motorsport-events.com MSE are being banned from running at RAF Lyneham and are asking for a petition to be signed, please sign and forward if you wish to help
Lyneham Cancelled - Great Shock and Disappointment
It is with huge sadness we have to report that for the foreseeable future events at MOD Lyneham have been cancelled. A huge amount of work had been put into securing this venue and a small minority of people have caused the closure. To say we are devastated is a huge understatement.
In brief we are hugely disappointed that the local MP James Gray became involved after complaints from a handful of vociferous locals and seems to have rail roaded the MOD into closing the venue and unbelievably his tone is one of celebration. Please see the points below:
We adhered to all the restrictions placed on us, as you know these events are for like minded motoring enthusiasts in road cars, we think some people’s opinion is these are race days.
At no point are we aware of any noise monitoring in the local area to back up complaints.
We would be able to modify the events to reduce noise if given the opportunity.
We feel that James Gray the local MP has not considered the fact that many local people have welcomed the events, the income generation for the the site and local area and that we are a local business.
Each event at Lyneham we provide places and driver training for military personnel and already the closure is causing great disappointment amongst active military staff.
Please judge for yourself the tone of James Gray’s press release MP cements good relations with MOD Lyneham
If we genuinely have a detrimental impact on residents lives by holding events we would be the first to act, however, we run for 5 hours and 45 minutes per track day and had permission for 9 of these at MOD Lyneham in 2018. Surely not the most huge of impacts with our road legal cars?
Please also note that karting is allowed to continue at the site, when our road legal and road silenced cars are not.
We are keen to fight this as hard as possible and need your support, the Lyneham Commanding Officer has given us a ray of hope and we need to act fast. Please email James Gray directly [email protected] and copy us in to voice your opinion.
We have just launched an online petition and we would welcome as many signatures as possible to show support.