Wednesday, April 30, 2025

The Norwegian automotive community joins forces – wants a new race track

The Norwegian car community is now joining forces in the fight to establish another racetrack in the country. The car people want a place with room for much more.

A new race track. Or indeed an entire motorsport facility. This is what large parts of the Norwegian automotive community want in the country.

But something like this doesn't happen by itself, which is why over 1,200 car owners and 500 cars showed up to show their support for the plans, which are already in the final stages.

This is written by Norwegian TV2 .

In fact, the drawings of the facility that the automotive industry would like to build have already been completed. They envision a location in Samnanger, which is 50 minutes from the country's second largest city, Bergen

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– What we want is a complete road safety centre. It is about traffic training, driver development and, not least, an offer for both motorsport and heavy chore vehicles.

– The accident statistics are skyrocketing, and we share Trygg Trafikk's zero vision. We are actually invited to fashion them next weekend, says Erik Espelid, who is one of the main forces behind the new project, to Norwegian TV2.

However, whether Espelid and the other car people succeed with the plans depends on more than just a few drawings and dreams of a track facility. The local population must also be on board. So must the politicians.

But there are apparently already positive tones from Samnanger municipality. In any case, a working group has now been set up to look at where the track can be placed more precisely.

That the facility should cause the least possible inconvenience to the municipality's residents has already been included in the plans. Therefore, the track must also – if it comes to fruition – be located in an industrial area. Here, the nearest neighbor is a hydropower plant.

When the 1,200 motorists were received, the municipality's mayor was able to say that the municipality is willing to set aside 500,000 Norwegian kroner for a preliminary investigation. In other words, if there is, a majority can be gathered in the municipal council.

Norway's oldest race track, Rudskogen, was first inaugurated in May 1990. In comparison, Denmark's first permanent race track, Roskilde Ring, was already established in 1955.

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