Hi all, The track you are trying to remember was at Longham near Ferndown and was located behind the Angel Inn, sadly no longer there as it had to make way for a housing estate. A great track and always very popular. On a personnel note I felt the best meeting there was a Std class meeting put on by myself (Thor Racing) and Lesro Models where your entry fee included a 27T Stock class motor which you picked yourself and were supplied by Lesro Models, you also had the option to purchase 1 other for the price of £12 if I remember correctly.
The club from the early eighties was Wessex Off Road Models or WORMS for short and had the tag line 'Worms do it in the dirt' We raced at a disused cycle speedway track at Iford playingfields. The club really took off when we were featured on local TV with myself being interviewed. The top cars at the time was the 2wd Kyosho Tomahawk and 4wd Kyosho Optima. Heady days but oh so much fun. A decent battery pack cost £15 and that was for a Sanyo 1300SCR, yes 1300mah Ni-Cad.
From there the SWORDS (South West Off Road Drivers Series) was formed and open meetings were held around the South-West to dertermine the SWORDS champion.
Fond memories from all those years.
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