Sports Telegraph | Motorsport | Cadwell Park
Cadwell Park is one of British motorsport's best-kept secrets, despite the fact it has hosted car, bike and kart races since its creation.
The highlight of the 2007 calender is undoubtedly the British Superbike Championship which always attracts huge crowds to the Lincolnshire circuit.
The BSB Championship, which arrives at Cadwell during the August Bank Holiday, is a firm favourite with the fans that flock in their thousands to watch the riders get airborne over the Mountain.
The annual Vintage Sports Car Club meeting is another popular event, as is the fast and furious British Superkart Grand Prix, but whatever the race meeting Cadwell always separates the men from the boys.
HISTORY
Set in the rolling Lincolnshire countryside, Cadwell Park was established in 1934.
The length of the track, nicknamed the 'mini Nurburgring', almost doubled to 1.3 miles in 1953, when the ascendant 500cc motorcycle-engined Formula 3 class was invited to race in a traditional bike meeting.
Reg Spreckley thus became the track's first car race winner in his Cooper. Some 30,000 spectators were said to have watched the meeting.
The original track, with its fearsome and photogenic Mountain feature, grew to its current 2.25-mile layout in 1962 and hosted the British F3 series the following May.
It has three configurations – the rarely used Woodlands circuit, the short Club circuit, and the splendid, daunting Full circuit.
These days, its car racing exploits are confined to club meetings but they are invariably crackers, the track's swooping nature providing fantastic racing.
CIRCUIT STATISTICS
FULL CIRCUIT
Length: 2.173 miles (3.4768 km)
Direction: Clockwise
Corners: 11
CLUB CIRCUIT
Length: 1.481 miles (2.3696 km)
Direction: Clockwise
Corners: 7
WOODLANDS CIRCUIT
Length: 0.712 miles (1.1392 km)
Direction: Clockwise
Corners: 5
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Location:
Situated on the A153, 10 miles north of Horcastle and 5 miles south of Louth
Directions:
Coming from the south, the A153 can be accessed from the A1, leave at the exit for Grantham. Coming from the north or west, use the A1, M1 or M62, then take the M180 to Brigg, then the A1084 to Caistor/Horncastle from where the venue is signposted.
Cadwell Park Circuit
Louth,
Lincolnshire LN11 9SE
Tel: 01507 343248
Fax: 01507 343519
