Thursday, February 22, 2007
Gavin Seager's Website
I'm very pleased to announce the launch of Gavin Seager's website.
Gavin is a twice former Pickup Truck champion and certainly a stong contender for this year's title as well - that would make him the first driver to have won the title three times. At the moment only Nic Grindrod can beat him to that honour during this coming season and thoughts of the battle they had at Snetterton last year come to mind - Nic just getting the better of Gav on the last corner of the second race. Fantastic stuff just thinking about those two but there are other former champions - Steve Dance and Mark Willis plus the likes of Kelly-Jayne Wells, Pistol Pete Wilkinson and many more who are capable of taking the most competitive title in Europe.
Oval and Out – March 2007
The Speedway promoters have come up with a good idea which is to host some of the big individual events on neutral tracks. For example the Elite League riders’ championship will be held on a Premier league track and vice versa. This will ensure some terrific action as no one will have home advantage. It will also benefit the tracks as Premier league venues get events and coverage worthy of Elite league status.
The word is that Paul Sheard is moving from the Mazda Max5 Championship into the long circuit hot rod formula, the Super Silhouettes. Jeff Simpson is also rumoured to be having a go as well. The Pickups have been having serious talks about getting back on the telly and that can only benefit the formula. This year’s Truck dates are very good and can probably be seen elsewhere here in SC. There are two areas of focus in the Pickups – the overall championship and the oval one. The oval dates are over five rounds at Rockingham with the final being the Ovalfest which should mean a decent number of Short Circuit fans cheering on their own favourites. The last two circuit dates happen after the last oval round and this really does build to a climax as they share top billing with the big BTRA Trucks at Pembrey in Wales and then Brands Hatch.
Talking about Wales I was pleased to see that Anglesey circuit’s plans to expand have now started to happen. There will be several different configurations to race on but sadly no oval. The plans show that there are several parts of the new track where a little extra tarmac is all that would be needed to complete a short oval. One reply I had to the suggestion was: “There’s no short oval racing in Wales .” Of course not, that’s why I suggested it. Maybe one for the future then? The owner, Richard Peacock is a decent bloke with his head screwed on so who knows, one day it might happen. If you’ve never been to Anglesey circuit then I would heartily recommend it – the island is a great place to holiday and the Legends have got a two day meeting at the UK ’s most picturesque circuit at the end of June which would make it a very good time to visit.
Short oval Legends driver Brian Barlow is making the move to the long circuits this year, at least for part of the season. I understand that Brian is also continuing his involvement in rallying as well so it won’t be a full season but I look forward to seeing him in action nonetheless.
It was interesting to see that a Superstox veterans’ race was held last year at Great Yarmouth and apparently some of the old boys really got stuck in with a few cars not being able to make the following race for the regular drivers. I’m not sure if full contact racing is the order of the day for those events although as has been said many times before it’s difficult to limit contact between cars. Some of the Southern vets felt they have missed out as it was a bit far for them to go and asked if a more local one could be arranged maybe later this year? How about Arlington on one of the late season Wednesdays? What would be even better would be a vets hot rod race as well at the same meeting – maybe with the drivers using Stock Rods which are of course that much closer to the specs of the 1970s cars.
It’s good to hear that Radio Two presenter Johnnie Walker is currently writing his autobiography. Johnnie’s name kept cropping up in my earlier years – first as a pirate radio DJ and then later as a racing driver – two of my big interests. Johnnie raced in stock saloons, superstox and, I think, midgets in the late sixties / early seventies before a nasty accident in the stock cars put a halt to things. These days he presents a regular Sunday afternoon slot on Radio Two which often ties in with a drive home from the circuits.
The grand prix midgets overcame their fixture problems and have put together a very decent looking schedule which also introduces ‘regional’ points challenges as well for the first time. That’s something I speculated about a good few years ago and will hopefully encourage ‘one track’ drivers to venture elsewhere. The only problem I can see is the extra work for the club sec and of course the webmaster who will have to post four different points tables – the overall one and the three regional ones.
I recently read the views of touring car boss Alan Gow who reckons that there is too much motorsport on television. I’m not really sure it’s his place to say that – after all it was his formula that gobbled up most of the air time last year and is the only national on live terrestrial television during normal waking hours this year. What I would say is that there is a lot of motorsport coverage that is simply not up to scratch being broadcast. Some channels take absolutely anything and some of the stuff I’ve seen recently could well have been done with a couple of camcorders then edited on a home computer. These programmes do no-one any favours at all as the organisers get hooked in on the basis of a cheap appearance on the box and then won’t pay decent production companies for something which would frankly make them look better to potential sponsors and drivers. The cheap programmes also do nothing for potential spectators who might take one look and decide not to go and watch.
