Darley moor

[Bitza]

Hi all, I'm starting to settle into my new home near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and have just realised that the Darley Moor Circuit is just down the road. I have never visited the circuit before but it would be very handy maybe for the odd trackday & or watching some racing. Is anyone out there familiar with Darley Moor? Bitza.

[iainw]

Raced push bikes up there a couple of times. It's always bloody freezing.

[Nickj]

It's always bloody freezing.

That'll be on the warmer days up there ??

[utopia]

A couple of my mates used to race there in the 70s.
Being an ex-airfield circuit its flat and not massively interesting but it did have a strong following on the club racing circuit.

[Kato]

Three straights about 400 yards each linked by three corners, windy, freezing cold & boring

[Blah blah]

A great place.

It's the first track I ever went to watch a motorbike race, it's also where I did my first ever race, first place I ever got my knee down and where I had my first highside - off the line, through the first chicane in first place, into the right hander (that's in a bit of a dip) too much throttle on cold tyres and up and away.

Happy days...

It's been a long time since I went but I remember that it wasn't much to get in and the racing came thick and fast, which is all I wanted from a race track

[Bitza]

Umm well thanks for the LOW DOWN, not too much to look forward to on the Darley Moor front then, especially as I can experience the freezing cold bit from here anyway. It won't be like when I live near Snetterton for sure. Bitza

P.S. Thanks for the positive comment Blah blah, first high-side eh much the same as loosing your cherry I guess, so that'll be something to look forward to!

[slob]

On the plus side, you’re about 30 miles from Donington

[Darren69]

Mallory's not far either.

[Flip]

I’ve never been there but the CRMC race there fairly regularly although like all racing not sure what’ll happen this year.

If you’ve never been to a Classic meeting they’re always worth a visit if you like getting up close (open paddocks) to motorcycles making a lot of noise and smells of a past era.

https://youtu.be/qfJOGOwJylw

https://youtu.be/4PU9DMUIg9A

I bet the TZ750’s were fun round there!!! :D

[slob]

I’ve never been there but the CRMC race there fairly regularly although like all racing not sure what’ll happen this year.

If you’ve never been to a Classic meeting they’re always worth a visit if you like getting up close (open paddocks) to motorcycles making a lot of noise and smells of a past era.

https://youtu.be/qfJOGOwJylw

https://youtu.be/4PU9DMUIg9A

I bet the TZ750’s were fun round there!!! :D

looks better than not having any racetrack on your doorstep, google maps looks like there's a grasstrack and a dirt oval there too.