Powertour Thruxton

[Carrie]

The opening round of the Powertour is at Thruxton next weekend, so is anyone heading down to Hampshire for that?

[Invader]

I'll be in Venice....

[Dan Friel]

I shall be there both days.....

I have listed the entries for the GT's and Saloons in the 'All othe classes' section if your interested....

It looks like the package is superb!!!!!

And bring on those mini's on saturday - a good way to open my season...

[Craig]

OK, seeing as Invader will not be in attendance, it sounds safe to go - where shall we meet ? Chicane bar ? 11am sound OK ?

[Dan Friel]

Here's the entry list for the Saloons and GT's...

National Saloons
Provisional Entry List
1. Simon Harrison - Ford Focus - GR Motorsport
2. Tomi Ruokonen - Peugeot 306GTi6 - Peugeot/Bowman Racing
3. Mark Lemmer - Honda Integra R - Barwell Motorsport
4. Dan Eaves - Peugeot 306GTi6 - Peugeot/Bowman Racing
5. Roger Moen - Peugeot 306GTi6 - HTML
8. Rick Kraemer - Ford Focus - GR Motorsport
10. Dave Allen - Honda Civic VTi - Synchro Motorsport
11. Richard Meins - Ford Focus - GR Motorsport
12. Paolo Ceci - Honda Integra R - Torquespeed
13. Richard Cuene-G - Proton Compact GTi - TH Motorsport
14. Simonj Styebbings - Ford Escort RS2000 - SRS Motorsport
15. Phil Andrews - Ford Focus - GR Motorsport
16. Tom Ferrier - Alfa Romeo 156 - Gary Ayles Racing
17. Barry Barnes - Toyota Carina - BVB Motorsport
22. tba - Peugeot 306GTi6 - HTML
25. Brian Ward - Honda Integra R - Driver
27. Tom Boardman - Peugeot 306GTi6 - Speedworx
28. Kevin Hicks - Honda Civic VTi - Synchro Motorsport
29. Bill Stilwell - Honda Civic VTi - Synchro Motorsport
33. James Kaye - Honda Accord R - Barwell Motorsport
42. Matt Kelly - Nissan Primera GT - Project Motorsport
44. Gavin Pyper - Alfa Romeo 156 - Gary Ayles Motorsport
tba Tobia Masini - Honda Integra R - Mardi Gras Motorsport
tba Chris Osborn - Honda Integra R - Driver
tba David Farrant - Peugeot 306GTi6 - Driver
tba Paul Booth - Vauxhall Astra GSi - Driver

British GT Championship - provisional entry list
GT Category
Neil Cunningham/Stephen Day - Chrysler Viper GTS-R - HKM Parr Motorsport
Ian Hetherington/Stuart Bowdler - Ferrari F40 - SCS Motorsport
Martin Parsons/Tony Soper - Lancia Stratos - Henessey Racing
Steve Griffiths/tba - Darrian T90 - Anglo American
tba/tba - Lister Storm - Cirtek Motorsport
David Warrock/Rob Schirle - Lister Storm - Cirtek Motorsport
Chris Ellis/Ian Astley - Lotus Esprit GT2 - Mike Haines Racing
Cor Euser/Calum Lockie - Marcos LM600 Mantara - Marcos Racing Intl
Andy Purvis/Thomas Erdos - Marcos LM 600 - NCK Motorsport
Michael Vergers/Martin Byford - Marcos LM 600 - NCK Motorsport
Jeff Wyatt/tba - Marcos LM 500 - Driver
Dave Welz/tba - Porsche 911 - Dave Welz Racing
Mike Youles/tba - Porsche 911GT2 - Bob Watson Engineering
Piers Masarati/Jamie Masarati - Porsche 911GT2 - Bob Watson Engineering
Terry Rymer/Robert Babikan - Porsche 911GT2 - PK Sport
Charlie Cox/Jonathan Baker - Porsche 911GT2 - Cirtek Motorsport
Terry Pudwell/Mark Pashley - Ultima GTR - Speedworx
Mark Miller/tba - Venturi 400 GTR - Spirit Racing
Lars Lindberg/Jan-Olov Andersson - Venturi 400 GTR - Spirit Racing
Ian Mckellar Jnr/tba - TVR Cerbera Speed 12 - TVR Engineering
Henrik Roos/tba - Chrysler Viper GTS-R - Chrysler Viper Team
tba/tba - Chrysler Viper GTS-R - Vixen Motorsport
Ian Jacobs/tba - Venturi 400 GTR - Ian Jacobs Racing
Andrew Chester/tba - Chevrolet Camero - Driver
GTO category
Curtis Hayles/Kilian Konig - Chrysler Viper GTS - HKM/Parr Motorsport
Neil Woodford/Marco Attard - Ferrari F355 - Zest Performance
VJ Angelo/tba - Caterham 21 - Promotasport
Shaun Balfe/Nigel Taylor - Lotus Esprit - Balfe Motorsport
Shane Blard/Andre D'Cruze - Marcos GT3 - Promotasport
Warren Hughes/Paul Phillips - Porsche GT3R - Cirtek Motorsport
Paul Fuller/Marcus Fothergill - Porsche GT3R - PK Sport
Geoff Lister/Adam Simmons - Porsche GT3R - PK Sport
Mark Sumper/Mike Jordan - Porsche GT3R - Team Eurotech
Martin Short/tba - TVR Cerbera Speed 6 - Rollcentre Racing
Andrew Delahunty/John Griffiths - Marcos Mantis GTO - Griffiths Motorsport
Amanda Whitaker/Ben Orza - Marcos Mantis - GruntSpeed Racing
Ronnie Farmer/tba - Aston Martin DB7 - Aston Engineering
tba/tba - Ginetta G33 GT3 - Geoff Kimber-Smith
Andy Middlehurst/tba - Nissan Skyline - Middlehurst Motorsport
Chris Marles/John Roberts - Marcos LM500 - Driver
Charlie Butler-Henderson/Chris Ryan - Marcos Mantis - CBH Motorsport
George Christoper/Andrew Christopher - Ferrari F355 - David Wedge

