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The Stoke Row Festival of Speed

Started by Gary C , Jun 14 2009 12:30

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#1 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 12:30

Organised by Cirrus' friend, Iain Rowley, this morning I attended the Stoke Row Festival Of Speed; a car show in aid of one of iain's local schools, to help them buy a new mini-bus. As you can see by these few photos, it was a quite amazing turn-out! Iain tried to get as many interesting road and race cars as possible, I think he achieved it!
Here are just a few photos, more to follow later. I'm sure Cirrus will fill in more details when het gets back.

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#2 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 12:34

a few more.....................

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#3 David McKinney

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 15:41

Where's Stoke Row?

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#4 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 17:03

David, it's a small village just outside Henley-On-Thames.

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#5 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 17:08

here's a few more...............

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#6 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 17:12

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#7 Cirrus

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 19:54

Just got back - knackered! As Gary said, it was a great turnout, raising a tidy sum for the school minibus appeal. Stoke Row's most famous F1 team principal turned up as well in his 300SL, and spent quite a bit of time looking at the historic cars on display.

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#8 Gary C

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 20:13

That's 'current' team principal!!

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#9 David McKinney

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 21:51

David, it's a small village just outside Henley-On-Thames.

Thanks Gary
Multimap thinks it's in Coventry

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#10 Barry Boor

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 22:07

Blimey, that's a far better turn out than Stoneleigh!

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#11 Gary C

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Posted 15 June 2009 - 06:41

and now for the road cars...............

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#12 petestenning

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Posted 15 June 2009 - 07:38

I used to be part of a competition car display at Stanborough Lakes near Knebworth some years ago we had a grass area that we used for a Gymkhana for road cars but it was used in the break to have some of the racing cars doing displays .

I actually did the Gymkhana in my Mod sports Ginetta G15 on slicks on the grass with a volenteer youngster hanging out the door doing the tricky stuff .

First we had a Morgan Supersport which drew a small crowd, then we sent in Nick Amey and his Lola T70 MK3B Coupe that increased the crowd considerably :clap:

On the static display we had a Dragster who we managed to get to run his engine lol the whole fair could hear that and people flocked in .

The display you had is very worthy of the cause and a good job well done Cirrus.

Pete

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#13 Cirrus

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Posted 15 June 2009 - 08:33

Actually, under road cars Gary could have included the Ford Model A special (third car down in his first post). The owner drove it there, straight through exhaust and all!

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#14 Cirrus

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 12:37

The 2010 edition of the SRFOS will be held on Sunday 13th June. Again, all proceeds will go to charity. One of the star exhibits this year will be Jan Biekens' superb Ferrari 156 recreation. Classic cars are invited to park on the village green (conveniently situated close to an excellent pub). Other attractions include the Delta Motorsport Pit Stop Challenge, an auction (a certain Mr Brawn has been generous) and various stalls, not to mention a very impressive collection of racing cars, both old and new to look at.

If the weather is as kind as it was last year, it should be a very enjoyable way to spend a Sunday...

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#15 delta

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 18:20

The 2010 edition of the SRFOS will be held on Sunday 13th June. Again, all proceeds will go to charity. One of the star exhibits this year will be Jan Biekens' superb Ferrari 156 recreation. Classic cars are invited to park on the village green (conveniently situated close to an excellent pub). Other attractions include the Delta Motorsport Pit Stop Challenge, an auction (a certain Mr Brawn has been generous) and various stalls, not to mention a very impressive collection of racing cars, both old and new to look at.

If the weather is as kind as it was last year, it should be a very enjoyable way to spend a Sunday...

If anyone has a classic or racing car they would like to display please contact me or Cirrus. You are very welcome or just come along for the day.The pit stop challenge involves changing a front wheel on my March that i drove at Monaco.5 in a team just for fun .Thanks in advance. Iain. Rowley.

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#16 Gary C

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:22

I'm defintely going to try and get to this one again - a great day out, typically 'English', understated, but lots of fun.

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#17 Cirrus

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 18:26

I'm defintely going to try and get to this one again - a great day out, typically 'English', understated, but lots of fun.

Maybe we could get a TNF team together for the Pit Stop Challenge?

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#18 Gary C

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 09:37

Next weekend, lads!

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#19 delta

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Posted 09 June 2010 - 08:01

Hi all the web site is up and running.www.stokerow-motorsportday.co.uk Hope to see some of you and as Cirrus said i have booked you a TNF slot in the pit stop challenge.You could have an advantage as Cirrus is the official time keeper ;)