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  Rockingham Motor Speedway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit near Rockingham and Corby in Northamptonshire, England.
It was opened by the Queen on May 26, 2001 it is the fastest racing circuit in Europe, and can seat 52,000 people.
Motor racing venues in the United Kingdom
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockingham_Motor_Speedway   (184 words)

  
 Rockingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was the eighth Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Rockingham Pottery, a famous 19th century Yorkshire manufacturer of porcelain which benefitted from the patronage of the descendants of the Marquesses of Rockingham.
Rockingham Castle, located in Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire, is where the peerage derives its name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockingham   (156 words)

  
 Sports Venue Technology - Rockingham Motor Speedway
In May 2001, the new Rockingham Motor Speedway, which has been ten years in the planning and took just over two years to construct, was officially opened.
Built on a 300-acre brownfield site, the Rockingham Motor Speedway, is located to the north of Corby, Northamptonshire, in the heart of the East Midlands region of England.
The Rockingham Building forms the centrepiece, facing the pit lane on the outside of the track, the four-storey building includes a public enclosure, refreshment and restroom facilities, club hospitality areas, corporate 'skyboxes' and roof-top grandstand seating.
www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/rockingham   (1035 words)

  
 pastevs42
Rockingham is set to thrill spectators in the same way as those who made their way excitedly to Weybridge for the inaugural Brooklands meeting almost 94 years ago.
Rockingham had been involved in its own race over the past few months, against both the clock and the worst weather in decades, in order to make this opening event possible.
Britain’s favourite motor racing son Nigel Mansell performed the official opening of the Rockingham Motor Speedway turning a few laps in a champ car and set an official lap of 33.6 seconds with an average of 166.2mph.
www.mr2mk1club.com /pastevs42.html   (786 words)

  
 BBC - Northamptonshire Sport - Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway was originally planned as a small test track.
When Rockingham Motor Speedway opened, it was the first new oval race track since Brooklands in Surrey closed in 1936.
Rockingham UK is unofficially twinned with the oval track of the same name in Rockingham, North Carolina.
www.bbc.co.uk /northamptonshire/asop/corby/speedway.shtml   (400 words)

  
 AutoRacing1.com - Mark Cipolloni - Rockingham
Rockingham is being built for two reasons - the first is to introduce oval racing back to England, and the second is that England desperately needs more race tarmac - for testing and track days (there are 73 racing clubs in UK that need a place to race).
A year since the start of major construction, the Rockingham Motor Speedway is steadily taking shape on the 300 acre brown field site, located on the northern outskirts of Corby, Northamptonshire in the heart of the East Midlands region of England.
As part of their commitment to bring at least 14 exciting national-level events to Rockingham in 2001, the British Automobile Racing Club is aiming to run events for the established UK series, at all levels of car and motorcycle racing.
www.autoracing1.com /MarkC/000427.htm   (1863 words)

  
 British Superbike 2003 - Kempy reports from Rockingham
Rockingham Motor Speedway opened its gates to the British Superbikes for Round 7 of the series last weekend.
Concerned that the Dunlop shod bikes were appearing to work better on the Rockingham tar than his Pirellis, and the fact that Harris, starting from pole is notoriously fast early in races, meant that for Deano, these were indeed worrying times for the man from Port Macquarie.
The racing at Rockingham never fails to send fans home breathless, and with the hope that Ireland’s Mondello Park (newly introduced to the series this season) provides similar action packed racing, its with eager anticipation that the championship rolls on in two weeks time.
www.mcnews.com.au /motorcycleRacing2003/BritishSuperBike/Kempy_Rockingham_July.htm   (1861 words)

  
 www.MSport-UK.com | Circuit Guide | Rockingham Motor Speedway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rockingham Motor Speedway, officially opened in 2001 is an all-seater stadium venue with 7,500 seats in the Rockingham Building and a further 20,000 in grandstands around the circuit.
The awesome £52m 1.5 mile oval has a maximum banking angle of 7.8 degrees and two of its four corners are used in the 2.56 mile International Long Circuit.
It is the first purpose-built race track in the UK since Brooklands opened in 1907 and is set to revolutionise motorsport in the UK.
www.msport-uk.com /circuits/rockingham.php   (239 words)

