Blyton Park comprises the remaining runways, perimeter tracks and hard standing areas of the former RAF Blyton. The airfield was taken over by the Americans in 1945 and finally closed as an active base in 1955.
Since 1955, the airfield has been a mecca for motorised vehicle enthusiasts and in the last half century it has hosted virtually every sort of motorsport including car and bike racing, drag racing, go kart racing, autograss, rallying, rallycross and other variants. It has also been the place where generations of local people have taken their first tentative go behind the wheel of a car.
There has been at one time or another, a 1/3 mile tarmac oval for stock cars, a skid pan, kart racing circuit, autograss track, Rally driving school right up to the purpose built test and development track we use today.
The prime areas in use today are the remnants of the North – South runway, which is where the current track operates. The Autograss track at the southern end of the site was built, and has been operated, by Scunthorpe and District Motor Sports Club since 1992. This track is at the southern end of the site and can be seen from Kirton Road. It is used for around eight weekends in the year between April and October for Autograss racing.
North of the Autograss track and its runway the eastern perimeter track runs in a broadly northerly direction past Cold Harbour Farm (now demolished) and eventually after nearly a mile loops round the bottom of the main North-South runway before facing south and links up with the remainder of the East-West runway. The main North-South runway forms the backbone of the Blyton Park Tuition and Testing Circuit.
