[Closed] Grass Track Racing

I used to do the car version, and that was not on very prepared grass, in fact it was very common to have large stones fly up off the car in front and bounce off the screen protector.

[i]I'll hold my hand up and admit I'd never even heard about it[/i]

Me neither but looks good fun.

Wonder if its just a Summer thing when the ground is dry and hard? If the ground was soft/wet, all those bikes would trash the grass and I'm guessing that the local cricket/athletics club ain't going to be too chuffed if that was the case.

The only place I have watched this is at the heckington show in august.
There are lots of races there on the saturday.
It is on a banked track, I have only seen it wet once and it was a mess.

Over the years I have seen some top riders there .

Roundhay park in Leeds has races around the edge of the arena a few times a year.

Thought this was on about the car version, then notiec the pictures 😆

Never herd of this either 🙄

The pics are from Richmond cricket club, North Yorkshire. They have had races around the cricket pitch for ages. Its kind of track racing meets the outdoors sort of thing. Only done in the summer when the ground is hard, but is really funny when it rains!!

I can see it being a great summer spectacle. Take the family and a picnic and watch track racing in the sun. Add a beer tent and you have a perfect barmy British summer activity for all the family.

Can't see the point myself - there are probably more outdoor tarmac velodromes about. And racing on grass would seem like murder to me. It's bad enough at SITS!