Baubles Picture Parade.

[rbs]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

My bet is a Bizzarinni 5300, Drogo bodied not BBM.

Correct, it was the Jamie mcIntyre / Mark Lewis car, I believe Mark made his circuit debut in it.

[Gerard C]

M Viva, #4098 this IS understeering, yes? Is that you, Findus Lean cuisine????
Thanks RB, its not often I'm recognized to be right…

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

M Viva, #4098 this IS understeering, yes? Is that you, Findus Lean cuisine????
Thanks RB, its not often I'm recognized to be right…

I'll be having words with RB about that Gerard!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Having done a quick Google, I do believe that Max is correct, and it is their 5300. Thanks, Max.

Told you!

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Having done a quick Google, I do believe that Max is correct, and it is their 5300. Thanks, Max.

Take THAT Stupido Club!

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[Gerard C]

Max, aint you playing against your own people? This is stupid! So, its not now you're out of THE Club, you're member for life! Bachi-bouzouk!

What a nice ambiance we have here, good to read from you few days before we have, again, curfew and lock-down…

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

M Viva, #4098 this IS understeering, yes? …

Quarry Corner, Castle Combe. Approached at top speed, over a blind crest left and soooo easy to go in too hot with the results you see on the screen. The road leads to grass all the way to the outside bank, it's caught out many an aspiring racer, your scribe among them.

Best corner in the world to be selling fresh underpants to new drivers at track days.

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[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Best corner in the world to be selling fresh underpants to new drivers at track days.

I do remember a corner at Silverstone, a right, the surface is not flat, and my Corvette seemed like pulled out by an invisible force. I've been lucky because with a lot of work and lessive too, I could re-use my underwear. Was just!

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Thanks RB, its not often I'm recognized to be right…

Maybe you could give your President a few tips (on getting things right).

[Gerard C]

What's happening and not happening is a pure shame. Really. I guess we get what we deserve…

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Quarry Corner, Castle Combe. Approached at top speed, over a blind crest left and soooo easy to go in too hot with the results you see on the screen. The road leads to grass all the way to the outside bank, it's caught out many an aspiring racer, your scribe among them.

Best corner in the world to be selling fresh underpants to new drivers at track days.

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I only raced at Coombe once (Easter Monday 1982) and on my second lap of practice thought why is everyone taking a wide line through the left-hander (Avon Rise) before Quarry Corner, I'll take a proper racing line which should also give me a wider entry into Quarry.
This was when I discovered the huge bump and headed towards Quarry with my car in mid air and facing the outside of the circuit! Fortunately & more by luck than judgement I still managed to get around the right-hander unscathed, but it where I discovered that adrenaline is sometimes brown!

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

I discovered that adrenaline is sometimes brown!

Being a wise man, you must have learnt the difference between balaclava and boxer shorts I guess… Good boy!

[midgetman]

I was probably there too Viva. I did the Special GT series for many years.

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[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by midgetman

I was probably there too Viva. I did the Special GT series for many years.

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OK Max, that's interesting. It was my second ever Mini Se7en race and for a while during practice I thought it was going to be my last!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

OK Max, that's interesting. It was my second ever Mini Se7en race and for a while during practice I thought it was going to be my last!

Oh! Well

[bauble]

Let's have some pictures .. just for a change;

[Mike Harte]

My adrenaline moment came, as there seems to be discussion about it, at Snetterton, on the occasion that I first raced there. After each attempted hot lap of the circuit during practice, the spark plugs would burn out, and the engine would start to misfire badly. Result, I qualified in last place behind all the less powerful and slower cars.

Immediately after practice was over, Bert Avard, the engineer from Ford at Boreham who supervised the care of Roger Taylor's car, being the fair minded and true gentleman that he was, came over to us to offer some help if it was required. When he realised what spark plugs we were using, he immediately went back to his van, and got out some boxes of the Autolite racing plugs that they used and gave them to me.

We swapped them over, and on the first lap of the race, for the first time I was able to go full chat down the Norwich Straight. For those who might be a little younger than me and who haven't raced on the old circuit, the Straight was a little under a mile long and there was a tight hairpin at the end with a small grandstand opposite the apex. Well, I fair tore down there, but I hadn't established my braking point, so that by the time that I was almost on top of the grandstand, I was still pedal to the metal and, because everyone else had been braking, I found myself as being the leading car.

Realising my grave mistake, I virtually stood up on the foot brake, yanked on the hand brake and, praying that I wouldn't blow up the engine, threw it into first gear. And probably closed my eyes, as well. Next moment, the car did a 180, and I was facing pretty well the whole grid who miraculously all avoided me. Phew! The next few laps were used to find a proper breaking point, after I discovered that I hadn't done any damage to the engine.

[bauble]

Stop the chat;

[bauble]

Le's hear it for British Sports Cars.

[bauble]

Porches;
Front sort.

[rbs]

Love the 904 and James D always made a good job of driving it.

[356sc]

Originally Posted by bauble

Porches;
Front sort.

#2 and #3 in this set are by far the best!

Me biased? Never!!

[AGD A105/6]

British sports cars then...HSCC Donington Park 14th April 1984.
Bellini Models Historic Sports Car Championship.
17 Brian Ashby / Lola Mk1 followed by Jem Marsh.
36 Peter L. Walker / Lola Mk1 followed by Chris Drake, Lister Jaguar.
16 Colin Cooper / Killeen K1
43F Dennis Robbins / Sebring Sprite
41 Tim Walton / Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica MkII and 38 Jon Orr / Tojeiro Le Mans.

[AGD A105/6]

British sports racing and F1 cars.
HSCC Donington 14th April 1984, Atlantic Computers Historic GT race
34 Richard Dodkins / B8, 36 Chris Aylett / B8
7 John Brindley / M1C and 8 David Franklin / M6B
69 Anthony M Griffin / B19 and 76 Chris Beauvoisin / Lola T212.
Waspeze F1 trophy race:
22 Mike Littlewood / Ensign N177 leads Ray Bellm / Williams FW07B and John Brindley / March Rothmans 821
4 David Andrews / BRM P160

[AGD A105/6]

HSCC Donington 14th April 1984.
John Lelliott Post Historic Road Sports Championship.
47 Don Hands / Elan S2
5 David Barraclough / GT350
63 David Walters / Alfa GTJ, 86 John Ward / S800, 855 Simon Ford / S800
44 Trevor Needham / G4 leads David Chaney / Marcos GT fastback and Des Cassidy / Cobra.
35 Ian Pearce / 240Z.