  
 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Europe Track News
Settlers from the small English village of Rockingham are thought to have been some of the first in North Carolina and the new British track is close to Rockingham Castle, which has given the area its name since it was built in the 11th Century.
Rockingham UK News: Leading US motor sports and energy industry entrepreneur, Gerald Forsythe, today announced a further expansion into European motorsport, with the acquisition of a strategic stake in Rockingham Motor Speedway Limited, the first all-new motor racing venue to be constructed in the UK(England) since 1907.
The shareholders and management of Rockingham Motor Speedway, under construction at Corby in Northamptonshire, have been in negotiation with Forsythe over the summer and are delighted to welcome the additional expertise provided by Forsythe's Indeck Group of companies.
www.jayski.com /pages/tracks/europe.htm   (1228 words)

  
 UK Driving Experiences - Drive a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Single Seater at Rockingham Motor Speedway
By booking with Rockingham, you agree on behalf of yourself and if not yourself, the driver to be bound by them in their entirety.
Rockingham accepts no booking by you unless or until we have received payment of the Price (defined below) in full.
No refunds of the Price will be payable by Rockingham in the event you cancel any Experience you have booked or the Driver fails to attend the Experience.
www.goliathres.com /res_website.asp?supplierCode=rck100&page=terms   (1131 words)

  
 Rockingham Motor Speedway Circuit Information - Race24.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rockingham Motor Speedway is the UK's first purpose-built banked oval circuit since Brooklands, officially opening in summer 2001.
The circuit has permanent seating for 7,500 in the Rockingham Building, with additional seating for another 20,000.
Rockingham Motor Speedway is just north of Corby in Northamptonshire.
www.race24.co.uk /tracks/rockingham.html   (77 words)

  
 Laundimer House - accommodation northants, executive accommodation, luxury accommodation
For visitors and tourists, accommodation kettering, bed and breakfast, b and b corby we are two miles from Corby, seven luxury accommodation, rockingham motor speedway from Oundle and twelve miles from Stamford.
Serene Kirby Hall, complete with luxury accommodation, rockingham motor speedway peacocks, is approximately 3 miles away, and we are also accommodation kettering, bed and breakfast within minutes of Rockingham Motor Speedway.
It is one mile from the luxury accommodation, rockingham motor speedway nearest house and only 300 guest house corby, guest house oundle meters from a two thousand acre forest.
www.laundimerhouse.co.uk   (820 words)

  
 BBC - Northamptonshire - A Sense Of Place - Rockingham Motor Speedway
Britain's newest motor racing track (it opened in May 2001) is Britain's first all-seater motor sports stadium.
From the original idea of one small test track, Rockingham Motor Speedway opened with a possible 10 track variations.
Rockingham, together with Silverstone, keeps Northamptonshire at the heart of British motor racing.
www.bbc.co.uk /northamptonshire/asop/corby/rockingham_motor_speedway.shtml   (785 words)

  
 Banker champions UK race track
Rockingham was, according to Peter Davies, managing director, given "a gentleman's agreement" on the European race by CART in January.
The Rockingham board fear the world centre of motor racing, currently located in the UK and employs upwards of 100,000, could move to Germany if the race is awarded to Lausitzring.
This is the latest in a number of blows that have hit Rockingham's ambition to maintain the UK as the centre of motor racing, which include the threatened withdrawal of motor manufacturing by both Ford and BMW and the 50pc purchase of Formula One by Germany's EMTV.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/05/02/cnrace02.html   (579 words)

  
 e-Tracks: World Motor Racing Circuits Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rockingham Motor Speedway has shelved its first race of the season and brought forward resurfacing work in a bid to cure the problem of damp patches on the track surface.
Rockingham's opening event, the BARC Championship race meeting, scheduled for the weekend of the April 27/28, has been postponed following a decision to accelerate a resurfacing programme on the 1.5 mile banked oval track.
On behalf of Rockingham I would like to apologise to the competitors and fans for any inconvenience caused, but Rockingham is still the best motor sport venue in the country for both drivers and spectators and I look forward to welcoming the BARC back in the near future."
www.etracksonline.co.uk /News/news_id048.html   (315 words)

