitrous injection and a monstrous turbo this, this car will be competing at the famous Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado – see www.ppihc.co.uk. The car was spectacular but unreliable on the day but our very best wishes to Mark in the USA.

Our first Rally of the year took place on 21st May and congratulations to Geoff Roberts/Richard Williams on a hard fought victory. Thanks also to Clitheroe M.C. for leaving the venue tidy.

We welcomed the bike fraternity 25th May when Motor Cycle News arrived en masse to do a group test. The bikes all looked awesome but I am strictly a four wheel person so I cannot comment on their relative merits.

Javelin ran a second track day 29th May which was well subscribed and featured an eclectic mixture of vehicles. I loved the Ford Anglia with 140bhp and it was extremely well driven with plenty of oversteer!

So that was my first three weeks as a circuit owner. Everyone seems to like the track layout and the only cars which have retired hurt have been with mechanical gremlins.

The next few weeks are extremely busy although we still have some week days available for testing and tuition.

The MDA are back 19th June for Rallycross and the Grasstrack is in frantic action 26th June. A new competition date is the return of Supermoto with Norasport 28th and 29th August, in addition to their first meeting 2nd and 3rd July.

I will try to update this every 2/3 weeks but wish you all happy, safe and fun driving in the meantime.

If you need track time please consult the calendar and remember the track day Companies offer great value at well organised events. If you have never been on a track, ours is fast, friendly and has wide tarmac run offs.

E-mail or phone for further details.

Richard Usher
June 2011