Mendips Raceway
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| Banger Racing track blockage at Mendips Raceway | |
| Location | Mendip Hills, Somerset, England |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Owner | Graham, Pat & Jack Bunter |
| Operator | Mendips Raceway Limited |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Major events | Rods, Stock cars, Bangers, Demolition |
| Website | {{#statements:P856}} |
| Oval | |
Mendips Raceway is a motorsport venue in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is located on the rim of Batts Combe quarry between Shipham and Charterhouse. The oval shaped circuit is used for racing hot rods, stock cars, Hotstox, bangers and demolition events. The circuit, which was opened in 1969, features an oval and a figure of eight layout. The latter is used for different classes of banger racing which sometimes involve towing caravans, or feature specialist vehicles such as hearses or Reliant Robins.
Until 2018, it hosted the West of England Championship for Rods every August. It has also hosted the BriSCA F2 World Championship Final several times[1]
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