Legends Museum was first dreamed up by the late Denis Parkinson , winner of the first ever 350cc race at Oliver’s Mount in 1946
Oliver's Mount in Scarborough
The long-awaited Legends Museum at Oliver’s Mount is back on track.
The museum at the North Yorkshire track - popular with Teesside bike race fans, was first planned as long ago as the 1990s.
The project was shelved due to a lack of finances but has now been revived.
The Legends Museum was first dreamed up by the late Denis Parkinson , winner of the first ever 350cc race at Oliver’s Mount in 1946.
His plan was to provide somewhere for the top riders from the track’s race meetings to display some of their memorabilia, machines, trophies, awards and career records.
After the initial press launch Auto 66 Racing were inundated with requests from past and present competitors to be allowed to display items from their career.
Over time the club has received and collected so much memorabilia that they are rapidly running out of space to store it.
And that prompted a meeting of enthusiasts to form a working party, chaired by Peter Hillaby.
The group’s next meeting is Sunday, February, 23 in Scarborough.
Anyone interested in helping with knowledge of securing grants or anything else that could benefit the project is asked to email office@auto66.com or phone Peter Hillaby on 01723 373000.
With no time to spare, the project must be progressed rapidly.
Organisers say it would be a fitting tribute to everyone who has raced Oliver’s Mount over the years to have it officially opened in the circuit’s 70th anniversary year - 2016.
Meanwhile new Oliver’s Mount merhandise will be available for the 2014 season.
It will be available at all four meetings at the venue this year and also from the Clinton Enterprises website after the company was chosen to produce it
Designs are currently in the process of being approved.
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