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Simon Harrison
28th of August 2007 (Tue), 15:58
I spent the weekend at Croft Circuit in the North East of England for the Dunlop Great and British Festival. The sun shone for a (very pleasant) change and made the weekend all the more enjoyable. It was also nice to meet up with Peter (Petrolhead), Geoff (GSH) and Ian (IanH) from the forum over the course of Saturday.

Enough waffle, on to the pictures.

#1 Just to prove I was at Croft, here's Martin Wallbank in his Vauxhall Astra VXR with the (in)famous Croft bus in the background.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop7.jpg

#2 They might not be proper Minis, but they are more than a little photogenic!
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop2.jpg

#3 The Northern Sports & Saloon Car guys again provided the highlight of the racing over the weekend. Here Robert Pritchard leads the Class A, E & F runners in his mighty Vauxhall Caterham.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop5.jpg

#3 The Radical Enduro runners were also very photogenic, but the racing was not massively exciting. Very quick cars around Croft though.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop1.jpg

#5 The Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup is a great concept. Hopefully the next time they visit Croft there'll be more than 7 cars...
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop8.jpg

#6 More Mini One's, this time coming through Hawthorn.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop6.jpg

#7 More Radical racing, this time though the smaller engined Prosport of Bill Henderson.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop4.jpg

#8 I'll finish with one of the best presented cars of the weekend - the SEAT Cupra of Andrew Morrison. He was running in the NSSCC Class B, C and D race and won it comfortably.
http://www.srh-motorsport-photography.com/Galleries/forum/Dunlop/Dunlop3.jpg

All of the pictures were taken with a 1D mk II and a Sigma 120-300 f2.8, one or two with a 1.4XTC as well.

As usual, any comments or feedback would be most welcome.

For those that are interested, there's a complete gallery on my website (link in signature).

Cheers,

Simon.
GSH
28th of August 2007 (Tue), 18:10
Marvellous shots as ever Simon.

The colours from the 120-300 / MK2 combination are fantastic, even more so with a bit of sunshine thrown into the mix. :)
JuZ
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 04:26
The colours from the 120-300 / MK2 combination are fantastic, even more so with a bit of sunshine thrown into the mix. :)
I was just thinking that too :D Definitely a good combination to have ;)
Webmonkeyuk
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 04:40
Every shot is a winner you got some very nice shots there, i love number 3. I was near croft on saturday and thought id pop in to see if anything was on but didnt have any money or my camera on me.

Just out of interest how do you know when stuff is on as the croft website is a bit short on info
khall
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 05:54
Super colours, great focusing all round great pictures.
If I had to pick one it would be the second as white is a hard colour sometimes to capture well.
Ian_H
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 12:00
Absolutely lovely Simon, the colours really pop out at you, hopefully Sunday was a bit more exciting than Saturday.

Thanks for the info about Sunday

Cheers
Ian
jim9449
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 12:21
Great set Simon, really vibrant colours, hard to pick the best all great;)
Click-it
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 12:34
Very nice shots.
Simon Harrison
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 17:21
Marvellous shots as ever Simon.

The colours from the 120-300 / MK2 combination are fantastic, even more so with a bit of sunshine thrown into the mix. :)

Thanks Geoff. I have to say I am more than happy with the mk II and 120-300 pairing!

Simon.
Simon Harrison
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 17:23
Every shot is a winner you got some very nice shots there, i love number 3. I was near croft on saturday and thought id pop in to see if anything was on but didnt have any money or my camera on me.

Just out of interest how do you know when stuff is on as the croft website is a bit short on info

Teesside Evening Gazette on a Tuesday night usually previews events that are coming to Croft the following weekend. Other than that and the Croft website, have a look on the Darlington & District Motorclub website, and the BARC website for any events that they are organising at the circuit.

There is of course usually some discussion on here about forthcoming events.

Simon.
Simon Harrison
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 17:24
Absolutely lovely Simon, the colours really pop out at you, hopefully Sunday was a bit more exciting than Saturday.

Thanks for the info about Sunday

Cheers
Ian

Thanks Ian. The NSSCC guys saved the day as usual on Sunday. Great racing, particularly from the B, C and D runners. Glad to be of help with the info about Sunday.

Simon.
darren h
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 17:36
As always Simon tremendous shots, you seem to nail the sharpness and colour 100% spot on. Love the the Seat #8 the best.
Gamut
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 23:11
Solid work.
Simon Harrison
30th of August 2007 (Thu), 02:26
As always Simon tremendous shots, you seem to nail the sharpness and colour 100% spot on. Love the the Seat #8 the best.

Thanks Darren. That SEAT is a wonderful car to see out on track.

Simon.
Simon Harrison
30th of August 2007 (Thu), 02:27
Great set Simon, really vibrant colours, hard to pick the best all great;)

Thanks Jim!

Simon