Racer and businessman Alex Thistlethwayte took over the circuit on May 1 after Henry Pelham decided to put it up for sale in 2023. He spoke about his ambitions for the venue in an interview with Motorsport News , which has been shared with the Journal's sister paper the Andover Advertiser . There had been some rumours of interest in the venue from property developers and whispers of the land being turned into a giant distribution centre, but Mr Thistlethwayte has guaranteed the future of racing at Thruxton.
He said: “A few other people had looked at the site before and mainly what they wanted to do was to knock it all down and build houses. “I have absolutely no interest in knocking it down and I don’t want to build houses. What I like is the bit of Tarmac that goes around the outside [of the airfield] – the track.
It is brilliant and I want us all to go and play on that. This should be great news for Thruxton.” Mr Thistlethwayte continued: “With a place like this, you can’t just pick one thing and say ‘that’s the bit that is going to make money’, because none of them on their own do.
You have got to get everything to work together which, business-wise, is quite an interesting challenge. “It is not only the different hubs and elements to the businesses, it’s the buildings as well. At the moment, the buildings at Thruxton are tired and they put people off.
You need to do the opposite: you need to get the buildings looking the way they should – and tha.
