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I read in a local paper that this site is to be turned into a housing estate.

Looks like oats.

Also, this is the first time I've seen the top of them. Cool.

We called them the giants boots when we were little. Heh.

The oval was OK, apart from a lack of races held on it, but the road circuit was pretty 'mickey mouse' in all honesty.

You need to check out Welker farms for epic harvest footage.

When I was a kid we always used to ride our bikes up there. We found an old air raid shelter or two. I'd love to take my boys up there to see them but can't for the life of me picture where they would be now.

Not sure what track that is but it's no Rocking ham. that it a try oval and the rock is not. plus the sat picks do not even come close to matching. Sorry

as a Yankee here's my idea: have NASCAR, and/or one of their partners buy the track, restore it, and host an international cup series race? NASCAR's trying to expand to Canada (Montreal) and Mexico (Mexico City) with those F1 tracks, so (aside from time zones, and the US Rockingham in North Carolina) why stop there? oh who am i kidding, NASCAR's seen as a joke to the resto f the world, the France family have turned this sport into a giant gimmick, neglecting what made the sport great!

What a superb location

Nice one Graham, Thanks.

Hover over the crown pub they sell more than beer.

This makes no fuckin sense

in the announcement, it's Glenn Miller instead of Glen Miller

I went to the first BTCC meeting here in 2003, it felt so modern compared to other tracks at the time, many of which were in serious need of investment. Places like Snetterton have come on a lot since Palmer took over but back then the facilities left a lot to be desired.

When first visited Kingscliffe in the late eighties there were more structures. There was a row of fortified brick built fighter pens. You walked through one doorway and you entered another pen.

Wasnt it bought by some company called cinch? From what i see it looks they use the track occasionally for youtube videos and dont plan to tear it down so thats good at least.

Place is a shithole anyway!… garages are way to small. Did a starts test there once when I was at Red Bull, best thing about Rockingham is when you leave!!

I love how it’s more financially sustainable to have Rockingham as car park for cars no one wants than to be used for racing. Shows a lot of what is wrong with the economy. Love how Cinch painted the infield marshal posts purple, to then use it as a car park again. 😂 Thanks for sharing

I remember thinking when it opened that it wouldn't last long... American Oval racing just isn't of enough interest to us. I know it had an in field circuit but overall it cost too much to make enough money to survive.

Full of ev's no one wants

When it was being built I said it would be a flop.

Nice video Graham, it shows how lucky we are in Corby to have so much greenery

Went to the CART(Indycar) races, Historic racing, Brit' GT, BTCC Test days, Ascar, and right up until the 1/8th mile drag races on the pitlane just before it closed, (by then, the track was making an operating profit), but obviously not as much as it's making now as vehicle storage. The collapse of CART in the USA didn't help anything either. Nearly closed the Lausitzring in Germany as well, also built to run CART, but that wasn't being stalked by storage people I guess, so it survives. Great shame. Enjoyed good times there at Rockingham, even took my car there for a trackday, and it was a good place to spectate, with great access via the tunnels. Even the food in the cafe was good!! Better place than rip off Silverstone.

Such a shame. Would be great for trackday events.

Unbelievable...why on earth build a housing estate near a race track..?... especially when that race track can generate an enormous amount of money over its lifetime ..and give pleasure to millions of people that visit..and watch televised racing...

Great idea to record this for posterity.

I bet the Grampian Club didn't have a big screen.

Yup, didn't realise until I got home from walking the dogs in the West Glebe last night where I kept hearing cheering. Driving back I saw the back of that big screen, then read the game news online. I don't follow football so I had no clue.

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What a waste.

Very depressing to see, I thought it had all gone by now but it's almost worse to find out it hasn't. There's the hope that at least while the track is still there it could be used again for racing one day but I understand that's just realistically a fantasy. All those vehicles parked up in the same spot for potentially weeks or months will ruin the surface, the 4x4's especially, but interesting to see it still looks relatively maintained around the venue as a whole. I guess at least it's got cars on it for now so semi true to it's intended purpose.

Sad to see it as a giant car park. I bet some of the stadium seats have never been sat on.

I used to cover motorsport regularly here as a motorsport photographer. I had quite a few drives around it too, doing most of the layouts over the years. This time of year ten years ago I was charging around the Oval in an old NASCAR. At least everything is still intact so if this owner had a change of heart or they sold it, racing could restart quite easily. 🙂

Remember when it was being built. Always thought how could it succeed as it was so close to Silverstone! The banked track for IndyCar was fine but any other race series will always go to Silverstone

What a waste of money,perfectly good track turned into a storage facility.

Doesn't really look the righ shape. Not enough of a straight. It is a shame!

Looks like Stellantis are using the oval for new car storage, mainly Fiats and Jeeps. BCA aka Cinch and We buy Any Car have been using the former Car Parks for a few years now and a BCA Auction Centre is next door. I think Tesla have a used car prep. centre there too.

Rockingam Raceway is too American for this country and seriously do we need more in this country? We've got some incredible tracks here already that don't get used enough!

Shame. It's a great track and facilities

Tell me this isn’t psa using the track as a storage yard!?

Soooo many cars! Why?

It is rumoured that the cares are mainly diesel and larger engined, older Euro category (polluting) cars that have no buyers. The motor industry do not want it known that fossil fuels are dead as some suckers do still buy them occassionally

Are they multiple manufacturers cars

Such a shame! i remember seeing some drone footage no too long ago (Year or two?) and the track had been completely emptied and it got people (Rightfully) Excited. Then to further add to the excitement - there was a facebook post from a local grounds keeper who secured a contract to keep the grass cut and tidy. It was then used for social media content, media and cooperate dates and everyone suspected it would only be a matter of time before it was available for the public to book once again. Such a shame now to see all those hopes washed as its used as a carpark once again.

It was built in the wrong place to far north. Always knew it would end up like this.

Constellation Group - A bunch of crooks.

More details at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockingham_Motor_Speedway

Thanks for posting! I have fond memories of the creation of Rockingham back in the 90s and went to the opening, and both Indycar races held there (among other races). Building a world-class race track on a brown-field site could have led to great opportunities. Unfortunately, also building a small housing estate on the edge of the site (around the same time) led to inevitable noise complaints from the neighbors which limited its use and probably killed it. From your drone footage, the housing estate hasn't expanded and the surrounding area is still largely industrial! I guess the neighbors have other things to complain about now :)

What a shame about that race track.