BARC Racing @ Thruxton yesterday (06/05/06) :)

I was at Thruxton yesterday (Saturday) for BARC Championship Racing. Close fought classic racing featuring BMW’s, Ford Capri’s, Escort RS2000’s, 205 GTi’s, Golf GTi’s and more. Great fun!

For me the highlight of the day were the 205 GTi's I own a 1.9 myself so

Here's a few compressed "forum friendly sized" photos...

#1 Interesting "aerodynamics"

Great stuff as usual it was great fun , that guy in the 205 no.23 was a demon I think it was inevitable that he broke it , you must have been very close to me !

peacock wrote:
Great stuff as usual it was great fun , that guy in the 205 no.23 was a demon I think it was inevitable that he broke it , you must have been very close to me !

Thanks Yeh it was a shame, his driving style was rather "spectator / photographer friendly" - I liked very much Was also a shame #51 pulled into the pits appraoching the grid, so he never even made the start He was equally as exciting

There was a few of us around with camera's, one fella in particular stood out though (was it you?). Unfortunately he was a "machine-gun-charlie" Looked like he was using a 20D and 100-400L but can't be sure. He was quite a big chap so don't think a monopod/brolley prod would have been such a good idea (Cadwell ). Personally I've never found it neccessary to fire 10 shots machine-gun-style each lap but then I know others can't help it

AzzA wrote:
Thanks Yeh it was a shame, his driving style was rather "spectator / photographer friendly" - I liked very much Was also a shame #51 pulled into the pits appraoching the grid, so he never even made the start He was equally as exciting

There was a few of us around with camera's, one fella in particular stood out though (was it you?). Unfortunately he was a "machine-gun-charlie" Looked like he was using a 20D and 100-400L but can't be sure. He was quite a big chap so don't think a monopod/brolley prod would have been such a good idea (Cadwell ). Personally I've never found it neccessary to fire 10 shots machine-gun-style each lap but then I know others can't help it

yeah that sounds like it was me , I dont usually machine gun but I do a lot of double taps !

i like the look on number 7's face!

Azza,

You must have been the guy next to me(on your right) with the 100-400 and the innovative all weather protection of a a white t-shirt and a rubber band!!

Suprise ,suprise I also have similar shots to you!! Here are a few of mine

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Top action AzzA!

Nice shots Azza (and Alan). I think I could probably fill a gallery with just shots of that Pug He was very entertaining.

You guys must have been stood just to my left ....

Andy

Yeh, he took quite a whack on the kerb - probably hurt!!

Yep that's me, hello Heh, rather crusty method I know but it saw me through nice and dry... it's no good without the elastic band though

Good ol' English weather... never changes Sadly I can't seem to view your photos, all I get is "Red X's". Could you upload them to another server (photobucket etc) and repost? Do you have any photos from back then, I'd like to see "how it looked" back then

Cheers Dave

Thanks Andy. Yeh both Pugs were erm... how can I put this... quite "aggressive" through the chicane Sadly neither made it to the finish

Yes at some point we must've, I see from your post that you ventured round the track, I was meaning to to get some variety but the weather was a bit miserable and the chicane is always good fun

Cheers

Lovely

1, 3 and 7 have a great sense of action, not to mention excellent timing.