The controversial Isle of Wight Road Races event, due to go ahead in April, will now be delayed due to unresolved issues with its Motor Race Order (MRO).
This is the permission needed to close public roads for motor sport and is essential for the event to go ahead.
Promoter James Kaye commented:
“We have reluctantly accepted that the Isle of Wight Road Races now can’t go ahead on our planned dates this year.
"Our Motor Race order application was submitted on time to the Isle of Wight Council on 19 October 2021, but has not yet been determined.
"We understand that there are some technical concerns, but this is out of our control and the clock has run down.”
The ACU has confirmed to the promoter it issued all the relevant paperwork, including the correct permit as part of the Isle of Wight’s application.
Organiser say the races could bring in the region of £30m of direct investment to the Island with much of this income shared directly amongst local businesses.
An Isle of Wight Council spokesperson responded:
“The council had been awaiting further information from the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) — the governing body for motorbike races — in order to progress the application but this was not received.
“This has meant that, as per the relevant legislation, the motor race application was not considered to be duly made and could not be considered by the council.
“Further, it is unfortunate that the application was submitted on, or near, the latest possible date to meet statutory requirements which left no allowance for changes to the application documentation.”