Redcar BMX track

[paulgray]

Redcar was Cleveland BMX clubs third track and was situated inside Redcar Racecourse

For more North East tracks see BigPlinkys thread here -> http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=72968.0

Put your Redcar pictures and memories here so all the Redcar stuff is in one place 

Location of track, it's no longer there 
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=54.611165,-1.065545&spn=0.00228,0.004576&z=18

Video ->

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Pro racing at redcar

[JT Smooth]

I remember racing there but not sure of year 

[Bigplinky]

I broke my little finger falling off crossing the finish line there (at least I won) 

[bof]

 I have a video of the race that is in black and white. 

[tdoublejj]

cracking pictures


tjj

 

[Flemdog]

Paul, you got you seat post fitted backwards...

[paulgray]

Paul, you got you seat post fitted backwards...

Do you New School racers still have seat posts or is the seat bolted straight to the frame  Good to see you're still running up front Tony

[baldbmxer]

I have a video of the race that is in black and white. 

Bof ripped his plums of at Redcar!

[JAY175]

pro junp display, redcar pro section 87
jay parker , (flash) gordon stanley

[paulgray]

I have a video of the race that is in black and white. 

You should let me put that on DVD for you 

[bof]

I have a video of the race that is in black and white. 

You should let me put that on DVD for you 

Its already on dvd pm me your address and I will try and get a copy too you. 

[paulgray]

A short clip from 1988 BBMXA National

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHgYfq1yz8

[paulgray]

Some Pro action from a BBMXA National in 1988.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tTWqPNtKM

[Jon The Bassist]

Nice vid Paul

[09paul]

Paul

Redcar was cleveland bmx's 4th track .......

south bank 1 was where the kart track now is {held 1 meeting on it,due to toxic waste in the ground} downhill start into a dbl downhill  berm/s l/h in a r/h berm and iirc the rest of the track was flat
                                                                   
south bank 2 the new A66 went thru it
                                                                   
saltburn      next to the golf club iirc just held club meets for a short time
                                                                   
then came  redcar
 

[mat8n]

there was actually a track in redcar before the racecourse track. it was on the majuba road car park.

i help build the race course track, i was the person who told don (cant remember his surname) where to put the single whoop coming off the first bend on the junior track, and i was the first to jump the pro track doubles even though i was only 12 at the time! lee gibson was the first to fall off! this was all done before the track was completed.

[09paul]

matty you cud hardly call that a track ......

but i do remember it

[paulgray]

Paul

Redcar was cleveland bmx's 4th track .......

south bank 1 was where the kart track now is {held 1 meeting on it,due to toxic waste in the ground} downhill start into a dbl downhill  berm/s l/h in a r/h berm and iirc the rest of the track was flat
                                                                   
south bank 2 the new A66 went thru it
                                                                   
saltburn      next to the golf club iirc just held club meets for a short time
                                                                   
then came  redcar
 

I raced at that first track, the double 180 berms were fun and the start hill was massive, wish we had some photos  The second track is still there (well it's an overgrown wasteland) the new road didn't actually go through it. I know Cleveland BMX ran a few races at Saltburn but I thought that it was a council built track so I never really thought of it as Clevelands own.

[paulgray]

there was actually a track in redcar before the racecourse track. it was on the majuba road car park.

i help build the race course track, i was the person who told don (cant remember his surname) where to put the single whoop coming off the first bend on the junior track, and i was the first to jump the pro track doubles even though i was only 12 at the time! lee gibson was the first to fall off! this was all done before the track was completed.

Don Robinson 

I made a scale model of a track for the club out of 5Kg of plastercine when they were discussing plans for Redcar. The track that was built was similar to what I designed but they had to cut back on what I had planned because they didn't have enough dirt. It's a real shame that Redcar was flattened, with a bit of modernization and more jumps it would have been twice as good as it was and it had the best facilities of any track in the UK thats for sure.

[paulgray]

Nice vid Paul

It's funny looking at that old video and seeing all those long straights with only one obstacle each, it could have been so much, better but that's how most tracks were BITD. 

[Jon The Bassist]

They suited my riding though!

[paulgray]

Presenting Mr.Keith Bryceland

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and Brian Graham is in there too.

[paulgray]

And Lisa Wright trying for a killer move in the last corner but just missing out on the win.

[Draco]

I know this is an old thread, but would the authors with original pictures (i.e. their own, not someone else's copyright) please drop me a note? I'd like to use some in our community film about historic BMX and I've got very little on Redcar.

[markyp]

those pics are 86,thats Tim March no longer racing on MRD's but  March Turbos which were only produced in 86,i may betalking shoite tho