Simon Taylor, who is a monthly columnist for Classic & Sports Car, ran a short but interesting story in the June issue. In southwesteren France there is a piece of property, owned by David and Sandra Brooker-Carey, called Domaine de Bagatelle. They would like to turn their 210 acres into a racing circuit for historical automobiles. Complete with a hotel, restaurant and historical auto museum. It is not an easy undertaking. There is a public road that crosses the property and the circuit would have to run under those roads. And to handle the envormental crowd they will have to do a reforestation project to repair some damage left by Mother Nature in 2000. The circuit itself would be almost 3 miles long which may be split into sections. Historical racing is very interesting to watch, but I cringe everytime I see a bump or a roll.
This project appears to be worthy of your interest. To see how you can help them with their presentation to the local governments read their website which is in French and English:
www.projetbagattelle.com
As a last resort:
simontaylorWstoveboltspecial.com
