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12 Dec 2019, 01:20 (Ref:3946239) | #1 | ||
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Ten Years ago this week
John Smith, Terry Bower, Mike Sweeney, and I meet in a hotel in Canary Wharf and along with Andy Yeomans and Peter Mallet, formed The 360 Motor Racing Club. Specifically for the sole purpose of organising and holding a six hour Historic Production saloon multi class endurance motor-race.... which had originated from this fine forum... "The Alternative Six Hour"
Time passes quickly ... Next August 15th marks the tenth anniversary of the first running of that race..... |
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12 Dec 2019, 11:37 (Ref:3946294) | #2 | ||
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Yes, and a damned shame it couldn't become an established event, but well done all for giving it a go.
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"It's pure joy. This was the perfect training for the WEC after a summer of not racing, even though the car is faster than LMP2." Nicolas Minassian after lapping at 123mph in the Group C Jaguar XJR-14, setting a new outright lap record for the historic GP circuit at Silverstone Classic in 2013! |
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It was a great idea Claire. Great shame it didn’t get the support it deserved.
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I remember that day as if it were yesterday.
Great shame it didn't go the way we all hoped it would but at least we tried. RIP John, never forgotten. |
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Yes, it was good fun. But out of that, you developed the RoM so not all was lost.
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16 Dec 2019, 10:12 (Ref:3946947) | #6 | ||
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Memories eh? Just a few of hundreds I took on raceday:-
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"It's pure joy. This was the perfect training for the WEC after a summer of not racing, even though the car is faster than LMP2." Nicolas Minassian after lapping at 123mph in the Group C Jaguar XJR-14, setting a new outright lap record for the historic GP circuit at Silverstone Classic in 2013! |
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A few more:-
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"It's pure joy. This was the perfect training for the WEC after a summer of not racing, even though the car is faster than LMP2." Nicolas Minassian after lapping at 123mph in the Group C Jaguar XJR-14, setting a new outright lap record for the historic GP circuit at Silverstone Classic in 2013! |
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Great pics, thank you John. Certainly bring back happy memories !
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