Just one or two!!!

[Dan Friel]

Here's the timetable for Sundays' events.. All I can say is that's very optimistic for Thruxton - thank god the clocks go back otherwise it'll be night racing...

Timetable, Sunday 26th March
10:30 Gates Open
10:30 – 18:30 Radio PowerTour – Live On Air (1602mw)
11:00 – 12:30 Open Paddock
11:00 – 12:00 Pit Lane Walkabout and all Team Autograph Session
11:30 – 12:30 Circuit Passenger Rides (Public Pass Holders)
12:30 PowerTour Opening Ceremony
12:30 2 & 4 Wheel Display Teams of David Coates & Terry Grant
12:40 Warwick Corp of Drums, Pom Pom Majorettes and the PowerTour Grid Girls (I like it!!!)
12:45 Pit Lane – 2 Min Warning of Pit Lane Opening
12:47 Pit Lane Opens for Race 1 – The Saloons
12:50 - Air Display with the Philishave Parachute Army Display Team
12:57 - Start of Formation Lap
13:00 - Celebration Release of 2000 PowerTour Balloons
13:00 Race 1 – Silverstone Insurance National Saloon C'ship 20 Mins
13:30 Race 2 – National SuperSports Championship
13:30 Release of Cars followed by Formation Lap
13:35 Start of Race 20 Mins
14:00 Race 3 – British Formula 3 Championship
14:00 Start Line Ceremony
14:00 Pom Pom Majorettes with the PowerTour Grid Girls
14:02 Pit Lane Opens
14:12 Start of Formation Lap
14:15 Start of Race 30 Mins
15:00 Race 4 – The MGF Cup
15:00 Release of Cars followed by Formation Lap
15:05 Start of Race 20 Mins
15:30 Race 5 – Privilege Insurance British GT Championship
15:30 Start Line Ceremony
15:30 Pom Pom Majorettes with the PowerTour Grid Girls
15:32 Pit Lane Opens
15:42 Start of Pace Car Led Formation Lap
15:45 Start of Race 60 Mins
17:00 Awards Ceremony at the PowerTour Village (Paddock Infield)
Presentations, Champagne Spray, Autographs and Music + Public Bar

[Dan Friel]

Also, confirmed for this weekend are Tim Harvey and John Cleland in the GT race..

Now that could be interesting!!!

[Truckosaurus]

Does anyone know what time things happen on the Saturday?

The Powertour website only has the timetable for Sunday (as posted above), and there is no mention in Autosport.

[Dan Friel]

I've left my instructions at home....

But, from the top of my head...

Practice starts at 9 o'clock with mini's.

Racing is straight after lunch 1 o'clock I think...... Races are two mini's and Formula Vauxhalls... (3 races in total).

Practice then resumes with GT's, F3's getting their second sessions, plus one other session.

All finishes at 17.30..

Does that help??

[Carrie]

I think I might just be tempted to head down to Thruxton on Sunday - I must be crazy, all that way to watch the Powertour. Anyway, are we all meeting up? I suppose if we are the obvious place is going to be the bar as usual

[Craig]

All agreed ? 11am at the Chicane Bar ? Have a pint ready for me when I arrive...

[Carrie]

11 in the bar sounds good to me Craig, see you there. Is anyone else joining us there?

[Carrie]

I thought it was your round