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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
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| 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. |
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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 Freaks |
01625-859969 |
www.speedfreaktrackdays.com |
100% Bikes |
08708-722532 |
www.100pc.co.uk |
Track Time Promotions |
01386-423555 |
www.tracktimepromotions.co.uk |
| Rapid Training |
01296 715904 |
www.rapidtraining.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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