I must have been just a little to your left, Edward. I was looking to my left at the time, heard a noise from the right and turned to see the Dolomite barrel-rolling towards me. As you say, an unforgettable experience - we were all very worried on Gerry's behalf at the time.

I was in the Stowe Grandstands and heard the crash off to my left; I saw the Dolly in mid-air but it was (a) too far away to have taken a photo, and (b) too horrific for me to raise the camera, I just sat and watched with my mouth open!

:\

We're talking motive power here, aren't we Dan? HAAs passes me by but MGR stood for merry-go-round and referred to the coal trains. They were generally 47 hauled along the West Cumbrian coast line when I was a spotty teenage spotter.....

Thats it Rob, don't know what HAA stood for, but the last 'A' was for 'Airbraked'. Some wagons last letter code was 'V' for Vacuum braked. Did you get the odd Whistler too on MGRs on your line?

Read all about it HAA - The Wagon That Powered The Nation http://www.c58lg.co.uk/html/mgr_haa_history.html

Hi
AMOC paddock 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mvef3TTICs

AMOC race day 86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Tu-7Jghcc

Gold cup 87 practice


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owX8J45D1jI

Historic f1 88 I think??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVnKdR3-lOI

cheers
Steve.

So you were posting on here today then Steve.
That's why when I climbed the stairs to the OP Media Centre - gagging for a brew - you weren't there.
Believe it, or not, I wasn't familiar with the geezer in charge, so went thirsty.

Hi Ian
Sorry about that
Had to go to a wedding....
The Geezer wot you saw was Dave Louden the motor bike press man.
Promise to make it up to you next time your there
Cheers mate
Steve.

Hi
Monroe prod saloons 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jV5ZKIyGg
Cheers
Steve.

To celebrate the fact that my wife has found a pack of my photos some 20 years after they last saw the light of day and this is my 1000th post here are a couple of shots from the rediscoverd pack......



Although this Chevron B8 claims it has Roly Nix on board, looking at the helmet I think it is in fact Simon Hadfield



However this is Mike Smith

PAR

Just a couple of points:

1) Phil it's your 1,002nd post
2) I am sure the driver of the Sierra is a Wayne Kerr.

It was his 1,000th post at the time he posted, Steve (he's since posted twice more on other threads).

Ah! So the number is cumaltive and does not reflect the sequence. That's a pity.

For one millisecond you had me going there young Stephen

PAR

You're slipping!

One or two more from the vaults...




A couple to whet Mallory Dan's appetite early on a Monday morning. It's 1981. Ian Taylor (Tiga FA81) and Ray Mallock (Ralt RT4) were passing through Lodge Corner almost as quickly as Tainted Love and, inexplicably, The Birdie Song were storming up the charts.


Whose line is it anyway? Martin Longmore, Willie Moore (later to land on his head, see much earlier post), John Booth and Dave Scott negotiate Coppice during the summer of 1980, when Donington Park's track licence was less of a headline issue.


Coppice again: Don Hardman leads Tony Trevor (wrong...), Keith Watson, Bob Juggins and Martin Ochiltree.


Mike Pendlebury (Diva GT). There is circumstantial evidence to suggest he'd watched the FF1600 race.


Derek Walker (Skoda), Walter Robertson (DFVW) and a testimony to the taste of Everards.


Little did Eric Walker (Ginetta G4), David Preece (E-type) and Alexander Boswell (Cobra) realise that the intensity of their duel would, 29 summers hence, earn them a place on TNF.

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One or two more from the vaults...





Whose line is it anyway? Martin Longmore, Willie Moore (later to land on his head, see much earlier post), John Booth and Dave Scott negotiate Coppice during the summer of 1980, when Donington Park's track licence was less of a headline issue.



Love the trackside banner of the "old" Motoring News.

Whose line is it anyway? Martin Longmore, Willie Moore (later to land on his head, see much earlier post), John Booth and Dave Scott negotiate Coppice during the summer of 1980, when Donington Park's track licence was less of a headline issue.



Love the trackside banner of the "old" Motoring News.

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Also some guy on his stag do looks to have been tied to a scaffolding pole by his over exuberant mates

PAR

I'll have you know, on this grimmest of mornings, Mr SA and PAR, that I cut my teeth on both MN and Everards Beacon. But I never owned any Chamtex boots.

Is that John Gaisford taking pictures of the back of the cars?

Alan

I think you are correct.

Just been sorting out some programmes and found you on the front cover !!



PAR

I had to look carefully

Who is driving PRS No: 22?

Ian Slater

I should have known that

I got in front of him occasionally.

