MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 5

MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

.\ SCHEME FOR LINCOLNSHIRE COAST. PROPOSED FIFTEEN-MILE TRACK OTIB Bwn CORBEBPOHDENT.) ' LONDON, January 20. The proposal for the '"construction of a' fifteen-mile speedway between Boston and Skegness, which was the subject of a.Board of Trade enquiry a year ago.; is now being prepared in detail. This preliminary work has been undertaken by the proprietary company,- the Automobile Racing Association, and a public or other issue of capital will be made when the promoters are ready to begin work. The undertaking, which will cost at least £1,500,000, is to be made possible by the reclamation of some 10,000 acres of saltings on the Lincolnshire coast, used only for grazing and for access to the sea. To this end a, great sea wall, extending over the greater part of the distance between the two towns, will be built. Behind the wall will be set the long speedway, absolutely straight and level for 15 miles; a smaller track reproducing the features of , the best known hazards of tourist trophy courses in various parts, of the world; a canal for speed-boat racing, and a main road parallel with the racing track for the service of this competition centre.

Board of Trade Approval. , In the engineering sense the project was approved by the >Board of . Trade, and on the strength of that approval the' Treasury has agreed provisionally to make the company a grant of the title of Crown lands required for 'ihe purpose. The promoting company has since formed a body called the International Automobile Racing Association to enrol member* who shall have the right to use the track on certain terms. This body will be responsible for organising international events and for the general supervision of the speedway, while the original company will remain proprietors and managers. Much interest has been evoked by the scheme, and the are satisfied that it can be mttde a success. Racing motorists have k come to the conclusion, that the uncertainty and ri,sk associated with the use of natural speedways make tho provision of a prepared track desirable. There are few stretches of sand in the world . which are suitable for high speed work, and these are fit only in certain weather ana at certain times of the day. The Lincolnshire track will have a special surface which will be kept clear of rubbish such a# might cayse tyres to burst, and it is believe® that all the important speed competitions an ( d testß in the world would have to conie to it as the one wholly suitable and safe track. It will be possible to usoiit for speed work during'at least eight months every year.