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[Phil Rainford]

Quality stuff young Stephen

Many thanks for the compliment Michael.

A couple more for your delictation......






..... while Lodge Corner can bite !!



Kind regards

Phil

[Chocmonster]

Aintree Racing Festival - November 2004



Rest of my paddock shots can be found at:-

http://www.flickr.co...57602588414114/

[fines]

So, Phil, are all of your pics from Lodge? I must admit that I was struggling to identify the corner - more seriously, I'm also struggling to identify a couple of the cars... i.e. the crash victim, and the one following the Bug! Help!

[David McKinney]

The crashing car is an Alvis Special, I think driven by Rod Jolley
Not sure about the other one you queried - most likely a Rapier special, I suspect

[fines]

Ta. I feel better now, obviously not easy ones to ID...

[Alan Cox]

'Tis, indeed, Rod Jolley with his Alvis Special, described as the Giron Alvis. Good job he has easy access to a good body shop.

[elansprint72]

Which one is the Bug?
You had me fooled with the corner too; what year was this?

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by elansprint72
Which one is the Bug?
You had me fooled with the corner too; what year was this?

Post #149 the red number 27 is the Bugatti.



No mistaking that this is a Bugatti! No signs of Rainford in the background unless that is him on the climbing frame?

[elansprint72]

I was looking at post #152: no wonder I could not see a Bug.

[David McKinney]

Originally posted by Stephen W

No mistaking that this is a Bugatti!

I'm not sure that Ettore would recognise it...

[Matt S]

I think the car following the Bugatti is a MG K type special possibly of Roger Sweet. I think the Bugatti is a Type 51, and being red most probably the Lord Raglan car often driven by Sir John Venables-Llewellyn.

In the shot of the Cooper Bristol following a white ERA with yellow wheels. Is that R9B with perhaps borrowed wheels from Remus or Hanuman?

[Phil Rainford]

Originally posted by Matt S
I think the car following the Bugatti is a MG K type special possibly of Roger Sweet. I think the Bugatti is a Type 51, and being red most probably the Lord Raglan car often driven by Sir John Venables-Llewellyn.

In the shot of the Cooper Bristol following a white ERA with yellow wheels. Is that R9B with perhaps borrowed wheels from Remus or Hanuman?

My fault entirely for not labelling the pictures

The pictures were taken on the Sunday 8th June 1986 at of course the Richard Seaman Memorial Meeting

Matt you are spot on with the driver of the Bugatti.

While here are a trio of I hope perfectly correct driver and car combinations.....



The mighty 8 litre Bentley of Tim Llewellyn illustrates "toe in" as he powers out of Lodge



The Riley 12/4 Special of Mr G Toms



While Rodney Felton is hard on the brakes for Lodge in his Alfa Romeo P3

Kind regards

Phil

[Lee Nicolle]

Originally posted by Ray Bell


Now there's a car that's bound to strike problems with its front wheels!

How on earth was that car allowed on the track? No firewall, battery cover or marker. you need those even for regularity. When finished it should be an interesting device though those horrid 3 stud wheel are an accident waiting to happen.

[Alan Cox]

The slightly bizzare-looking blue Bugatti (OPJ 2) in Stephen W's post is that of Averil Scott Moncrieff, the wife of "Bunty" Scott-Moncrieff, purveyor of horseless carriages to the gentry. It was the ex-"Twink" Whincop Type 57.

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by Alan Cox
The slightly bizzare-looking blue Bugatti (OPJ 2) in Stephen W's post is that of Averil Scott Moncrieff, the wife of "Bunty" Scott-Moncrieff, purveyor of horseless carriages to the gentry. It was the ex-"Twink" Whincop Type 57.

Thanks Alan; it was part of a roll of 35mm film stock I blasted off and once printed the images languished in a drawer until the new scanner arrived!

[elansprint72]

Middle of the road at Le Mans.

Really! This is the N138 where it heads down to Tertre Rouge and then onwards towards Mulsanne, I'm lying on the road, the cars are coming from the right, exiting from the permanent part of the circuit. Two giant gates behind me stop unwanted traffic from joining in (and stop J. Public from getting a freebie view).

[elansprint72]

Le Mans Classic 08.

[elansprint72]

Action-Woman Mrs Mason gets ready to take a flier.

[elansprint72]

Firepower!

[Madera]

I went to the Indycar weekend at the Glen last July 4th '08 weekend, and guess what I found!







































Enjoy!

BTW, Just about wet meself looking at these monsters.

When they started them right in front of me, HOLY CRAP!

One more. A view from my campsite. Title: "A magical day at The Glen"

[barrykm]

Awesome!

[Madera]

Thanks, it was a great weekend.

[elansprint72]

I'll get me coat...........

[Alan Cox]

Some photos from the Spa Historic meetings of 1992 and '93
Hostess to this evening's Northern TNF gathering, Helen Malkie who lapped as quickly, with her 2-litre Chevron, as the quickest McLaren M8Ds at the 1993 meeting


Martin Stretton taking La Source in his own inimitable style


Ludovic Lindsay shared Remus with Alain de Cadenet


Three 250Fs - who could ask for more?

[David McKinney]

Originally posted by Alan Cox
Three 250Fs - who could ask for more?

Silly question

[Barrie Hobkirk]

Seconded!

Thanks for that great view of the 250F's Alan.
It never ceases to amaze me how fat they look from this angle. You get no indication of this standing beside them.

Cheers,
Barrie

[Belmondo]

Originally posted by Barrie Hobkirk
Seconded!

Thanks for that great view of the 250F's Alan.
It never ceases to amaze me how fat they look from this angle. You get no indication of this standing beside them.