Ex hot rodder Sean Brown will be back on track this year in the Renault Clio cup. The championship is likely to be oversubscribed as 53 of the new cars had been sold as of early February. The entry list also includes Mike Jordan’s son Andrew.
The word is that Paul Sheard is moving from the Mazda Max5 Championship into the long circuit hot rod formula, the Super Silhouettes. Jeff Simpson is also rumoured to be having a go as well. The Pickups have been having serious talks about getting back on the telly and that can only benefit the formula. This year’s Truck dates are very good and can probably be seen elsewhere here in SC. There are two areas of focus in the Pickups – the overall championship and the oval one. The oval dates are over five rounds at Rockingham with the final being the Ovalfest which should mean a decent number of Short Circuit fans cheering on their own favourites. The last two circuit dates happen after the last oval round and this really does build to a climax as they share top billing with the big BTRA Trucks at Pembrey in Wales and then Brands Hatch.
Talking about Wales I was pleased to see that Anglesey circuit’s plans to expand have now started to happen. There will be several different configurations to race on but sadly no oval. The plans show that there are several parts of the new track where a little extra tarmac is all that would be needed to complete a short oval. One reply I had to the suggestion was: “There’s no short oval racing in Wales .” Of course not, that’s why I suggested it. Maybe one for the future then? The owner, Richard Peacock is a decent bloke with his head screwed on so who knows, one day it might happen. If you’ve never been to Anglesey circuit then I would heartily recommend it – the island is a great place to holiday and the Legends have got a two day meeting at the UK ’s most picturesque circuit at the end of June which would make it a very good time to visit.
Short oval Legends driver Brian Barlow is making the move to the long circuits this year, at least for part of the season. I understand that Brian is also continuing his involvement in rallying as well so it won’t be a full season but I look forward to seeing him in action nonetheless.
It was interesting to see that a Superstox veterans’ race was held last year at Great Yarmouth and apparently some of the old boys really got stuck in with a few cars not being able to make the following race for the regular drivers. I’m not sure if full contact racing is the order of the day for those events although as has been said many times before it’s difficult to limit contact between cars. Some of the Southern vets felt they have missed out as it was a bit far for them to go and asked if a more local one could be arranged maybe later this year? How about Arlington on one of the late season Wednesdays? What would be even better would be a vets hot rod race as well at the same meeting – maybe with the drivers using Stock Rods which are of course that much closer to the specs of the 1970s cars.
It’s good to hear that Radio Two presenter Johnnie Walker is currently writing his autobiography. Johnnie’s name kept cropping up in my earlier years – first as a pirate radio DJ and then later as a racing driver – two of my big interests. Johnnie raced in stock saloons, superstox and, I think, midgets in the late sixties / early seventies before a nasty accident in the stock cars put a halt to things. These days he presents a regular Sunday afternoon slot on Radio Two which often ties in with a drive home from the circuits.
The grand prix midgets overcame their fixture problems and have put together a very decent looking schedule which also introduces ‘regional’ points challenges as well for the first time. That’s something I speculated about a good few years ago and will hopefully encourage ‘one track’ drivers to venture elsewhere. The only problem I can see is the extra work for the club sec and of course the webmaster who will have to post four different points tables – the overall one and the three regional ones.
I recently read the views of touring car boss Alan Gow who reckons that there is too much motorsport on television. I’m not really sure it’s his place to say that – after all it was his formula that gobbled up most of the air time last year and is the only national on live terrestrial television during normal waking hours this year. What I would say is that there is a lot of motorsport coverage that is simply not up to scratch being broadcast. Some channels take absolutely anything and some of the stuff I’ve seen recently could well have been done with a couple of camcorders then edited on a home computer. These programmes do no-one any favours at all as the organisers get hooked in on the basis of a cheap appearance on the box and then won’t pay decent production companies for something which would frankly make them look better to potential sponsors and drivers. The cheap programmes also do nothing for potential spectators who might take one look and decide not to go and watch.
Ex hot rodder Sean Brown will be back on track this year in the Renault Clio cup. The championship is likely to be oversubscribed as 53 of the new cars had been sold as of early February. The entry list also includes Mike Jordan’s son Andrew.
Oval and Out – February 2007
These are worrying times as Spedeworth withdraw from Swaffham and a non-ORC organisation take on Ringwood. It’s particularly worrying for a formula close to my heart, the GP Midgets who had both tracks as regular and popular venues. The cars could of course race at Ringwood but sensibly do not want to jeopardise their own ORC status.
