Richard Usher founded Blyton Park in 2011 and he’ll remain in charge following the Ginetta buy out

As a big fan and follower of Blyton Park circuit in Lincolnshire, (indeed we held our totalkitcar LIVE event there in 2014) I was very interested to hear this week that it has been sold to Ginetta Cars.

Blyton founder, Richard Usher, will remain in charge on a day-to-day basis of the 1.5-mile circuit he opened in May 2011.

The last six years has seen it grow into one of the UK’s busiest and best-loved venues for trackdays, testing and general automotive-flavoured corporate events.

Licenced by the MSA for sprint competition, Blyton Park also hosts a number of rallycross and grasstrack events, as well as supermoto series.

It’s to be hoped that Ginetta will retain the flavour of the place and I’m sure they will and they have announced that they will look to include additional circuit configurations along with improved facilities.

Nick Portlock, Ginetta Commercial Director said: “The purchase of Blyton Park made ideal business sense to Ginetta.

“It’s one of the UK’s biggest testing facilities and we are one of its biggest customers.

Billiard-smooth 1.5-mile layout at Blyton Park is one of the UK’s most popular trackday venues. Indeed we ran out totalkitcar LIVE event there in 2014 and are big fans of the place

“We plan to invest in improving the customer offering and experience at the circuit, as it’s crucial for us to ensure it remains ‘business as usual’ with all manufacturers encouraged to continue to use the facility.”

Richard Usher, Blyton Park Managing Director, said: “Ginetta is heavily invested in their motorsport career ladder while Blyton Park is an ideal place to hone your race craft whether it be on two wheels or four.

“The purchase by Ginetta is exactly what we need to continue the development. I am incredibly excited to begin the next chapter in Blyton Park’s history and I am sure our customers are too.”

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