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A proposed change to the law could permit a slew of new closed-road events in the UK LOSING ROADS FOR MOTOR SPORT could boost Britain’s economy, says the MSA, which reckons 20 such events could net £.40m for the UK and improve

British drivers’ skills through tarmac stages at home. Since a spectator was injured at Kop Hill in 1925 it’s required an Act of Parliament to close a road for motor sport so such events are limited. I love the thought of more Isle of Man-style tarmac action and they may be right about the cash boost, but I’m dubious about the suggestion that this would offer “a platform for messages of appropriate driving”…

Still, I’M sign the online petition (www.petition.co.uk/ msa). What price a Birmingham Superprix Revival?