VSCC OULTON PARK 14th June

[Ian Briggs]

Originally Posted by numbersix

Lucas: Prince of Darkness!

Speaking as a Landrover sufferer, Lucas £$%^&*%$£"&%$$^$ing prince of darkness allright, plus the king of the inexplicably blown fuse, and quite possibly the Queen of the Tourettes indicator.

[motorsportmarshal61]

probans ready ,butties,ready, flask warming , boots clean,all ready for my first meeting of the season has of 21.00 but has of 22.00 get a call for a breakdown aon site so mike if you want collect my tickets from winsford feel free

[mmm_five]

I'll be leaving my spare ticket at the LH booth as always - anyone want it can have it on a first come first served basis. Although I'll probably not be there until 7:30 at the earliest anyway.

You'll recognise me as I'll be wearing orange

[Dave Brand]

Another great day!

There's always something special about VSCC meetings; hard to define, but it's a combination of the cars - from the sublime (e.g. ERA) to the plain silly (anything aero-engined!), the relaxed atmosphere, gentlemanly but often ferocious racing, so many more factors. Add to that another sunny day &, again, good company on post...

My quiet season continues, but then Hill Top was never going to be the busiest post on such a quiet (incident-wise) day.

Another car to add to my 'favourites' list - the Vauxhall Viper special. How can a car taller than it is wide, with the aerodynamics, not just of a barn door but of the whole barn, on such skinny tyres & with no front brakes, be so fast?

As usual, the drivers were really enthusiastic in the way they showed their appreciation of the marshals - no club's drivers do it better.

Yet another highlight of what promises to my best ever season!

[mmm_five]

We had your share of offs down at Island/Shell - including one on fire.

Two & three abreast through Island Bend was a site to see, especially when only one of them stayed on the black stuff the whole way around

One or two of them looked as if they were going to roll after they went into the grass sideways and then dug in, but a bit of excellent driving straightened them up and saw them heading for the tyres/gravel at almost full speed. I think it was only the skinny tyres and humongous ground clearance that let them escape.

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by mmm_five

Two & three abreast through Island Bend was a site to see, especially when only one of them stayed on the black stuff the whole way around

Certainly looked good from where I was! Annoying, though, that we could only see the start of what looked like some pretty impressive overtaking manoeuvres - we knew they had succeeded when we didn't see the yellows!

...and I must point out that I was only watching what was going into Island when there was nothing on my bit of track!

[mmm_five]

Th action through there was great, and I'm sure some of the drivers headed straight back to the pits to change their 'adrenaline-stained' overalls

I remember on one occasion having to close my eyes when one of the 3-wheeler Morgans was undertaking one of the 'big' cars. It was obvious that the big car didn't see it as it took the apex and the Morgan decided it was safer to straightline the corner instead.