Ma5da MX5 club racing at Brands yesterday

[delS1]

With six MX5 races in one day it was bound to be exiting, and it was the rest of the racing was pretty good too.
anyhow, a couple of my pics















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCKyjMuF580

a few more from the day,

http://www.inmotionimages.co.uk/portfolio212290.ht...

Cheers

delS1

Edited by delS1 on Wednesday 17th August 20:49

[Munter]

Always looks close!

I've been watching some of the races online.

Theres a link near the top left of the page takes you through to videos of the season. They have not got Brands up yet. Not sure how long it takes them to edit it all but you already saw Brands!

http://www.ma5daracing.com

[lol1]

It will be shown on Motors TV on 24th August and then will be shown on the web site.

[BertBert]

delS1 said:

With six MX5 races in one day it was bound to be exiting, and it was the rest of the racing was pretty good too.

I've done exactly that! I hope his day didn't end as badly as mine did! Certainly was exit-ing!!
Bert

[lol1]

BertBert said:

I've done exactly that! I hope his day didn't end as badly as mine did! Certainly was exit-ing!!
Bert

Darren was the guy driving the car and as he came back onto the track I just missed him. He had a broken steering rack I think as he turned into paddock.

[delS1]

lol1 said:

It will be shown on Motors TV on 24th August and then will be shown on the web site.

Long shot, but is this you taking to the grass lol1?



delS1

[lol1]

No Del. I am car 19, green with yellow strip down the middle.

[Munter]

Just got to the snetterton videos...

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCy9q_dKp0

[delS1]

lol1 said:

No Del. I am car 19, green with yellow strip down the middle.

Ah ok, this might be you then, I took so many pics on Sunday I thought I must have at least a couple of your car.

Edited by delS1 on Wednesday 17th August 20:47

[delS1]

Munter said:

Just got to the snetterton videos...

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCy9q_dKp0

+1 I assume/hope the driver is ok

delS1

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delS1 said:

+1 I assume/hope the driver is ok

delS1

That looks savage. 2s into the video you see him driving down the straight and can clearly see he is too high in the car, part of his head is outside the cage. It could have been a lot worse!

[lol1]

delS1 said:

Ah ok, this might be you then, I took so many pics on Sunday I thought I must have at least a couple of your car.

Edited by delS1 on Wednesday 17th August 20:47

Yup thats me del. Bit of a bad weekend for me really. Was expecting to quali in the top ten and get a top 5-7 finish but a badley shaved set of tyres meant I had to quali on new tyres without any heat cycles in them. Like driving on ice and only managed to quali 20th.
Any chance of copies of the photo's as they will go well on next seasons sponsor package.


Regarding the accident at Snetterton his name is Mark Leach and it was his 1st race in the championship and as far as I know he has multi fractures to his arm and a bruised lung but is on his way to recovering.

[delS1]

lol1 said:

Yup thats me del. Bit of a bad weekend for me really. Was expecting to quali in the top ten and get a top 5-7 finish but a badley shaved set of tyres meant I had to quali on new tyres without any heat cycles in them. Like driving on ice and only managed to quali 20th.
Any chance of copies of the photo's as they will go well on next seasons sponsor package.


Regarding the accident at Snetterton his name is Mark Leach and it was his 1st race in the championship and as far as I know he has multi fractures to his arm and a bruised lung but is on his way to recovering.

YHM

[deviant]

1 said:

That looks savage. 2s into the video you see him driving down the straight and can clearly see he is too high in the car, part of his head is outside the cage. It could have been a lot worse!

Is there not a 50mm below the cage rule in the UK? Here in Aus the top of your helmet has to be 50mm below the bottom of the roof bars / main hoop in an open vehicle and as of next year closed cars are counted in that.

This is a massive PITA to achieve in an MX5 so mine has a hardtop on it and is log booked as a closed car but that wont work next season so some lateral thinking and chin scratching is going to be required soon!!

[HereBeMonsters]

Ew. You can see his arm flailing around out of the car. Squish.

[Z3MCJez]

Munter said:

Just got to the snetterton videos...

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCy9q_dKp0

In Caterham racing, arm restraints are compulsory. I can see why.

Best wishes to the driver - I see he's posted on the video itself that he's recovering - good to hear - big smash.

Jez