Kirkistown may not be the most historically significant circuit in the world. But the Northern Irish venue does have history, and a couple of unique items in its backstory that bear repeating and were relevant to last weekend’s event.
For one thing, Kirkistown is now the only club-owned and operated circuit in the UK – a fact of which the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland, which found it, nurtured it, and developed it, are justly proud.
