I would like to clear up some of the speculation on behalf of Moto Arena.
Firstly regarding which classes will be there, the venue is designed to be completely flexible. Both indoor and outdoor tarmac tracks surface features are not permanent but on fixing points. This means box sections can be placed on top to create any track type or scale there is enough demand for and also subdivide the track and run 2 classes at once for smaller scales.
Secondly is this a place for a club racer/enthusiast or corporates etc. Let me assure you that I have known Grant Collins for over 20 years and we have worked on this for over 5 years, he was a serious racer as a child and loves RC. He suggested I build my first one 5 years ago when stuck at home after an accident, I then built 3 more, which I suspect you will find him driving alongside you at some point. I accompanied him to a few races but did not like the facilities after spending hundreds of ££'s on kit and upgrades so Moto Arena has to attract people that like RC like me(as well as the fanatics) but do not love it enough to be somewhere with either a chemical toilet or none at all and a burger van if lucky(fanatic like Grant was).
Moto Arena we expect will cater to different groups at different times.
Weekends will by necessity involve some of the 1.2m visitors to Silverstone each year though of course we would want to have several serious races over the weekend to provide spectacle to the first time visitor and an audience for the drivers. We are very happy to welcome the MK club, the first of many clubs for different classes that could operate during the weekday evenings.
Weekdays during school time we have the education side which has been set up with partners and the corporate market.
We have a clubhouse area for members and I note the comments about membership costs but a regular racer on the Gold package pays no entry fees for the venue or most race series so will quickly make it back.
Re comments on tarmac grip. We cannot due to health and safety run intro indoors so it will not be very cold in winter there, we have heating. The tarmac itself was made with a specially fine gravel referred to as dust by the best specialists we could find and it has been polished more than once to get it as flat as possible, if anyone else can do better I would like to see it. As the rubber builds up so will the grip but a lot more of the tyre should be in contact with the surface than on normal tarmac with 7mm+ stones in it.
We are not just about cars, we also have plans to hang nets around the indoor track and possibly lay down scenery such as a model airport for in door flying events.
Come and check it out next month when we open.
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