On a more modest (real world) scale than Paul Fletcher, my sense has always been that Lydd’s owner James Clarke has had the same motivation for buying and investing in Lydd Circuit: love of the sport. I used to go (and also race) there regularly; a brilliant track to drive indeed. And that’s before the track resurface and all the other improvements. Sadly, in that respect, I now live too far away.
Five years and more ago, the race grids looked pretty good to me. The atmosphere and attitude to practice-day and racing customers was great. I cannot believe that would have changed one little bit. So, if there’s been a decline, I can only imagine it’s in keeping with market trends. Based on my experience then, this place ‘deserves’ to thrive.
Of course, as Alan says, being stuck at one corner of the country isn’t ideal, although, in our case, it helped greatly to attract drivers from the continent to race there with us :).
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