Remember the day that Alfa had splitter issues and flounced off home from the BTCC meeting at Oulton?

Here Ian Slater is about to part company with a section of his PRS



He must be "on the pace" to keep up with Messers Eccleston, Peacock and Margerison



Malcolm Barfoot rues the day he allowed Ian Smith to tamper with the "set up" on his Crossle, while Brian ( Bryan ?) Mullarkey decides which side he will pass the ensuing accident



PAR

One more of Mr Slater............this time in the midst of a squabbling pack of Formula E cars in 1989



PAR

I think you may find a Le Mans winner amongst that pack of scoundrels!

PAR

Yep.

He used to turn up with his car in the back of a Sprite Muscateer caravan - How times have changed.

Simon has just asked me to point out it isn't him

OK I give up - you've stumped me. My first thought was Guy Smith, but he seems to have stayed in karts until 1991.

Interesting how they all have white helmets!

Mike Newton - LMP2 winner in 2006 (8th overall).

Mike, being an electronics whiz kid developed a 4 wheel steering system on the Hawke. Rob Wilson tested it and was reasonably impressed. Unfortunately the RAC banned it before it could be taken any further.

You can see the brass coloured actuator bars on the rear suspension in this pic.



I've no idea why I'm looking in my mirrors as though I'm about to block Mike - He was one of the good guys!

Looks like Tony Trimmer in a Fittipaldi F8 at Oulton...so it could be the British F1 Championship Round held
there the 9 Apr 1982, which Tony won.

By giraffe138 at 2009-01-08

Tony tooling up 12 years earlier at Oulton to do battle in the British Empire Trophy with his F3 Brabham BT28.

Apologies if these are rather more recent than is strictly neccessary, but I hope no one minds.... I only started watching on the circuits when I moved to Merseyside in 1990, so I have nothing prior to that, but I still felt like joining in..... Feel free to tell me to sling my hook with such modern nonsense.

So, MG Cockshoot Cup from Oulton Park, a staple of many of my formative meetings.

Paul Clarence, 21st July 1990



Unfortunately I didn't update my programme on 10th June, 1995, but 78 is Ian Wright, car 72 is the Class B Midget of Nigel Minay and 71 is Robert Nettleton



I'm struggling even more here - 54 is Mark Ashworth but I'm looking for expert help on the others....



Not many of these raced alongside the B's and Midgets - this is Jonathan Brown on 29th August 1992



Phil Howden heading for Deer Leap on 21st July, 1990

I'll take a wild stab in the dark here.
Is the No.74 car John Hewitt?

You on a fag-break Diz?

Always a rapid peddler in the BARC (NW ) Special GT Championship, Howard Hunt realises he can afford new bonnet straps if he manages to reduce rear tyre wear.......





PAR

Here's a funky oldie, 1974 and I forgot where!



Is there a way to acknowledge and comment on a posted photo without reposting the thing three or four times? Must be a memory nightmare for the forum

Looks a bit like Oulton Park.

I don't think it matters how many times a photo is repeated as it's coming from the same source.

...assuming everybody's on broadband these days

Your PC will only download a particular image once per page David, even it appears four time on that page.

Terrific picture!

The Stiller 74B with Bev Bond still as the driver (he's there on the far right disappearing out of shot) and just before Alan Jones replaced him and the car took on the F2 works-type chisel nose and side radiator arrangement.

I reckon it's Oulton Park as well - therefore the last race Bond had with the team as Jones split from the Multiglide team after practice, having failed to complete a misfire-free lap (if that makes sense)...

The Cockshoot Cup celebrated 25 years at Oulton last Saturday (9th). Some of the cars pictured are still racing! Will have a chat with some friends and see who else we can identify...



DC

I'll bet it didn't to AJ!

Back to the March picture - those Melmag wheels are so evocative of 1972-1974. They were a very clever design, but the technology to make them consistently was not freely available in those days.

I can clearly remember (as a callow 18-year old youth) inflating a Token F1 tyre to 40psi plus, to get it to pop out to the edge of the wheel. The tiny workshop evacuted in seconds, anticipating the catastrophic failure of the bonding.

It must have been one of the better wheels - it lived to fight another day...

Can anyone tell me anything about the Mitsui Yamaha Sponsorship on Trimmers car?

Mo

Hello Chaps,

My name is Harry Stevenson, Brian Stevenson's son, i noticed a few photographs of his Mk 4 Davrian on here circa '77, im curious to know if anyone else has some shots of him in his prime to add to the collection we have.

Thanks,

Harry