Racing since 1969
The raceway sits south-east of St Day, between Crofthandy and Frogpool — sometimes called the Blackman Site after Blackman Construction Ltd. It's built on the old Ale & Cakes mine, part of Cornwall's mining World Heritage Site.
A kart circuit opens on the site in the early sixties.
Stock cars arrive.
The first ever race meeting is held on Sunday 24 August.
Trevor Redmond's Autospeed runs stock cars, hot rods and bangers, with Thursday-night racing in 1976 and 1977. The headline fixture: the BriSCA F2 Grand National Championship on 19 September 1976.
After the Cornish Stadium in St Austell closes, the newly formed Monarch Promotions brings banger racing back to United Downs.
National stock car meetings return, promoted by Autospeed — including Tuesday-evening summer racing in 1996.
On New Year's Day Autospeed takes full control of the circuit, re-profiling the infield, replacing the safety fence and resurfacing the track.
Neil Truran Motorsport begins backing the F2 World Championship qualifier, with the reigning World Champion invited to race every year.
A round of the Florida Flyer series on 1 August draws drivers from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
The big bank is built — bigger pits, the best view in the house and a noise barrier in one. On 3 July the track stages its 100th BriSCA F2 meeting.
The first Taiya Densham Shield is raced, in memory of a nine-year-old girl lost to leukaemia. It has raised money for charities including Fal Fibro Friends and Little Harbour.
A record 65 BriSCA F2 drivers race on 5 July — the biggest field in the raceway's history.
Cornish Caravan Chaos begins, run with Handstand — the appeal for young Marshall Janson, who presents his award shield to the winner each year.
After a decade of bus and coach racing, trucks and lorries take to the track on 24 May — Steve Williams wins a race in a refuse lorry.
The £2000 Zetec Challenge final for F2 stock cars — the richest stock car meeting ever held in Cornwall.
Fifty years of stock cars
An Easter memorial meeting honours Monarch Promotions' Mike May. The 200th F2 meeting follows, then in August the F2 World Championship Semi Finals — the first in Cornwall since 1985. Gordon Moodie and Ben Borthwick win the two semis, and every qualifier takes home a stained-glass engine house.
The pandemic stops racing for four months, but the second half of the season delivers some outstanding meetings in front of strong crowds.