Silverstone Classic today - here are some of my pictures

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Had a great day out at the Silverstone Classic meeting today. Loads of great cars both on the track and in the paddock area. Superb demonstration by Prodrive of the Aston Martin DBR9, they were practising pit stops and the DBR9 was running on the national straight.

DBR9 - shortly after finishing a doughnut



DBR9 - driven by David Brabham



DBR9 - high speed pass



Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-12



Jaguar XJR-9



Nissan NTP1 GTP



OSCA MT4 - driven by Stirling Moss



Aston Martin DBR1



Jaguar D Type



I took approx 370 pictures today so have lots to upload. These are some of my favourites.

Hope you enjoy them.

Regards

Tim

[monkeyhanger]

Very nice indeed Tim. Big PH round of applause I'm working on my shots now, i'll post some up later.


It's a shame the DBR9 didn't make it into the "pursuit" race though.

Edited by monkeyhanger on Saturday 29th July 20:58

[Trackside]

DBR1 is heavenly! And Peter Hardman pedals them as they should be driven too. The Nissan is driven by a PHer, 'Randy' - Chris Randall.

I'm going up to Silverstone tomorrow and it looks like I'm going to get wet...

Oh, nice pics BTW. Look forward to seeing the rest.

[Scuffers]

Trackside said:

I'm going up to Silverstone tomorrow and it looks like I'm going to get wet...

Oh, nice pics BTW. Look forward to seeing the rest.

See you there then! (8A)

[autofocus]

Simon,

Nice to see you out in the Prosport again. The car looked completely at home in the Group C/GTP race. Must have been great fun racing against the Jaguars.



Regards

Tim

[Rob P]

Nice pictures

[Blipi]

Thanks for the pics. Shame I couldn't make it but fitting my Wilwood's in time for the 'Ring had to be a priority!

Although windier today I think the weather is going to hold out for you all.

[L100NYY]

Went to the Classic on Sunday, what a superb meeting with such an eclectic mix of cars and some really spirited driving it made a really great day.

Highlights for me had to be the ERA of Mac Hulbert (shame it only completed a few laps) and the saloon race was brilliant in particular Dan Cox in the Cortina with his lurid oversteer antics!

Just a shame it took me nigh on 3 hours to get home after being stuck in the roadworks on the M1! Bearing in mind it only took me an hour and a bit to get there in the morning!

Oh and Trackside, if I'd have known you were there we could've met up!

[manek]

It was a great day out - very relaxed, not too many crowds...

[rustybin]

manek said:

It was a great day out - very relaxed, not too many crowds...

If you wandered down to Stowe and Club you could have a grandstand to yourself practically. Shame the circuit had decided not to put any catering (or more specifically beer) down there. Brilliant couple of days though, including that bit where you get two cars and one goes past the other one without it going into the pits. Can't remember what it's called but it's ever such fun to watch. I reckon if they introduced it in F1 it could be quite popular.

Lovely shots Autofocus

Edited by rustybin on Monday 31st July 11:25

[manek]

yes, overtaking! That was the best bit - and there seemd to be an awful lot of it. Wonder how they do that....?

[aston67]

great pics indeed

which camera have you used? any particular lens for zooming?

I am asking becuase I am going to get a Digital SLR anytime soon to replace my rubbish Kodak

TIA

A67

[randy]

Trackside said:

The Nissan is driven by a PHer, 'Randy' - Chris Randall.

What a cracking weekend. Finished 3rd in the first race and 2nd in the second, even after a pit stop to clear the coolant from Justin's engine off my windscreen (blew up just in front of me).

Some wonderful cars on display both on and off the track.

[ettore]

Was a great weekend with plenty of decent cars and good racing.

Randy, your Nissan sounded splendid.

[manek]

Certainly did - well done Randy.

[dinkel]

Great shots, any paddock?

[manek]

aston67 said:

great pics indeed

which camera have you used? any particular lens for zooming?

I am asking becuase I am going to get a Digital SLR anytime soon to replace my rubbish Kodak

TIA

A67

FWIW, I used a Nikon D70 with a 80-400 VR zoom lens for the pics I took at Silverstone, two of which are in the news story.

[fbloke]

dinkel said:

Great shots, any paddock?

I was lucky enough to be helping with two Orwell Supercup cars and a classic F1 car which meant I was surrounded by Group C F1 and CanAm cars so I got lots of pics from the pit lane you can see them on the link below

http://community.webshots.com/myphoto

Ken

[dinkel]

[fbloke]

randy said:

Trackside said:

The Nissan is driven by a PHer, 'Randy' - Chris Randall.

What a cracking weekend. Finished 3rd in the first race and 2nd in the second, even after a pit stop to clear the coolant from Justin's engine off my windscreen (blew up just in front of me).

Some wonderful cars on display both on and off the track.

Randy I was in the pit lane when you pulled in just in front of us for pit stop. Made my day absolutely superb.