Cadwell Park

A real mecca for bike fans, Cadwell Park hosts the biggest round of the British Superbike Championship, with thousands of spectators travelling to the circuit fondly nicknamed the ‘Mini-Nürburgring’ every August Bank Holiday weekend.

A growing number of car events are taking place at Cadwell Park too, as the reputation of this character-filled circuit continues to grow. The 75th season in the Lincolnshire track’s history features the British Kart Grand Prix, a Vintage Sports Car Festival, the Ginetta Festival and a race meeting for the Historic Sports Car Club, in addition to a number of club events.

Cadwell Park is probably most famous for ‘the Mountain’, where bikes frequently get airborne, and it’s the striking mix of twists, cambers and gradients that have led to the circuit’s burgeoning popularity over the years.

Cadwell Park is a real gem in British motorsport, and is set for a momentous year in 2008.

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History of Cadwell Park

Set in the rolling Lincolnshire countryside, Cadwell Park was established in 1934. The length of the track, nicknamed the 'mini Nurburgring', almost doubled to 1.3 miles in 1953, when the ascendant 500cc motorcycle-engined Formula 3 class was invited to race in a traditional bike meeting. Reg Spreckley thus became the track's first car race winner in his Cooper. Some 30,000 spectators were said to have watched the meeting.

The original track, with its fearsome and photogenic Mountain feature, grew to its current 2.25-mile layout in 1962 and hosted the British F3 series the following May. It has three configurations – the rarely used Woodlands circuit, the short Club circuit, and the splendid, daunting Full circuit.

These days, its car racing exploits are confined to club meetings but they are invariably crackers, the track's swooping nature providing fantastic racing.

Circuit Statistics

Full Circuit

Length: 2.173 miles (3.4768 km)

Direction: Clockwise

Corners: 11

Club Circuit

Length: 1.481 miles (2.3696 km)

Direction: Clockwise

Corners: 7

Woodlands Circuit

Length: 0.712 miles (1.1392 km)

Direction: Clockwise

Corners: 5