Clubs may run fewer meetings after track’s demise
The British Racing and Sports Car Club may reduce the number of meetings it runs next year following the demise of Rockingham.
The BRSCC is one of four organising clubs to have race meetings at the Northamptonshire venue this year but is the only one to have multiple events at Rockingham and not benefit from operating a portfolio of other British tracks.
The club’s competitions secretary Dominic Ostrowski admits losing Rockingham is a blow but it could benefit smaller venues, like Mallory Park.
“It’s a problem really, we normally have two or three meetings there,” he said. “We need to think about where we go and are just starting the long and arduous process of booking dates.
“If we can run a couple less meetings and still offer all of our championships what they need then we would do that and not run some of the less profitable meetings.
“But it [the loss of Rockingham] might help the likes of Mallory Park, Croft and Pembrey. We haven’t run a meeting at Pembrey for many years and that is something we might look at now.”
The British Automobile Racing Club has the most Rockingham club dates in 2018 with six and the club’s general manager Ian Watson says it will be a challenge to try and fit all of those in elsewhere.
“It’s very sad to see it go,” he said. “We were fortunate enough to be involved from the very first day as we helped to organise the first meeting. We have quite a few meetings there and will hopefully try and pick up a few extra dates at other venues.”