Take a 2019 Tea Break with Delta

[bauble]

Originally Posted by dwh43scale

Bob, happy to supply photos of tenthers from my travels this year if you have any gaps. D

There is an offer we can't refuse, thanks David, but please note no commission will be paid.

[Peter Mallett]

Bob,

I wasn't allowed to have a bike, so didn't travel very far as a lad. I did however follow Graham Hill and watched anything he was involved with. I knew and respected Jim Clark but GH was my hero. I know exactly where I was and the lady who was in my car at the time the radio announced Graham's death.

Still resonates now so I know how you feel.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Bob,

I wasn't allowed to have a bike, so didn't travel very far as a lad. I did however follow Graham Hill and watched anything he was involved with. I knew and respected Jim Clark but GH was my hero. I know exactly where I was and the lady who was in my car at the time the radio announced Graham's death.

Still resonates now so I know how you feel.

Graham, of course, won the World Championship for BRM my favourite marque, so he was also some one I admired. Working in Borehamwood I cycled past the sight of the crash regularly, and it certainly left a somewhat macabre vision in my mind.

PS I was allowed a bike but not a 'lady'

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by bauble

I was allowed a bike but not a 'lady'

Same for me! A real shame I'd say. But thirty and more years later if you ask me I'll tell you remembering and regretting all the ones I had. I mean the bikes
Sorry, no offense here Bob, specially if you had your b……ks trapped in the rear wheel spikes. It hurts!

[Willmaz223]

If anyone's bored there is a podcast on Youtube with Jarrah Venables, the guy who created the Endurance Legends series in Peter Auto meetings.

Really interesting as he also talks about his work at Goodwood and cars in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHgHbSZ1wR0&t=2996s

[Mike Bell]

Haven’t had time to listen yet, but Jarrah did an awful lot of work in the past to get interesting and appropriate cars for The Revival.

A valuable asset to PA, I’m sure.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Haven’t had time to listen yet, but Jarrah did an awful lot of work in the past to get interesting and appropriate cars for The Revival.

A valuable asset to PA, I’m sure.

Certainly, the grids of cars he has managed to assemble for example at Le Mans Classic and thoroughout this year have been pretty stunning.

Will be interesting if they race or demo again at Le Mans next year. Be grest to see the Toyota GT One back. That was just fabulous and the Panoz, Bentley, Chevrolet, Mclaren, Porsche, Maserati. I could go on for a while.

Really good to see newer cars and seeing the Speed 8 which I remember playing on a game years and years ago and seeing race this year was probably one of the highlights for me.

[Mike Bell]

Bit pee’d off watching BSB Donington- it’s dry! Was raining here when I got up early this morning and has been continually since. Gather some rail services cancelled due to flooding. No idea if there is racing at Snett, but would guess it would have been cancelled this morn.......

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Bit pee’d off watching BSB Donington- it’s dry! Was raining here when I got up early this morning and has been continually since. Gather some rail services cancelled due to flooding. No idea if there is racing at Snett, but would guess it would have been cancelled this morn.......

Chill and a bit windy much of the time and a few light spots of rain once in a while but also a few brief sunny periods.

It was very noticeable how much noisier the Supersports are compared to the Superbikes. Higher frequency of course and a very narrow rev band used.

According to the live timing the Supersports are about 20mph slower at the main speed trap which I assume was set up for what used to be called the Dunlop Straight.

[delta]

Getting bored waiting for ferry at Portsmouth . Looking at FB to pass the time and there are reports that Autosport is stopping .

[gary396]

Originally Posted by delta

Getting bored waiting for ferry at Portsmouth . Looking at FB to pass the time and there are reports that Autosport is stopping .

Some rumours floating around on Twitter tonight about Autosport, F1 Racing and MN. Joe Saward commented saying he'd heard the same stories so maybe something in it? Something about massive price hikes for print editions to force people into online only.

Lots of conflicting stories / rumours at the moment.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by gary396

Some rumours floating around on Twitter tonight about Autosport, F1 Racing and MN. Joe Saward commented saying he'd heard the same stories so maybe something in it? Something about massive price hikes for print editions to force people into online only.

Lots of conflicting stories / rumours at the moment.

I sincerely hope that Kevin will be OK, whatever is happening.

[midgetman]

Full story is floating around on this site with links. But I'm old and can't link to it via my phone app

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[Gerard C]

May be you can send a self erasable text using… Tapa-chalk!

[Peter Mallett]

What's the name of the website Max?

[midgetman]

https://motorsportbroadcasting...E7C...SuYAT18Nd6KS9A

Just been on Twitter and the following tells a story

You can't run a big magazine on so few readers.

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[midgetman]

Someone told me print is making a comeback. I'm not so sure.

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[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by midgetman

Someone told me print is making a comeback. I'm not so sure.

Like vinyl or 8mm cine film?

Very sad if it happens, and a great shame for those employed by Haymarket, but the cost of buying glossy weekly mags is prohibitive for many folk nowadays. I read Autosport on a tablet via a subscription app that has countless titles from all over the world, but I guess it's a digitised print copy, so maybe that option would disappear as well......

[Peter Mallett]

It looks like the Formula Money owner is speculating. Agreed it is based on that distribution but this may become a self fulfilling prophecy, thereby putting a number of people out of work!

He's ignoring Autosport International, which must be a good profit centre. Likewise the web subscriptions must also support the business. The paper copy is for weekly ad hoc sales and I don't know about anyone on here, but if I go to get a copy on a Saturday there is usually none to be had.

He's also probably in the pay of someone with an interest in the market.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Like vinyl or 8mm cine film?

Very sad if it happens, and a great shame for those employed by Haymarket, but the cost of buying glossy weekly mags is prohibitive for many folk nowadays. I read Autosport on a tablet via a subscription app that has countless titles from all over the world, but I guess it's a digitised print copy, so maybe that option would disappear as well......

Very sad indeed, if it is true. I bought Autosport religiously every week from 1972-2004, only stopping when I moved here & just buying an occasional copy when in England. It has dropped-off quite considerably in recent years, although I bought one in England the week before Goodwood & thought it had improved somewhat - Kevin's influence is very obvious & he is to be congratulated.

For me, the most worrying thing is that there will no longer be a source to look back for information etc. I've picked-up one or two early sixties issues in recent times for some research & they are surprisingly informative.

[Peter Mallett]

Bit more info in this thread.

https://tentenths.com/forum/showthre...67#post3932367

[midgetman]

Yes it's probably best to keep comments to one thread.

This one has more info

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/top...ink_source=app

Oh, I hope this works for those of you not on Tapatalk

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[Peter Mallett]

Indeed, I'll copy the relevant posts to the Armchair Thread. A bit tidier.

Done.

[delta]

Just a thought I know you might think that’s odd coming form me . Have they thought about about becoming a monthly motor sport mag ..

[Peter Mallett]

You mean, like Motorsport?

I think we will find they all go internet which is a great shame.