Ringwood Raceway
Motorsport venue in Hampshire, England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ringwood Raceway (formerly known as Matchams Park Stadium) is a motorsport venue in Ringwood, Hampshire, England. The site is located in St Leonards, Dorset off the Hurn Road and Matchams Lane.
Banger racing at the Raceway | |
| Location | St Leonards, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2BT |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°48′27″N 1°49′12″W |
| Opened | 1946 |
History
After World War II, a motorcycle speedway circuit was constructed on the site.[1] During the 1946 and 1947 seasons the site known as Matchams Park Stadium and operated on an open speedway licence.[2] The track was referred to as a training school in 1950[3] and the stadium was also used for cars in 1950.[4][5]
Open speedway licence meetings were once again held at the venue from 1951 to 1953 but on a different circuit within the site.[2][1] A team called the Ringwood Turfs entered league competition for the first time in 1954.[6][7] The following season in 1955, the team withdrew in late June and had their results expunged.[8]
Further open meetings and training took place sporadically with a last recorded training and long track meetings in 1993.[1] The site continued banger racing, until its planned closure in 2022.[9] Racing continued after 2022 as plans for the retirement village that were going to replace the raceway did not go ahead.
