i work for an advertising company which is on the old Great Gidding raceway site In Cambridgeshire so thought it best if i took a few photos!

 

I never had the pleasure of watching racing at Gidding in its heyday which is a shame because i dont have anything to compare it with and theres very little evidence to say there ever was.

Im told a few various companies have had the site before the firm i work for took it over and the tarmac or concrete surface was broken up for unknown reasons leaving us with huge flooded potholes.

 

 

BILLY BLAKEMAN  says...

"I was a regular at Great Gidding during the (I think) late 70's and early 80's. I was just a kid (born 1970) and went there with younger sister, our parents and late nan.  

The track ran a program of bangers, mini-contacts and hot-rods in equal number. The predominant banger teams were 'The Hound Dogs' in red, black and white and their rivals 'The Mr Men' in orange - both teams having mostly Oxfords or Cambridges. As I recall, we were big fans of 'The Silver Machines' who ran Triumph 2000's.  

 

Such a shame it is now an industrial estate. I have tried to research a bit of the history but not been very succesful. It is like the track never existed."