  
 Panstadia VOL 7/No 4 - 'ROCKING SPEED'
Rockingham is Britain's first purpose-built motor racing facility since the opening of Brooklands in 1907.
A prime reason for Rockingham's location is that it is in the 'golden triangle' between the A1, M1 and the A14 east-west route.
Another of Rockingham's major investors is Gerry Forsythe, who combines his role as CEO of the Indeck Group, one of the world's largest operators of private sector power stations, with ownership of two ChampCar teams and a stake in Reynard, who build both ChampCars and the BAR Formula One machines.
www.panstadia.com /vol7/74-046.htm   (1545 words)

  
 Rockingham
Take the first right turn into Shelton Road - Rockingham Motor Speedway is located at the end of the road.
Rockingham is the UK's first purpose-built motorsport venue to be constructed since Brooklands way back in 1907.
It was constructed on the site of the old British Steel works on the outskirts of Corby during the 1990s at a cost in excess of £55 million, and for quite some time there were serious concerns as to whether it would ever be completed.
www.motorbikestoday.com /trackguides/rockingham.htm   (739 words)

  
 North Carolina Speedway
North Carolina Speedway (formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway, often refered to as Rockingham) is a 1.017 mile oval with an infield road course.
North Carolina Motor Speedway, aka "Rockingham", was built in 1965 as a flat oval.
One of the Cup races at Rockingham was transferred to the new California Speedway in 2004.
www.na-motorsports.com /Tracks/NC/NorthCarolina.html   (473 words)

  
 BTCC Pages - Rockingham
Rockingham is perhaps most famous as the only oval racing track in the UK having hosted the American Champ Cars and the new ASCAR series on the oval track.
However for those who prefer to bring their own chairs etc. to a track, there is only a limited amount of grass area on which to stand or sit, and this is only at a low level on the main straight.
The pits and paddock are smaller than you might expect at first, in order to accomodate the infield road course, the only way to get to the paddock is to go down several flights of stairs from the main building and walk along a tunnel underneath the main straight.
www.btccpages.com /circuits/rockingham.php   (865 words)

  
 View from the back - 2001 Race Report 4 - Rockingham
Corby, Northamptonshire, England - Rockingham Motor Speedway, the first purpose-designed motor racing venue to be built in Great Britain since Brooklands in 1907, will open its doors in May 2001.
In fact when the Rockingham organizers asked the BARC not to chastise us over the tannoy for bringing private cars into the infield there was a sense of relief and respect for the ìclients firstî ethic of the new American style Rockingham business machine.
We are pleased to acknowledge that Rockingham is all the greater an achievement given the UK backdrop.
www.marcusbicknell.co.uk /racing/2001/report4.htm   (2204 words)

  
 Rockingham Removed from 2003 Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rockingham Motor Speedway officials have determined that hosting a 2003 Champ Car event would not be possible because of the current economic climate.
CART is continuing to examine several racing venues in Europe to replace Rockingham and to fill the currently open April 27 race date on the 2003 calendar.
CART began racing at the 1.479-Mile Rockingham oval in 2001 and the Champ Cars staged two of the fastest races ever held in the United Kingdom with the winning average speed in excess of 153 mph (246 km/h) in each of the last two seasons.
www.speedcenter.com /news02/sc_n1125_02.html   (342 words)

