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HSCC SILVERSTONE 'FINALS'
End of season championships decider weekend......
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Last meeting of my season where did that year go.
Timetable https://hscc.org.uk/wp-content/uploa...-Finals-V4.pdf Entry list https://hscc.org.uk/wp-content/uploa...one-Finals.pdf |
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11 Oct 2018, 09:21 (Ref:3856079) | #3 | ||
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My last race - where did the last 28 years go ?? Delighted to welcome any TenTenthers who pass by. I am in the Chev Camaro in Historic Road Sports, no. 55.
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11 Oct 2018, 13:27 (Ref:3856122) | #4 | ||
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What last last last ever race .????
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11 Oct 2018, 15:35 (Ref:3856129) | #5 | ||
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Iain,
I'm not sure you are after an answer (sorry if I got you wrong), but having started racing in 1991, a first-timer in historics and no previous experience ... I am hanging up my helmet after a slow not to mention slothful and happy time in the rear half of the grid. I started out in HSCC Historic Road Sports in an Alfa and this is my final race, also with the friendly HSCC. Nick |
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11 Oct 2018, 16:52 (Ref:3856132) | #6 | ||
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Well I hope you will keep in touch with us on tenths . Guess we will all have to stop one day . I hope you have a great last race next week .
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For the removal of doubt, look out for;
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12 Oct 2018, 13:02 (Ref:3856249) | #8 | ||
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Thank you, Bauble, that's a lovely shot and appreciated. I have had more fun in the Chevy over the last 7 years than I care to say - it makes a heart-warming noise on start-up, and a joy to race ...
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12 Oct 2018, 16:12 (Ref:3856295) | #9 | ||
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Are you keeping the car, Nick? Just in case....
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12 Oct 2018, 16:55 (Ref:3856301) | #10 | ||
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Mike,
The Chevy is up for sale at the moment .... ! [sob ! tear in the eye, such a good-hearted beast ...] Nick |
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Sorry to see another real enthusiast hanging up his helmet. What will you do with all the time you'll have on your hands with no racecar to prep? |
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16 Oct 2018, 08:09 (Ref:3857088) | #13 | |
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Have a great final blast Nick . . . I remember racing with you when I first started in 2004, that seems like a lifetime away. . .Top Hat at Spa, and later U2TC when it first started.
Sadly more and more enthusiasts are retiring from this hobby. |
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Zef, thanks, and thanks for reminding me of encounters in early U2TC and Top Hat - when there seemed to be lots of new historic racing experiments/series/w.h.y. to try out and which provided me and others with endless fun. And if something did not suit you, then there'd be another idea along shortly.
The recollections I have are all about the people I met and raced with, the mental snapshots stay with me ... waiting out a delay at Spa, sitting on a baulk of timber with Jackie Oliver who is telling me what his BMW 1800 is like on the track; or being sandwiched in the drivers changing room between Derek Bell and Phil Hill and joining in the conversation; Zef - being Zef and so on. So thanks to all of you who have posted on this thread... Nick |
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Good to meet up with our Nick today, who looked cheerful enough considering his departure from the circuits (but not from here I am assured). The Chevvy looked good and went well, Nick not afraid to mix it with some of the small fry, like Lotus etc.
Sunny most of the time and no need for sweaters or heavy jackets. Scrounged a copy of a new magazine launched by Mike Jiggle, Auto Tradition, beautifully produced, and full of excellent articles and photos, well worth the £7.50 price tag for a quarterly issue. A publication for the enthusiast by an enthusiast, No I am not involved or being paid, just think it should succeed. Take a look there is an on-line issue I believe, certainly a web site. Cheers, Nick, Bob. |
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Enjoyed day one. Lovely grid of cars in the 70s roadsports and the FF1600 race was a classic
Day two has dawned misty so should be another good day. |
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Great weekend at Silverstone for me with the Gemini... had only entered for Saturday, merely to test some new parts ... qualified 4th with my best ever FJ time around there and was promoted to 3rd after the demise of the pole-sitter, Will Mitcham, with engine issues. Lots of understeer, presumably due to it being quite cold still at 09:20 ... but otherwise the car was excellent.
By racetime it had warmed up a touch, got an ok start (an ok start is 'good' for me, I'm not great at starts!), managed to hold 3rd place on lap one, and then more-or-less stayed in touch with Ray Mallock and Alex Morton out front and the three of us drew away from the pack. Chuffed to bits to get stopped in the pitlane for trophies, photos and a chat with Marcus - my first real podium ever - only achieved class podiums previously. Also went a little bit quicker still. Phoned home excitedly to tell the wife, and she suggested that maybe I could actually stay and do the Sunday race ... Delta crew were fine with that, as were HSCC. Was very kindly invited to join the DBT bbq, quite the best racetrack bbq food I've had, thanks very much! Race 2 on Sunday morning, got a reasonable start again, moved away on the tail of the two leaders and was holding on (ish!), but got a big puff of oil smoke from under the bonnet at Brooklands on about lap 4 and it lasted just long enough for me to decide to pit for a check-over, i really cannot afford a blow-up ... true enough smoke had stopped by the time i coasted to a stop at Delta pit, and they could see nothing, so we assumed a drip of oil (plenty of oil always about in an FJ!) on the exhaust wrap ... anyway, sent out again to bring it home, two laps down, but car was going very well, understeer was reduced after stiffening the rear shocks further, and I went faster yet again! Had it happened elsewhere on the circuit then the smoke would have cleared before the pit-in, and I would probably have pressed on ... but had it been an indication of impending failure then I'd have been stranded on the start straight, which offers little refuge .... Shame not to get two podiums, but I'm happy with my decision to pit for a check-over .... Was still a top weekend, fantastic weather helping of course, some good grids and races to watch. Thanks to Delta crew for the support. |
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Great to hear you had a good weekend James. Nothing like a bit of unseen before smoke for sending one into pitlane. The old $ v. fun equation kicks in.
(You may remember we met briefly at Phillip Island a few years ago on your Triumph adventure. Chris.) |
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I do indeed Chris, nice to hear from you!
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Sorry for being bit late, but really enjoyed last Saturday at Silverstone. The races in the afternoon were great to watch with battles none stop from front to back, only disappointment was Jamie Bradshaw having problems and ruling him out of the DBT, was really looking forward to seeing him and Michael Lyons going head to head. Any way here's my vid from the day:
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