Anglesey Circuit gets the 2020 motorcycle racing season pushing off this weekend with a two-day Wirral 100 Motor Club meeting, writes Andrew Hughes. In recent years this first race weekend of the year has comprised a day of testing on the Saturday and a race-day on Sunday. This year, however, both days are race days in line with the club’s ‘Racing for Sport’ format. Each of the bike-category … [Read more...]
The Glyn Memorial Stages
Anglesey Circuit will once again play host to the unique Glyn Memorial Trophy Stages rally this weekend. Organised by the Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Motor Club, the rally will conclude several championships including the Welsh Tarmacadam Rally Championship, Association of North Western Car Clubs Stage Rally Championship, Junior 1000 Rally Championship, Junior 1000 Ecosse Challenge and Senior … [Read more...]
Winter Race Day final this weekend
The British Racing & Sports Car Club make the final visit if the year to Anglesey Circuit next weekend to deliver another Winter Race Day and round off the 2019 season in style. Headlining the event will be the final rounds of the Avon Tyres Northern Formula Ford Championship, one of the most competitive regional single seater championships in British club motorsport today. With titles in the … [Read more...]
Racing & remembering
One of the highlights of the UK motorsport calendar returns to Anglesey Circuit for the sixth year this coming weekend. Mission Motorsport’s unique Race of Remembrance features fifty teams in a 1,000km race. Although primarily a ‘clubman’ event, the Race of Remembrance attracts a diverse crowd of racers from novices to experts. Mission Motorsport beneficiaries play a huge part in the … [Read more...]
Lost Hero: The Tom Pryce story
The story of how a young Welshman rocketed to fame on the Formula 1 racing circuit before his life ended in a tragic crash at the age of 27 is set to be retold on screen. Tom Pryce will be featured in the upcoming three-part BBC documentary series “Mavericks: Sport’s Lost Heroes” which will follow the rise of Welsh sporting heroes from humble beginnings to the peak of their sport before meeting … [Read more...]
Formula Fun is on track at Anglesey this weekend
The British Rasing & Sports Car Club makes their second of visit of the season to Anglesey Circuit this coming weekend with something of an endurance racing special with two such races taking place on consecutive days. A host of fantastic sprint races accompany and compliment the long-distance events, with a variety of production cars and single seaters competing on the … [Read more...]
Anglesey Circuit begins bikers’ season
The motorcycle race season at Anglesey Circuit begins Sunday when the Wirral 100 Motor Club make their first of their four 2019 visits. The race format for the meeting will follow the club’s well-tested ‘Racing for Sport’ formula, the intention being to give the riders and spectators as much track action as possible in the time available. Each class will have two races and at the end of the … [Read more...]
Tom Pryce honour with inaugural meeting in Wales
The life of Tom Pryce will be celebrated at the Anglesey Circuit in North Wales on 13th & 14thJuly when the Historic Sports Car Club’s first race meeting at the spectacular track is dedicated to the famous Welsh Formula 1 racer. The Tom Pryce Memorial Race Meeting will honour the memory of a hugely popular driver who had a meteoric rise to fame and a flourishing Grand … [Read more...]
Power takes glory on Anglesey
Mid Wales racing driver Ben Power stormed to victory in the televised Guttercrest Cup at Anglesey Circuit, as he took the honours in the latest round of the National Legends Car racing championship. Power, aged 25, from Guilsfield, near Welshpool, finished seventh and third in the heats, but beat a 27-car grid to win the final, taking the overall win and lifting the inaugural Guttercrest … [Read more...]
Welsh Classic heads to Anglesey Circuit
A major new event at the stunning Anglesey Circuit will give motorcycle fans the opportunity to see a fabulous array of classic machinery in action, catch up with a British racing legend and even tackle the challenging circuit on their own machines. The Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival takes place over the weekend of May 30th and 31st. The event, which is supported by Classic Motorcycle … [Read more...]