  
 Rockingham Raceway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Rockingham Motor speedway is Britain's new multi-purpose motor sports complex.
It is located on the North side of Corby in the center of England, and in the year 2001 Rockingham will have a high speed oval race track designed to host major international US style oval racing.
Sit in a Rockingham Oval grandstand seat and at least 85% of the track is visible.
website.lineone.net /~jhmotorcycles/bed/race.htm   (108 words)

  
 Projects - Rockingham Motor Speedway
The Rockingham international banked oval racing circuit that includes an internal road circuit was officially opened by HRH the Queen on 28
The UK’s inaugural Champ Car Race was televised from Rockingham in September 2001.
Duties included identifying and developing the Client’s brief on a fast track programme to realise the overall project objectives, evaluating programmes and tenders, and thereafter the construction operation itself.
www.ntn.co.uk /rockingham.htm   (100 words)

  
 CART Adds New English Oval Track To 2001 Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Next September's race at Rockingham will be the first time ever that the 200 mile-per-hour-plus, single-seat racing cars — the engines, chassis and gearboxes of which are mostly built within a few miles of Rockingham - have raced on a banked oval track in the United Kingdom.
Guy Hands, the majority investor in Rockingham Motor Speedway Limited, said: “The Champ Car race at Rockingham will be a key investment primer for the local East Midlands economy; it will form a landmark in the resurgence of the former steel town of Corby, providing significant numbers of new jobs.
Rockingham Motor Speedway has taken a brownfield site and shown what can be done.
www.speedcenter.com /news00/sc_n0712_2_00.html   (377 words)

  
 Rockingham
With its proximity to the Rockingham area - the name the track would surely assume if it were ever built - it looked just too good to be true.
To put 'very soon' into perspective for you, they plan to run their first meeting next year and it isn't just going to be a big oval either, although the main feature of the 300 acre site will undoubtedly be its mile and a half banked oval.
Rockingham's Marketing Director Christopher Tate actually referred to the fact that they intend to run 'our' kind of stock car racing at RMS, during his presentation at the launch.
www.ybapublications.co.uk /shortcircuit/Features/sc_story_rock.htm   (1846 words)

  
 Regent Cleaning Services - News - The contract to clean up after high-octane ‘race ‘n rock’ days at the UK’s ...
The contract to clean up after high-octane ‘race ‘n rock’ days at the UK’s thrill-packed Rockingham Motor Speedway is being fulfilled by Regent Cleaning’s newly-launched Stadia and Leisure Division.
As the first oval racetrack to open since the legendary Brooklands track closed in 1936, Rockingham Motor Speedway is also Britain’s first ever all-seat motor sports stadium with total capacity of nearly 30,000.
Rockingham is host to many races including Superbikes, British Formula 3, ‘Oval Racing’ and The Rockingham 500 Champ Car Event: Britain's fastest motor car race.
www.regentcleaningservices.co.uk /news17.htm   (448 words)

  
 Racecar
Rockingham Motor Speedway - one of Britain’s newest and most impressive motor sport venues - will play host to Tour Britannia, the all-new race tour for drivers of historic cars (5-8 September 2005).
A sprint around Rockingham race circuit will then be followed by a race around the international circuit.
With no fewer than 12 different track configurations, Rockingham provides an unrivalled variety of layouts and, working in conjunction with the circuit management, Tour Britannia has elected to use a 2.4 mile track configuration with crews timed over eight laps.
www.racecar.co.uk /story.asp?NewsID=10714   (355 words)

  
 SCSA: Rockingham secures future with Corby deal.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
However, Rockingham will continue to build its position as a leading event venue, hosting premium motor racing and other sporting and leisure activities.
At Rockingham, you can experience BMW performance, quality and dynamics to the full as you drive the cars in safety at high speed or experience the thrill of off road driving on the purpose-built proving ground.
Alfred Buller, joint managing director of CDL insisted that the deal would be good for all parties, and that the circuit would not suffer from the expansion of the town of Corby.
www.crash.net /news_view.asp?cid=78&id=111311   (632 words)

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