Birkett Relay Race 28th October

[stockhatcher]

Trackside said:

Is there a list of entrants and a garage plan posted somewhere that I haven't found yet? Been looking on the 750MC website but can't see 'owt there...

speak to your team manager..

[Trackside]

stockhatcher said:

Trackside said:

Is there a list of entrants and a garage plan posted somewhere that I haven't found yet? Been looking on the 750MC website but can't see 'owt there...

speak to your team manager..

Er, I'm not a racer! Just a humble spectator and amateur photographer, I'm afraid, who likes to know what's going on before I get to the meetings, hence the enquiry.

[racylady]

Graham said:

Lots of very helpful stuff!!!!!

Thanks Graham. That's incredibly helpful. I'm planning to get the Gin scrutineered and sign on on Friday so Saturday is just about getting out there! It will be my first endurance race so I've got to try to ignore the 'go for it' mind-set and think about the bigger picture!

Anyone know what the crowds were like for this last year? I can't even see the event on the Silverstone website, let alone any publicity so I suspect it will just be friends and families of the teams?

[Trackside]

racylady said:

Anyone know what the crowds were like for this last year? I can't even see the event on the Silverstone website, let alone any publicity so I suspect it will just be friends and families of the teams?

Yep, that's about right, Sarah. And a few of us diehard racefans, of course.

[keith bond]

i'll be there marshalling yay so what can i expect? lol are there any support races?

[Marc W]

It sounds like it'll be an interesting event. I wish I could go but I'm already booked up for Donington Park this weekend.

[racylady]

keith bond said:

i'll be there marshalling yay so what can i expect? lol are there any support races?

I don't think so. We're qualifying Saturday morning and then the 6 hour race starts at 11 so I doubt there's time for anything else!

I'll try not to meet you out on track Keith if you don't mind! But by all means come and say hello when we're in the pits!

[racylady]

Marc W said:

It sounds like it'll be an interesting event. I wish I could go but I'm already booked up for Donington Park this weekend.

It's NEXT weekend, Marc - the 28th!

[keith bond]

racylady said:

keith bond said:

i'll be there marshalling yay so what can i expect? lol are there any support races?

I don't think so. We're qualifying Saturday morning and then the 6 hour race starts at 11 so I doubt there's time for anything else!

I'll try not to meet you out on track Keith if you don't mind! But by all means come and say hello when we're in the pits!

lol yeah meeting you the track probanle not a good idea lol

[Marc W]

racylady said:

Marc W said:

It sounds like it'll be an interesting event. I wish I could go but I'm already booked up for Donington Park this weekend.

It's NEXT weekend, Marc - the 28th!

OOPS! I may well come along to that then as I don't think I have anything else planned. I must read things more carefully in future!

[Matt2101]

There's a couple of teams of Locosts this year, including us; "A Swarm of Locosts". What garage we're in evades my memory at the moment but if anyone spots us come and say hi!

[racylady]

Looks like there's quite a few of us then! So far we've got:

Chassis 33 (Iain) – TVR Garage 9
Mikeww (Mike) – Team 28 – Caterham?
Johnnymaestro (John) – Team ‘Chapman’s Chariots’ Garage 9
Megamaniac (Paul) – Garage 6 – 2CV
Stockhatcher (Billy) – Pug? Garage 12
Matt2101 – Team ‘A Swarm of Locosts’ - Locost
Racylady (Sarah) - Team 36 ‘Les Femmes Fatales’ Garage 9
Keith Bond – Marshalling
Trackside (Gary) – lurking and taking photos!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

[chassis 33]

There's a few more going too that I know of, a few lurkers but there we go...

GeorgeC (taking photos for us)
Focused (Gary - taking some more photos for us)
OSR (Charlie - spannering and organising our team)
Pistol_pete (Pete - time keeping for us)
ceejay (Cliff - racing with us)
kg55 (Kevan - racing with us)

Hopefully I can press gang some more folks into turning up and saying hello.

Regards
Iain

[johnnymaestro]

racylady said:

Looks like there's quite a few of us then! So far we've got:

Chassis 33 (Iain) – TVR Garage 9
Mikeww (Mike) – Team 28 – Caterham?
Johnnymaestro (John) – Team ‘Chapman’s Chariots’ and 'Les Femmes Fatales' both in Garage 9
Megamaniac (Paul) – Garage 6 – 2CV
Stockhatcher (Billy) – Pug? Garage 12
Matt2101 – Team ‘A Swarm of Locosts’ - Locost
Racylady (Sarah) - Team 36 ‘Les Femmes Fatales’ Garage 9
Keith Bond – Marshalling
Trackside (Gary) – lurking and taking photos!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

One parent in each team. Mum in Lancia Beta!

Edited by johnnymaestro on Friday 20th October 15:46

[kartman24]

Hope to be there, i was looking for an entry list on the web, someone here posted one last year for us spectator types.......any chance someone can do the same for this weekend?........Martin

[keith bond]

is there v-dub team again like last year anyone know?

[Trackside]

Weather's looking a bit grim for this one. Best get the waterproofs out (again )

[Trackside]

Well, it didn't rain, hurrah! Superb day's racing once again with a fantastic array of machinery. Didn't get round to meeting anyone other than Johnnymaestro (hi ) as I was rather side-tracked taking some 700-odd photos!

Currently working my way through them all. Here's a few of 'From Russia With Love' to be going along with.

[stockhatcher]

i was in this event yesterday, blue pug 106 48B stock hatch heroes, if you have any photos?

great days racing, thoroughly recommend it to anyone that competes, the team element is fantastic, as is the competition with other similar cars...

[starmist]

Does anyone know if a complete set of lap times is posted anywhere? I've had a look on MST's site and no mention of it at all.

BTW I was racing with team 28 (Caterhams) I was F, the sort of blue and orange nervous looking one! It was my first time and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Only one 'moment' when the rear wheel of a Spitfire (I think) decided it didn't like the car anymore, whilst I was following it through Copse. I had more trouble avoiding the wheel than the car!