Days Of Thunder/Rockingham Motor Speedway, United Kingdom

Days of thunder, which has recently been renamed SCSA (stock car speed association) is a great venue to attend whatever you like. Entertainment goes on right through-out the day with various races, DOT obviously and the pick up truck series, there is usually a support race, in the last season these were Formula BMW and Legends cars. There will always be 2 races from each series, the pick up races are 30 laps and done on the 1 and a half mile banked oval circuit as well as the DOT races which are 60 laps with a compulsory pit stop half way through. The support race is on the inner circuit and ... more

I've really just started out at Ciao and I just had to search for Rockingham and Days of Thunder, and I was so suprised to see that someone hasn't tried it before me, so I asked for it to be listed! For all of you who don't know, Rockingham Motor Speedway is an Oval racing track in the Corby / Rockingham area of Northamptonshire, in the UK. It is 1.479 Miles or 2.416 m in length, with 4 turns. There is also some internal tracks, The track is very modern, built in 2001, and has great access to it. The nearest train station is Kettering, with Market Harborough, Leicester and Peterborough not too ... more