Crash Gate No. 4 ...

... Ouston, where according to Wiki - the Newcastle & District Motor Club organised race meetings there on 24 June 1962, 23 June 1963 and 21 June 1964, the last named being a joint car and motorcycle event. Jackie Stewart was a competitor at the 1963 meeting driving a Jaguar E-Type; he won the race and this is believed to have been his first victory (that seems unlikely - Ed).


Jim Clark attended the meeting in 1964 and was driven round the circuit in an open-topped Jaguar E-Type and then presented the prizes. It is possible that this may have been the last car meeting at Ouston as Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire had reopened in 1964.


The Motor Sport archive actually dates the first meeting to August 1959: For the first time a motor race meeting is to be held virtually on Newcastle's " doorstep "—at Ouston Aerodrome, on Saturday, August 8th.


Organised jointly by the Border M.R.C. and the Newcastle & Dist. M.C., this meeting will provide the North-East with an opportunity of seeing motor ratting without the need for travelling to Scotland or Yorkshire. The nearest full-scale meetings to have been held previously were at Charterhall, just over the Scottish border.


Although still in use by time R.A.F., Ouston is being made available to the organisers and it is estimated that more than 30,000 people can be accommodated quite easily. Admission charges have been fixed at 5s. per person, with free car parking. The course to be used for the racing comprises runways; and perimeter tracks. A complete lap is 4 miles.