It isn't Just the Lack of the Great Regular racing we all had there, but is Particularly the ability to just 'Drop In' and Purchase the various 'Bits & Bobs' you might need,... or to perhaps do some Testing or Try a New Car etc,.. let alone meeting up with and having the general Social interaction and regular Great racing with all the 'Usual Suspects' that would turn up to race, as well as having a bit of a 'Natter' with James,...
For myself, as well as Others I would imagine, it was also HSC's Relative Proximity to where I/We lived.
Whilst it Was still a reasonable Distance from me, it was a Fairly Easy Drive on the M1 to get there.
Without HSC, My 'Options' to Race or Test are really quite Limited, as far as Distance and / or availability etc goes.
With 'Specific' regard to the Style of 1/24th scale cars I Have and enjoy Racing, there is currently Only SSME at Luddenham and Show Us Ya Slots at Lemon Tree Passage.
From where I live, Both of them are a Damn Long Drive and SSME is Not really a Commercial Raceway, with Only limited Races etc and Realistically carries No 'Stock' of parts as such.
I guess it has just been a recent desire to Test and compare a couple of Cars as well as Trying out The Brushless Motors and Setups that has brought the Tracks Loss into slightly Sharper Focus as it were,.. Let alone it also (for myself), being My Childhood Slot Racing Home Track and where I initially Met some of the Long Time Slotting Friends and Compatriots that I have Known and Raced with over my Life and in Some Cases,.. Still DO !!
One can also perhaps 'Lament' the fact that Kim Axton Opened his New Raceway SO Far Up the Coast,.. and NOT in a Region closer to Sydney LOL
I guess at least the Old HSC tracks have remained in the Ownership of a Sydney Racer/Enthusiast so we may eventually be able to race on them at some stage in the (Hopefully) not too distant future