The Spa 6 hours, 2008 - The Event! - Page 22

**Peter Mallett** · 27 Oct 2008, 09:02 (Ref:2321581)

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Originally Posted by Samoan Attorney

Hamilton moment? Did you get a retrospective 25 second drive through penalty then?

Yeah, they made me run behind Delta in the Battlestar Galactica for four laps!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samoan Attorney

I will direct John to your kind comments.......he even took the pictures with the article.

John Brooks

Thanks John.

terence · 27 Oct 2008, 09:05 (Ref:2321583)

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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Yeah, they made me run behind Delta in the Battlestar Galactica for four laps!

Thanks John.

Did he baulk you again Peter?

terence · 27 Oct 2008, 10:50 (Ref:2321672)

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Originally Posted by Dinkel

That's a great vid . . .

Shame I can't - no I won't - post thumbs. A certain red MGB and a red-white Capri are to come.

Waits in anticipation

**Peter Mallett** · 27 Oct 2008, 10:59 (Ref:2321684)

I thought you were in Ely!

terence · 27 Oct 2008, 11:05 (Ref:2321694)

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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I thought you were in Ely!

Not today.

delta · 27 Oct 2008, 18:44 (Ref:2321978)

Just hang on a minuit i did get a drive through penalty in the HSCC race and was right behind the leader in our class. As luck would have it we were both well clear of anyone else so i only dropped down to 3rd.

Dinkel · 1 Nov 2008, 20:19 (Ref:2325520)

**Tim Falce** · 1 Nov 2008, 20:23 (Ref:2325523)

Yeah, I can only dream about being in that.

Dinkel · 1 Nov 2008, 20:27 (Ref:2325524)

Crap avatar Tim! What hapenned?

**Tim Falce** · 1 Nov 2008, 20:54 (Ref:2325540)

Crap or not, it'll be there for a week.

ClassicRacingTV · 1 Nov 2008, 20:57 (Ref:2325542)

What does it mean? Or is it very personal?

MGDavid · 1 Nov 2008, 22:53 (Ref:2325592)

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Originally Posted by ClassicRacingTV

What does it mean? Or is it very personal?

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/cont...l-508925.shtml

we remember the dead of the two world wars and all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today, the link will explain all aspects.

**Tim Falce** · 1 Nov 2008, 23:00 (Ref:2325597)

It's a poppy to commemorate those that fought in the Great War (1914-1918) and all wars and conflicts since. It's supposed to represent the poppy fields of Flanders, that's a region of France, Belgium and Holland where there have been some large conflicts from time to time.

In the UK remembrance Sunday is next weekend which falls on the Sunday nearest the 11th of the 11th.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

John McCrae

esper · 1 Nov 2008, 23:20 (Ref:2325605)

dont get the flanders upset of telling they are holland. but its important remember all those people important for our freedom as we live it now,,,,,what the f.. are we doing in Afg......................we never learn I would say , its just like racing.

ClassicRacingTV · 1 Nov 2008, 23:26 (Ref:2325611)

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Originally Posted by esper

dont get the flanders upset of telling they are holland. but its important remember all those people important for our freedom as we live it now,,,,,what the f.. are we doing in Afg......................we never learn I would say , its just like racing.

Don't get us dutchies upset by telling we are part of Flanders, or worse: France!

You're absolutely right about not learning of the past, Esper...

**Tim Falce** · 1 Nov 2008, 23:49 (Ref:2325629)

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Originally Posted by falcemob

Flanders, that's a region of France, Belgium and Holland

I did say "Region", that can mean part of, and not necessarily all of.

I think we should get back on topic before John shouts at me.

**John Turner** · 2 Nov 2008, 08:48 (Ref:2325710)

Well, it's the Spa thread; it always goes of at a tangent. And guys, don't get upset about regions in this case; it misses the point of Falcie's avatar, which is to remember those who died, and it is important that we do. Remember also that it is governments who take us to war, so whether you agree with their decision or not, it's the armed forces that suffer the consequences, so they should always receive our support.

Dinkel · 2 Nov 2008, 15:40 (Ref:2325912)

Sorry for my ignorance Falcie . . . Saw lots of WO1 stuff in N France last Holiday. A dissaster of a war . . .

I visited this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemin_des_Dames

Dinkel · 3 Nov 2008, 20:04 (Ref:2327273)

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=_MMcMHyHYDE

Big Vette - gold 'n red - chased by a 1 litre Ginetta.

delta · 4 Nov 2008, 21:58 (Ref:2328253)

Enjoyed that clip Dinkel was that Jeff Vador driving.MGB must of been on 3 cylinders.

**Peter Mallett** · 6 Nov 2008, 05:02 (Ref:2329207)

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Originally Posted by delta

Enjoyed that clip Dinkel was that Jeff Vador driving.MGB must of been on 3 cylinders.

Actually at that point it was 3 but I think it was down to 2 when I came in and changed the plugs at the end of that lap!

**Peter Mallett** · 6 Nov 2008, 07:52 (Ref:2329240)

I've just been reliably informed that it wasn't me, so there!

delta · 6 Nov 2008, 09:00 (Ref:2329257)

Anyone seen Terrance? He's been very quiet. Been trying to wind him up but its Peter who's biting. Ah Ha.

johngee · 6 Nov 2008, 09:03 (Ref:2329259)

I spoke to him yesterday - apparently, he's been in Belgium. Perhaps getting in some extra practice for next year?

**Peter Mallett** · 6 Nov 2008, 09:20 (Ref:2329264)

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Originally Posted by delta

but its Peter who's biting. Ah Ha.

Not really, just that it prompted me to look at the times and although I'd need to check Bernie's car number I know that in the early laps I came out of Eau Rouge and got smoke in the cabin, then the car started to die.

I thought it had been caught on camera and that it was this bit of film. As it happens I also recall passing the Vette later on so either I was unlapping myself or lapping it.

I've been told that I need glasses because Terry's car doesn't have a roundel where that one does and runs black wires not silver minilites. Other than that it could be the same car.

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