HSCC, Donington - 15th April

[JimW]

Originally Posted by morninggents

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The Anglia /Cortina incident is difficult to call as the Anglia is well up the side of Joe as he turns in and is not throwing out plumes of tyre smoke. However, as the next shot shows, the Anglia is well on to the rumble strip coming out of the corner leaving no room for Joe.

And this illustrates very well the difficulty of identifying exactly what is going on without, at the least, a moving image to watch. Without an appreciation of the dynamics of what is happening I find it almost impossible to form an opinion. (And I've been observing cars fighting for corners and sometimes seeing them get dents to prove it, for nearly forty years now.)

Regards

Jim

[gojo]

Originally Posted by JimW

And this illustrates very well the difficulty of identifying exactly what is going on without, at the least, a moving image to watch. Without an appreciation of the dynamics of what is happening I find it almost impossible to form an opinion. (And I've been observing cars fighting for corners and sometimes seeing them get dents to prove it, for nearly forty years now.)

Regards

Jim

jim, i think your spot on, you will see me turning in and bob to the right,but their is a frame missing at at a few feet past the apex i look to my right and see bobs anglia so close to my b pillar that i could have checked his oil for him.
I had no choice but to abort mission and take to the hills.
bob later apologized and that was that, but i have used this forum to show that we in the hrsr do care about driving stadards and take offence to being labeled hot rods,that is why i offerd my apologize to roger wills on behalf of the hrsr because righty or wrongly i thought he had a rough ride.
I think it would be great if we could all get along and push historic racing to the fore be that hrsr, fia, ctcc, etc, etc....

[thebullet]

Originally Posted by John Turner

I don't tend to leave early, Marcus. Thanks for clarifying the reason for the stoppage; I really had trouble 'keeping up' with everything on Sunday. Might see you this coming Sunday, then!



Best I can do I'm afraid! I must confess that of the small cars, I've always had a preference for the Imps. Now I'm in trouble, no doubt!

Thanks alot John much appreciated! Around redgate that mini was sliding just like a mini should be driven.

[morninggents]

Originally Posted by thebullet

Thanks alot John much appreciated! Around redgate that mini was sliding just like a mini should be driven.

A bit of history about this particular Mini. Roger Phillips owned and raced this car in 1964 /65 in the south including Goodwood. He then left the sport and moved to the West Indies. He saw the car advertised a couple of years ago and purchased it, reverted it to race spec from the rallycar it had become, and came to play with us. A genuine period race car but updated sensibly.
Peter

[John Turner]

Excellent info, thanks!

[John Turner]

Originally Posted by gojo

i look to my right and see bobs anglia so close to my b pillar that i could have checked his oil for him.

Originally Posted by gojo

I think it would be great if we could all get along and push historic racing to the fore be that hrsr, fia, ctcc, etc, etc....

Too right! However, I hope no-one minded me putting those images up. I just happened to be in the right place (for a change!).

[thebullet]

Originally Posted by morninggents

A bit of history about this particular Mini. Roger Phillips owned and raced this car in 1964 /65 in the south including Goodwood. He then left the sport and moved to the West Indies. He saw the car advertised a couple of years ago and purchased it, reverted it to race spec from the rallycar it had become, and came to play with us. A genuine period race car but updated sensibly.
Peter

Thanks for the info, very helpfull

[thebullet]

Originally Posted by John Turner

Too right! However, I hope no-one minded me putting those images up. I just happened to be in the right place (for a change!).

Not at all it was really good of you, thanks.

[Matthew Sturmer]

Roger's obviously a man who likes to do things in style. His tow/support vehicle was a Rolls Royce!

[simon drabble]

really?? Hertz are obviously going upmarket these days!
back in teh early 70's Malcom Klube used a Silver Cloud as his race tender covered in stickers - sadly it has been "restored" by its current owner

[Speedy norm]

I havn't posted for some time, am not a driver just a frustrated spectator who loves the atmosphere of an historic event.
We attended Donington and enjoyed the day. Driving standards were to me at any rate largley acceptable. (love to see a replay of the meyrick Hadfield incident)
My only complaint was the unbalanced nature of the programme. DBT should have been towards the end of the day, in my mind it was the top of the bill.
Guards Trophy - far too many classes as already been said
As for Steve Reeds comments I fear he has come to the forum a little late. As I see it the term "hot Rods" are referring to non FIA cars and not the type of racing seen at ovals, nor the driving standards within this form of motorsport.

[John Turner]

I have moved Steve Read's post and Simon's response to the thread where the eligibility of cars is being discussed. Can I please, please, ask you to keep the discussion here restricted to the Donington meeting, rather than any spin off issues.