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Written by Ollie Kew
There"s something eerie about an empty racetrack, and even eerier if you"ve known it crammed with people, noise, and action. We"re at Rockingham Speedway in Northamptonshire and, enveloped by the banking down in the pit lane, there"s not a breath of wind, so it feels spookier still. My parents brought me here as a kid to watch the British ASCAR championship. Yup, "asscars". I"m not making that up. Think Diet-NASCAR for Midlanders. The seasons I watched from prime position on Turn One were won by a chap in a Territorial Army-sponsored camo-car called Ben Collins. Wonder what happened to him?I"m shadowed by the desolate grandstand, peering over 20 feet or so of hood. Fine, bonnet then. It"s my first experience of a Ford Mustang. There"s a 1.47-mile oval ahead. Clutch in. Jab the engine starter. Oh dear.Author: Ollie Kew<br />Photography: Barry HaydenThis feature was originally published in Issue 283 of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 25 Jun 2016
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There"s something eerie about an empty racetrack, and even eerier if you"ve known it crammed with people, noise, and action. We"re at Rockingham Speedway in Northamptonshire and, enveloped by the banking down in the pit lane, there"s not a breath of wind, so it feels spookier still. My parents brought me here as a kid to watch the British ASCAR championship. Yup, "asscars". I"m not making that up. Think Diet-NASCAR for Midlanders. The seasons I watched from prime position on Turn One were won by a chap in a Territorial Army-sponsored camo-car called Ben Collins. Wonder what happened to him?I"m shadowed by the desolate grandstand, peering over 20 feet or so of hood. Fine, bonnet then. It"s my first experience of a Ford Mustang. There"s a 1.47-mile oval ahead. Clutch in. Jab the engine starter. Oh dear.Author: Ollie Kew<br />Photography: Barry HaydenThis feature was originally published in Issue 283 of Top Gear magazine.
Date written: 25 Jun 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4003
