My first visit to Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Welcome Colin
Thanks for let us see your magnificant Cobra at the last meeting
Colin Ellison said:
Hi All, im a newbie LOL, Dont know how or where to introduce myself, so ill do it here, Im Col from Blackpool, Cobracol to people that know me, normally go to many car meets around the NW my favorite event so far Silverstone Classic, with Cholmondelely Pagent of Power being a close second and BNG 2010, but looking forward to many more new favorites, maybe Le Mans Classic
Welcome Colin
Thanks for let us see your magnificant Cobra at the last meeting
Many Thanks for the compliment Russ, i will be at the Leagate on Friday again anyway, and in the cob if the weather is fine (Wuss!) LOL, hope to see you then
Colin Ellison said:Hi All, im a newbie LOL, Dont know how or where to introduce myself, so ill do it here, Im Col from Blackpool, Cobracol to people that know me, normally go to many car meets around the NW my favorite event so far Silverstone Classic, with Cholmondelely Pagent of Power being a close second and BNG 2010, but looking forward to many more new favorites, maybe Le Mans Classic
Hello and welcome from another newbie (ish) may get to Goodwood myself this year, dont think ill be getting on the track though
Sticking with the Rally theme, in 1969/70 ish the Ford rally forum rolled into Preston. Myself and a friend managed to get hold of two tickets for the event which was held at the Masonic Hall on Saul St. Stuart Turner hosted the forum and I am pretty sure that Roger Clark and or Hannu Mikkola were amongst the panellists. At 16 or 17 with little access to what was happening in the motorsport world other than sharing a copy of Motoring News much of the discussion went over our heads.
The main reason for going was to see the car that Ford had brought to the forum. A silver GT70. Ford had decided that the Mk1 Escort had been developed as far as possible and they needed a car developed specifically for motorsport and this was it here in Preston. Unfortunately Ford eventually cancelled the car when the regs changed I think.
I wish I could remember more about the event but after I passed my test it led to fifteen years following the RAC Rally around the country. Happy Days!
Ah .The golden days of Rallying with the group B of the eighties which I used to love so much.
I went to a stage at Chatsworth on hospltality one year . The twitter of the Audi S4 waste gate sticks in my memory along with flames on the overun
Mark Warburton said:
Sticking with the Rally theme, in 1969/70 ish the Ford rally forum rolled into Preston. Myself and a friend managed to get hold of two tickets for the event which was held at the Masonic Hall on Saul St. Stuart Turner hosted the forum and I am pretty sure that Roger Clark and or Hannu Mikkola were amongst the panellists. At 16 or 17 with little access to what was happening in the motorsport world other than sharing a copy of Motoring News much of the discussion went over our heads.
The main reason for going was to see the car that Ford had brought to the forum. A silver GT70. Ford had decided that the Mk1 Escort had been developed as far as possible and they needed a car developed specifically for motorsport and this was it here in Preston. Unfortunately Ford eventually cancelled the car when the regs changed I think.
I wish I could remember more about the event but after I passed my test it led to fifteen years following the RAC Rally around the country. Happy Days!
My best car event ever, by a huge margin, was Classic Le Mans 2010. I went with my bro-in- law in his TVR S1. The drive there was an adventure in itself, the whole event was amazing, much better access to paddocks & stands etc than you ever get at the regular June 24 Heures event, at much lower cost. And the sound of those GT40's !!! .......WOW! I even found I could speak French, which came as a surprise since I only learnt it in school about 50 years ago! Then we had 3 full laps of La Sarthe. It was also the biggest gathering of classic, sports & racing cars I have ever seen in my entire life. (And I am very very old!) I was so impressed with the trip that I bought my own TVR. Why should everyone else have all the fun?
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