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Warton Stock car Club has been around since Easter Monday 1972.. though in them days it was a gravel pit track..
The Newspaper clipping, below, shows
It seems that the track owes much of its exsitance to the Hayhurst family...
An update for you..Arthur Graves is still connected with the club in that he supplies the water cart for each
meeting.Nelson, Butty Doddy and Joan Hayhurst are all Grahams dads cousins, and the others mentioned are their
offspring's!!Phillip Hayhurst who raced that day and was only 8 or 9 at the time used to race at Warton regularly and
then went on the F'2 where he was runner up for the world title twice. He was unfortunately killed about two years ago
racing a vintage motorbike on the IOM. Nelson Hayhurst is still to be found at Warton on race days sometimes with the
next generation, Ben Hayton, who races stock cars and did race F2's.Ted Branson through later generations is still about
in racing circles, and Kenneth Barnes and Tim Holt still live in the Kendal area.
Thanks to Lyn, from Track Shop, for the loan of these photos, from 1974 & 1976.
And who says Warton has not come on a long way since then ??
If you have any old photos of Warton feel free to mail them to me, I will post them on here. Ta.
Mr Hoggarth has lent me some... CLICK HERE to see them !
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