Dan Friel

Lee Purnell · 1 May 2000, 19:35 (Ref:3427)

What corner were you at today at Combe?
If you were at Tower you would have been a bit busy

Jeff · 1 May 2000, 20:52 (Ref:3428)

Tower was certainly busy if you were a marshall.
Geoff Thorne, I think it was, had a big one into the tyres, two from the Fiat Challenge also had a big crash at the same place.
Jonathan Spencer-Jones in the GTs and a MGB both went straight on at Tower into the tyres.
Photos should be good, will post some on Wednesday hopefully.

Graham · 1 May 2000, 22:27 (Ref:3429)

The one day when it's not cloudy and cold and I don't go to Combe. Bloody typical.

Did you take your Herald?

Bob walk away with the race in the GTs?

Pantera? TVRs?

Can't wait to see the pics!

Dan Friel · 2 May 2000, 07:13 (Ref:3430)

Lots of action at Tower..... whilst I was at the Esses!!

Good action all day though, very good racing - and those Dutch / German Alfas were good for half an hour..

Mr Light breezed away from the gaggle of LM3000 - an extra wing now on the front as well..

FFords were good again, however Barnes came back down with a bump..

We has a Radical (the PNC one), off hard - something broke and it went hard left on the straight, big accident.

Also, a Rover Tomcat had a huge acccident in the Pagids, looked a bit written off..

Lee Purnell · 2 May 2000, 09:12 (Ref:3431)

I don't think the 220 turbo is written off, It was a very big bash though!
The blue Fiesta was taken front and back...OUch........
Gus Singh had trouble in Practise and didn't start, and Richard Broadhead had contact and a spin. Oh, and an oil pipe failure.

Dan Friel · 2 May 2000, 12:07 (Ref:3432)

Anne King was involved with the Rover Tomcat accident.. which looked all rather large. Did anyone see what happened?? I'm not sure from where I was standing..

And also Geoff Thorne in the GT's was lucky to escape unhurt from his accident.. any photos???

Only four weeks to loads of Minis!!!! Excellent....

Graham · 2 May 2000, 17:41 (Ref:3433)

What do you mean "loads of Minis". Am I ignorant .... of something?

Dan Friel · 3 May 2000, 06:51 (Ref:3434)

Well on the 29 May..

Combe has Super Migthy Minis, Mighty Minis, Mini Se7en's, and Mini Miglia's all racing on the same day!!!!

Bring 'em on....

Graham · 3 May 2000, 18:06 (Ref:3435)

Oh dear. I'll HAVE to be there, I'm afraid.

Why isn't there an icon for drooling?

CAR 42 · 3 May 2000, 18:52 (Ref:3436)

DAN THE MAN
One day I will get to meet you
Trouble is all these marshals look the same
I always think were is he as I slow down after the race.
The little coming together between the Rover and Fizzer was quite nasty only just missed the rover thank goodness I was not asleep

P.S Anyone wants to buy a nice little blue car ???

Lee Purnell · 3 May 2000, 19:46 (Ref:3437)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CAR 42:

P.S Anyone wants to buy a nice little blue car ???

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Naughty, Naughty Rick!! You shouldn't try and sell in here

Have a go at putting it in the classified section

Lee Purnell · 3 May 2000, 19:47 (Ref:3438)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CAR 42:

P.S Anyone wants to buy a nice little blue car ???

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Naughty, Naughty Rick!! You shouldn't try and sell in here

Have a go at putting it in the classified section

Jeff · 3 May 2000, 20:59 (Ref:3439)

Graham,

The Herald was there with me.
Below is the Pantera, the new TVR Tuscan Speed Six and the Cerbera Speed Six.
Also a nice little blue car

Bet your looking forward to the next meeting Graham?

Graham · 3 May 2000, 21:55 (Ref:3440)

We really do need an icon for drooling.

That Pantera looks sooooooooo cool, but it isn't the BRDC one. The one above looks older and the orange/ yellow monster didn't have the wing.

Incidentally, did anyone at Combe on the 24th April see the red Pantera in the paddock? In amongst the Janspeed Saloons.

I saw that exact same car at Silverstone in about 1993 alongside a lot of Mini Se7ens. Just wondering who owns it. Looks amazing.

Anyway, TVRs .... I still don't like the new lights on the Tuscan and Cerbie GT. Ugleee. But then I thought the Speed 12 beast looked ugly to start with and blind worship made me love it after a while

Is that a Chimaera or Griffith behind the Cerbera? I can't quite see.

Rick,

Selling the car? Have we worked out what you're racing next season(?) yet?

Dan Friel · 4 May 2000, 06:51 (Ref:3441)

One question.... The picture of the TVR's. What is the light blue car - I thought it was a Chimaera with a body kit on it... Or have I missed something rather major..

I do know that the car (or its identical twin) lives in Winchester as it was right up my butt cruising through town. It was also followed by a rather nice Elise, which all made my MG Midget look rather pathetic!!

Also didn't realise that Mr Hanlon has the ouright lap record in the Pagids!!! - going to match it Rick?? You're car looks spot on, are you racing in any other series also??

Lee Purnell · 4 May 2000, 10:16 (Ref:3442)

Are you sure it is the outright record that Hanlon holds?? Don't forget that the class A record was beated on Monday!!
You are right also, Rick's car looks the business doesn't it

A sure contender for the best looking car in the padock trophy

Graham · 4 May 2000, 19:27 (Ref:3443)

I trust you mean the car in the foreground?

That is the new Tuscan Speed Six, a wholly new car inc. chassis. It looks more like a Griffith with different front lights, rather than a Chimaera which is a completely different body style altogether.

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