The Great Western Sprint at castle combe - 21 March

[tqadam]

i see. it makes more sense now.
if i wasnt desperate to try the camera i probably would give marshalling a go. i very nearly did last year but the one i looked at looked like it needed qualified marshalls or at least people that have a clue lol. if you dont need any experience i might look in to marshalling later in the year.

on a side note, the forecast is ok for saturday at the moment and it was nice in torquay today
i so hope its sunny and toasty on saturday!

im printing a list of people off in work tomorrow, so will mark the ph'ers above that said they are running and see if i can get any pics

[Matt97]

I'll be going to have a look tomorrow. Might see my car there (Green Mk2 Fiesta).

[MagicalTrevor]

0% chance of rain is my favourite percent chance!

[MagicalTrevor]

Well I didn't really want to race anyway

Car troubles meant I didn't take part at all and have gone home to have a paddy!

[tqadam]

Lol magical Trevor!
I had a shocking day too! Just couldn't get in the zone with the camera, so grabbed a few pics around the paddock and left at 2.

I was so cold out the far side of the circuit. My kit kat that I took out the fridge at 7am was colder when I ate it at 1.30 then when it left the fridge lol!

If there are any decent pics I will post them later/tomorrow.

[Matt97]

Sorry to hear of your troubles!

Some awesome cars, weather was good and everyone was friendly.
A few poor pics...















Hopefully the owner of the necklace i found got it back from the signing on reception.

[tqadam]

at least someone got some pics thats not a blury mess lol ^
i thinki saw a light green fiesta mk2 not long before i left. matt97, were you parked on the grass near the entrance?

anyway here's the only pic of people i knew where on here and sorry to say but its andy looking like he is out for a saturday spin in his race car
ADR Sport 2 (Andy Laurence) by torquayadam, on Flickr

some pics of other cars competing
IMG_4287 by torquayadam, on Flickr

Hillman Avenger Tiger by torquayadam, on Flickr

Chevy Corvette C6 (Paul Beddow) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Radical SR3 (Mark Nicholson) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Audi S4 Turbo (Roger Banks) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Audi S4 Turbo (Roger Banks) by torquayadam, on Flickr

SBD Motorsport Cars by torquayadam, on Flickr

Jedi Mk2 (Nick Houston) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Jedi Mk2 (Nick Houston) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Lotus Elise (Elen Worthington) by torquayadam, on Flickr

Jedi Mk4 (Bradley Hobday) by torquayadam, on Flickr

few other random ones i got
Mitsubishi Evo 6 Engine Bay by torquayadam, on Flickr

Ford Fiesta ST by torquayadam, on Flickr

Renault Megane Renault Sport (RS) by torquayadam, on Flickr

sorry if i just blew up your data usage if your on phone/tablet.

[Matt97]

Nothing wrong with those photos, better than mine!
I was parked there around lunchtime so it was probably me.

[Terzo204]

Any photos of the Black Westfield?

Car No. 85

[Matt97]

Terzo204 said:

Any photos of the Black Westfield?

Car No. 85

Not a great photo, but here you go.

[andylaurence]

tqadam said:

at least someone got some pics thats not a blury mess lol ^
i thinki saw a light green fiesta mk2 not long before i left. matt97, were you parked on the grass near the entrance?

anyway here's the only pic of people i knew where on here and sorry to say but its andy looking like he is out for a saturday spin in his race car
ADR Sport 2 (Andy Laurence) by torquayadam, on Flickr

I did see you squatting guerilla-style next to Merlin. I was busy undoing my belts. Judging by the timing strut in use (I broke one on every run), that was the 1st timed run, so just before the lunch break. As for the spin, yes I did, at The Esses in practice. I couldn't quite get my head around just how slippery it was and didn't get in the groove. I knocked half a second off my PB, but that was more down to weather conditions over the last few years than an indicator of my outright pace. I got royally trashed by the class winner - I just can't get my head around how fast he is. The data overlay on his onboard shows he's 25mph faster up Avon Rise and faster at every apex.

[bobs4c]

Just a few from the morning period

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/bobs4c/slideshow/C...

Bob

[Terzo204]

Thanks matt97

[LordGrover]

Matt97 said:

Must've had titanium strips or something on the underside - great sparks when it grounded out.

[andylaurence]

LordGrover said:

Must've had titanium strips or something on the underside - great sparks when it grounded out.

It does. I'd not fitted mine, otherwise I'd have had a trail of sparks following too...

[tqadam]

andylaurence said:

I did see you squatting guerilla-style next to Merlin. I was busy undoing my belts. Judging by the timing strut in use (I broke one on every run), that was the 1st timed run, so just before the lunch break. As for the spin, yes I did, at The Esses in practice. I couldn't quite get my head around just how slippery it was and didn't get in the groove. I knocked half a second off my PB, but that was more down to weather conditions over the last few years than an indicator of my outright pace. I got royally trashed by the class winner - I just can't get my head around how fast he is. The data overlay on his onboard shows he's 25mph faster up Avon Rise and faster at every apex.

im not that difficult to miss really due to my height lol. i know most of my pictures are from low down but im not a 2ft tall midgit
i saw you start your run, i was never going to make it round to watch because there is no gap in the fence but had the idea of catching you on your way back in.
i had full confidence you wouldn't park your car on its roof whilst i waited

sorry to hear you got nobbled by such a margin

i think on the day i did the equivalent of 2 laps myself just driving round the service road from the paddock to more or less old paddock a few times unlike the track that hasnt seen any new tarmac for a good while. tested the offroadness of my bmw as well when i parked it on the grass. nearly bottomed it out at one point and its only on standard sport springs

looking forward to a summer sprint where its a bit warmer... annoyingly by the time i got back to torquay at about 4 ish the sun was out down here and it was easily much warmer than it was at combe lol