First visit to oulton park gt
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Glad you enjoyed the day and it sounds like you did it properly- early arrival and plenty of walking round.Cannot understand why some perfectly fit and able people park up and don't move more than ten yards from their car all day . Jaguar owners seem especially prone to this trait - picnic table, bottle of white and the Mail or Telegraph..Each to their own. Re a return trip I would hugely recommend the Gold Cup in August (massive variety of single seaters, gts and saloons from five or six decades driven very hard) . any VSCC meeting or 750 MC day. BTCC- curate's egg I find. Big and very different crowd- high chav count - and support races are often poor. But great atmosphere for the main event.
I'm another who is really glad you enjoyed yourself!
We got there at 8:15 and drove straight into our parking before heading out to the Knickerbrook entrance at about 9. The queue to get into both gates by that time was a real eye opener!
Glad you went in through the Old Hall gate, the Knickerbrook parking I had mentioned to you was taken over by burger bars this year - first time I have seen them there for GTs!
It was a really good crowd yesterday (and not that bad on Saturday either, although I was out at Druids then, before spending my Monday at Brittens (not a Jag owner, just working so have to stay were I am told
) Still can't believe that they managed to get the No. 10 McLaren out for the second race!!!
One of the great things about Oulton though is that a good crowd looks like a good crowd! Silverstone is built to house 130,000 for one day a year and so 20,000 can make it look empty!
We got there at 8:15 and drove straight into our parking before heading out to the Knickerbrook entrance at about 9. The queue to get into both gates by that time was a real eye opener!
Glad you went in through the Old Hall gate, the Knickerbrook parking I had mentioned to you was taken over by burger bars this year - first time I have seen them there for GTs!
It was a really good crowd yesterday (and not that bad on Saturday either, although I was out at Druids then, before spending my Monday at Brittens (not a Jag owner, just working so have to stay were I am told
) Still can't believe that they managed to get the No. 10 McLaren out for the second race!!!coppice said:
.... BTCC- curate's egg I find. Big and very different crowd- high chav count - and support races are often poor. But great atmosphere for the main event.
I am not a big fan of BTCC - a little tap here and there on the odd occasion is to be expected, push to pass is not IMO - and have to say that there is a noticeably different demographic which joins the diehards for those events. BGT meets though tend to attract mainly true petrol heads, there for the love of the racing and the cars, not just as an alternative to Alton Towers.One of the great things about Oulton though is that a good crowd looks like a good crowd! Silverstone is built to house 130,000 for one day a year and so 20,000 can make it look empty!
As usual a great days racing at Oulton. Year in year out this event delivers in spades. Hats off to the drivers for the commitment and skill they showed. Feel sorry for the drivers that got caught up in the carnage caused by the out of position McLaren number 12 not obeying blue flags in the first race. At times it was more like modern touring cars than GT cars in that one!
Also very impressed with the F4 racing that is supporting this year. Much better wheel to wheel racing than the F3 procession that we had in previous years.
Also very impressed with the F4 racing that is supporting this year. Much better wheel to wheel racing than the F3 procession that we had in previous years.
Any queuing I must have been totally oblivious too , at the gate around 8.50 parking up about 8.52. No problems getting in or out. Knowing the "Secret Ways" around the area helped a little I think, especially on heading home.
Crash wise, I was literally next to the Mercedes as it got tapped at Dentons ?, you could hear the driver and he was not too happy. Great thing about being on the outside of the track that its very quiet.
Crash wise, I was literally next to the Mercedes as it got tapped at Dentons ?, you could hear the driver and he was not too happy. Great thing about being on the outside of the track that its very quiet.
Edited by Stoatman on Tuesday 7th April 11:12
Brilliant racing all day yesterday, the GT's were even more carnage than the BTCC was on Sunday 
Every spot I moved to a crash or incident of some sort happened shortly after. Even saw the 650S wipeout big style in the first race, it looked a huge shunt. Fair play to the team for getting the car back out for race 2.
How the Ginetta in the second race got away with not doing the same in Race 2 at the hairpin was a minor miracle.
Every spot I moved to a crash or incident of some sort happened shortly after. Even saw the 650S wipeout big style in the first race, it looked a huge shunt. Fair play to the team for getting the car back out for race 2. How the Ginetta in the second race got away with not doing the same in Race 2 at the hairpin was a minor miracle.
Skylinecrazy said:
What happened to the McLaren? Was flying in race one then it just disappeared.
It went off the road on the exit of Island and didn't stop until it reached the barriers on the inside of Shell (as they do when they come off onto wet grass around there). It arrived rear end first at an angle and iirc there looked a good few feet of air on impact. In all honesty i am stunned that it was out for race 2 given the force it went in with, rear wheels pointing in different directions and to cap it all they had to wait until after the end of the next race to get it back into the pits.boxedin said:
If you go for the BSB, go and stand at Clay Hill for a while.
Go in the shaws farm entrance and you park at hilltop/brittens area.Get to hilltop for the end of practice/warm up sessions and that's where the riders pull huge wheelies all the way up hilltop.
You also miss all the traffic getting in/out on the downside it's a bit of a trek to the pits/start finish area.
For any one going to silverstone http://www.virginexperiencedays.co.uk/british-gt-v...
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