There was me thinking that with all the excellent race circuit websites that exist, we probably had covered virtually all the post war race circuits - particularly in Europe.

Boy was I ever wrong!

I have been collecting together the list of races that I might run for my yet-to-be-built series of slot cars based on 1950-51. In order to make it all worthwhile I have decided to go back into the late 1940s to get as many different races as I can.

(I should mention that I get no pleasure from running cars on imaginary tracks - waste of time!)

Anyway, my list currently runs to 44 different venues, all in Europe. However, to my surprise I find not one, not two but several circuits that no-one seems to have any record of.

Here's the list:

Venice (probably a wet race!)
Montenero
Forli
Vigevano
Vercelli
Strasbourg (there is a Strasbourg map around but it is a pre-War track)
Douglas (Darren has 4 tracks from pre-WW2 but none match the 1947 circuit in length)

I wonder if there is any record of these places anywhere?

The Circuito di Montenero was at Livorno, see http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/livorno.html.

Barry,

I've e-mailed you a plan of the Douglas 1947 track, from the race programme.

Regarding Strasbourg, I don't think I've ever seen a plan of the circuit used in 1947.

Yes, of course, Darren. I should have known that!

Thank you, Adam. Another one added to the list.

I wonder if the Strasbourg circuit incorporated some of the older, longer one - as is the case with Montenero.

And how about Marc-en-Baroeul?

This 8W article talks about races at Vercelli, Venezia and Montenero.

Worth mentioning that the Montenero circuit in its last configuration still exists. Or at least, the roads appear to be all there!

Any chance you could forward me the Douglas '47 map Barry?

Done.