Cheers,
Barrie

It's a view I know only from my old Scalextric 250F.

[Barry Boor]

Scalextric made a 250.F?

Very recently, yes, but years ago?????

[Alan Cox]

Indeed, Barry. The first two tinplate GP cars of the 1950s were Ferrari and Maserati, based on the 250F - I thought you would have had one.

[Belmondo]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
Scalextric made a 250.F?

Very recently, yes, but years ago?????

Actually you're right, it was an MRRC model. They did a 250F and a Vanwall.

[Barry Boor]

I hadn't forgotten the tinplate cars, Alan, but I always thought the Maserati was more like an A.6.GCM.

[Alan Cox]

Not really a festival, just a "hum-drum" VSCC meeting from Mallory Park 1999


John Ure, in Peter Mann's ERA R9B leads Barrie Baxter, Maserati 4CM


Julian Bronson explores the limit with ERA AJM1


Paul Jaye fends off a pair of Cooper Bristols


Tim Llewellyn (Bentley 3/8) harried by Westie Mitchell, Frazer Nash


Michael Steele, Bugatti 35B keeps a tight exit from the hairpin in pursuit of Stuart Harper's Morgan

[brucemoxon]

I took 1500 shots at Phillip Island last weekend.

As usual with this sort of thing, lots of them were in the pits and garages.

Here's just one.







Bruce Moxon

[elansprint72]

Is that a railway platform in the background of shot #2, post #145 from Alan?

Here is a back-to-the-wall photo from Le Mans Classic '06.

[Alan Cox]

Post #145 is from Option1, Pete, not from anyone called Alan.

[elansprint72]

Originally posted by Alan Cox
Post #145 is from Option1, Pete, not from anyone called Alan.

No one was more surprised than I when the GCE certificate in Mathematics appeared with my name on it. :

Of course I intended to refer to your post #175.

[Lee Nicolle]

Originally posted by brucemoxon
I took 1500 shots at Phillip Island last weekend.

As usual with this sort of thing, lots of them were in the pits and garages.

Here's just one.







Bruce Moxon

More Please.

[brucemoxon]

Originally posted by Lee Nicolle

More Please.

Greedy much?

Oldest car racing - the 1926 Talbot-Darracq



Heard a loud noise, looked up. Planes are had to photograph, in my experience.






Bruce Moxon

[Alan Cox]

The following selection is for two recent posters on this thread who, if you can believe it, can never get enough of a certain 1950s Grand Prix car of Modenese extraction. Who can blame them? More photos from Spa 1992.

Jeremy Agace brought his 250F for the first time - and it didn't look as though his crew had practiced offloading it before!




Nigel Corner's ex-Fangio Monaco GP-winner (they appear to be using a starter motor as a wheel-chock)


Burkhard von Schenk's car, with Corner's in the background


Jeffrey Pattinson's ex-Moss version


And if too many red cars give you a headache, Sally Marsh's ERA R1B

[Barrie Hobkirk]

Thanks from Canada and Good Night.

[Alan Cox]

Oulton Park 1974 - Richard Seaman meeting

Ray Fielding leads Alan Cottam

Sir John Venables-Llewelyn. R4A

Michael Glass. R2A

Soft-focus* Alan Cottam. Maserati 250F

* Actually "out-of-focus"

[Chris Frizell]

Hi all, I have posted some pics from the 2008 Phillip Island Classic on my home page...The address is

http://web.me.com/th...te/Welcome.html

I will put some more up from this years event when I get some time...java script:smilie(';)')

Cheers,

Chris ;)

[elansprint72]

Originally posted by Alan Cox
Oulton Park 1974 - Richard Seaman meeting

Look at the state of the track! I'm guessing this is Knicker brook pre-chicane, taken from the sand-hill ("Clay Hill")? The corner looks sharper than I recall.

[Odseybod]

Some happy snaps from yesterday's VSCC Spring Start meeting at Silverstone. Seemed to have one of the largest ever crowds in attendance, plenty of interesting cars and the sun even shone. Well done VSCC.


The hot seat of Nick Wigley's Cooper T51.



Crib sheet for a queer box?



Sam Stretton's Alta Sports - one of the fruits of VSCC's new policy to encourage standard and mildly modified sports cars onto the programme.



A splendid display of 3 litre Sunbeams.



Richard Attwood gave the single-seater Aston DBR4 one of its few race victories.



BRM P261 - from the days when Grand Prix cars could be called pretty.



Christopher Williams' Napier Bentley keeps the tyre companies in business.

[Alan Cox]

Nice photos, Tony. Pleased to hear that the meeting was a success in attracting a good crowd.

[David McKinney]

Best VSCC Silverstone for years, in terms of quality and quantity of entry and some darned good racing

[MODE]

Spa, the 2009 RMU event, yesterday :

http://www.vimeo.com/4339320

[Speedy27]

Originally posted by MODE
Spa, the 2009 RMU event, yesterday :

http://www.vimeo.com/4339320

Thanks for sharing this footage. There is nothing to beat the sound of a Cosworth - except just maybe a Ferrari flat 12 Boxer engine!

[bradbury west]

More shots from Silverstone VSCC.

A6GCSzagato

alfa

alfa spl

Bentley brake

Bentley brake.

Corvette

Elva

Fraser nash

Triumph Free Flow

Free Flow

1937? Jensen 3.5ltr dual cowl, 4 door, suggested with 4.5 ltr engine

OSCA, not over-restored

Riley

Stanley Steamer

Sunbeam GP engine

MG Y type coupe, last Y chassis ex MG, Dick Jacobs spl. glassfibre bodywork, XPAG engine
All photos copyright Roger Lund

[elansprint72]

One more from LMC last year.