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| Motorbikestoday
Track Guide |
| Mallory
Park |
| A simple circuit, yet one
that offers a variety of bends to test the handling
to the full. |
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| address: |
Mallory
Park Circuit
Kirkby Mallory
Leicestershire LE9 7QE |
| tel: |
01455-842931 |
| fax: |
01455-848289 |
| website: |
www.malllorypark.co.uk |
| contact: |
David
Overend |
| e-mail: |
info@mallorypark.co.uk |
| opening
times: |
0900-1800 |
| circuit
length: |
1.35
miles |
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How to
get There
| from
the south: |
from J2 of the M6 take the M69
north and then exit at J1 to Hinkley. Follow the
brown circuit signs and take the A5 and the 47 to
the circuit. |
| from
the north: |
leave the M1 at J21 and take
the M69 south. Exit at J1 to Hinkley and follow
the route as above. Alternatively, you could leave
the M1 at J23 and then head west on the A512 towards
Ashby-de-la-Zouch before turning left onto the A447
and heading south through Ibstock and following
the brown signs to the circuit. |
from
the east: |
head towards Leicester and pick
up the A6 around the south of the town to the M1
at J21. From here take the M69 south, leaving at
J1 to Hinkley. Follow the brown circuit signs and
take the A5 and the 47 to the circuit. |
| from
the west: |
pick up the A5 to Hinkley, and
then take the A47 through the town centre and follow
the brown signs to the circuit. |
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Facilities
| paddock: |
Large, poorly surfaced
tarmac that slopes away from the start/finish straight
towards the lake. Some power points are available. |
| garages: |
Half a dozen or so,
some with power, at the exit of the assembly area |
| fuel: |
Leaded and unleaded
available in the paddock |
| catering: |
Licensed paddock
restaurant |
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History
The Mallory Park Estate goes all the
way back to Anglo-Saxon times, although the circuit
only originated in 1956 as a privately built trotting
track. The layout of the circuit is pretty much unchanged
from those early days, although the Bus Stop Chicane
was first added for bike races in the Eighties to slow
down the entry into the Devils Elbow, and in 2003 Edwina's
was added to slow the entry into the Lake Esses. |
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| Trackday Operators |
| name |
tel: |
website |
| Suzuki Performance Riding School |
01455-251800 |
www.raceschool.net |
| Hot Trax |
01908-330445 |
www.hottrax.co.uk |
| Speed Freak |
01625-859969 |
www.speedfreaktrackdays.com |
| 100% Bikes |
08708-722532 |
www.100pc.co.uk |
| Track Time Promotions |
01386-423555 |
www.tracktimepromotions.co.uk |
| No Limits |
07000-600750 |
www.nolimitstrackdays.com |
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| Where to Stay |
| name |
tel: |
distance
from circuit |
| Kirkby Lodge B&B, Kirkby Mallory |
01455-292089 |
1 mile |
| Highcross Guest House, Hinkley |
01455-220840 |
4 miles |
| Victoria Guest House, Hinkley |
01455-631227 |
6 miles |
| Arbor Guest House, Croft |
01455-283013 |
5 miles |
| The Charnwood Hotel, Narborough |
0116-286 2218 |
5 miles |
| Comfort Inn, Hinkley North |
01455-840011 |
2 miles |
| Bosworth Firs B&B, Market Bosworth |
01455-290727 |
3 miles |
| Badgers Mount Guest House, Elmesthorpe |
01455-848161 |
4 miles |
| The Almshouse, Sutton Cheney |
01455-891050 |
2 miles |
| Woodside Farm Guest House, Stapleton |
01455-291929 |
2 miles |
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A Lap of The Circuit
Come out of the pit area and you are
almost immediately into the first corner. Gerrards is
the longest and fastest corner in the UK. If you are
a knee-down sort of person then this is a good place
to do it. There isn’t one particular line, but
a good tip is to make it into two apexes. It’s
very fast and does require some nerve to get right.
Then there’s a short straight before Edwinas –
a new chicane built to improve safety and ironically
the scene of many crashes since. Be careful, because
not only is it easy to lose the front braking for it,
especially as you’ll need to lose about 80mph
to get through after Gerrards, but it’s easy to
highside on the exit as well.
You have been warned!
Assuming you stayed on, the next corner
is the Dunlop Esses. Very straightforward and again
very quick. Possibly even quicker than before now that
Edwina’s has opened out the entry. Don’t
go through too fast, though, because about 50m later
you hit The Hairpin. 1st gear, 20mph or so. Again, watch
the highside on exit and beware of people either trying
to stuff it up the middle and tee-boning you as you
turn in, or else running wide and then cutting in on
you. Courtesy is essential here or there will be tears
before bed-time. Next comes the Bus-Stop. Another contrived
and irritating little chicane intended to slow bikes
down. Again, watch your knees on the very tall kerbs.
The Devil’s Elbow is an unforgiving
bend with very little runoff but it has been largely
tamed now by the preceding chicane. Use all the track
and enjoy the start finish straight leading you back
into Gerrards for another lap.
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