For those of you who think there is very little to race organisation this situation should make you think again. The promoters are struggling to find circuits and independent clubs like the Midgets are finding that their options are becoming more limited. The club’s board of control has been working harder than you would ever imagine trying to work out different options to replace the two lost venues and the last thing they want to do is upset existing promoters and the ORC.
There was good news re the opening of Warren Taylor’s circuit at Teesside although whether that turns out to be too far North for the GPMs we’ll have to see. Some good news from the class is that Midgets are expecting to announce a visit to Holland for the first time for several seasons. I welcome this as it could lead to the World and European titles having some credibility for the first time in many years. Historically the Midgets had a good mix of UK and overseas champions – more so than any other short oval formula.
Most of the national motorsport rags fill their pages over the festive season with various reviews of the previous season. I tend not to contribute to ‘opinion’ in such compilations as it would be fairly obvious that I would vote for the formulas that I work on. That’s what the X Factor judges do, isn’t it? Not that I watch it you understand… My point is that although I do get to see a lot of racing throughout the season I only do stuff I enjoy so it goes without saying that I’m gonna vote for Pickups and Legends as the best circuit formulae. One make classes come in for a lot of stick from some quarters but you have to take your hat off to the drivers that do the winning in such classes. Last month I banged on about Nic Grindrod having won the Pickup title but the fact is that the regulations are as tight as a duck’s aftermath and he started most of his races from the back of the grid. Same with Legends. Mixed grids and equal machinery gave some great racing throughout the season. The fact is that these two classes provide more overtaking and entertainment than most of the other long circuit championships in the UK put together.
There was some talk that Lee Caroline might be coming back to Pickups but sadly that’s not the case for this season at least. I guess Lee thinks it’s finished business for him – he’s still the all time top race winner and a double champion. His young son will soon be making a name for himself in Karts too so his attention will be elsewhere. The Pickups still have all the ingredients to be the UK’s most popular championship. All the former champions who raced last season will be hard at it again this year along with a number of newcomers (we’ll keep you posted over the coming months). Final fixture details are being put together at the time of writing and I am hoping that the Pickups will continue to attract more spectators at Rockingham (the racing is sensational and is as near to American oval racing as you are going to get in Europe). If you’ve enjoyed Pickups at Rockingham then I can also highly recommend a visit to one of the road course dates as well. This season will see the Pickups having more dates with the Legends and Mazda Max 5 series which means more action for race fans.
SCSA had some exciting news with ex Boyzone singer Shane Lynch joining in this year. He’s a seasoned racer having competed in the Ginetta Championship and also the British GTs. I first saw him in the Old Spice Legends guest car (at Mallory I think it was) in the Eurocar days. He did ok in the Legends but we asked him where his ambition was. “I want to drive one of the big motors,” he replied, referring to the Eurocar V8s. Well it seems he’s got there as of course SCSA came from ASCAR which was formed by Mike Schmidt as an alternative to the Eurocar V8s. Mike was a good bloke on the whole although he had very little in the way of a sense of humour. He was racing at Knockhill once and went off into the gravel which I, as commentator, promptly renamed “Schmitty litter”. He had a right go at me after the racing!
Talking of Knockhill and Scottish racing ,ex F2 man Aly Hunter has introduced a Legends Scholarship. This is actually a joint venture between the Scottish Motor Racing Club, Aly’s Scottish Legends company and Knockhill. It’s being promoted to encourage potential new race drivers, current race drivers wishing to change discipline or former race drivers contemplating a return to circuit racing to take the plunge by way of a financial incentive towards the cost of hiring a Legend for the first three rounds of this year’s SMRC Legends Championship. I wonder if this will encourage any former oval drivers to have a go on the circuits and join the likes of former oval boys Colin Noble, Gary Crawford and co? Hope so.Finally, getting back to my opening gambit this month – that of worrying stuff – I have to say that the most worrying thing of all is that in December’s issue John Hyam admitted to watching ‘Deal or No Deal’ on daytime telly. Now that really is worrying.
For those of you who think there is very little to race organisation this situation should make you think again. The promoters are struggling to find circuits and independent clubs like the Midgets are finding that their options are becoming more limited. The club’s board of control has been working harder than you would ever imagine trying to work out different options to replace the two lost venues and the last thing they want to do is upset existing promoters and the ORC.
There was good news re the opening of Warren Taylor’s circuit at Teesside although whether that turns out to be too far North for the GPMs we’ll have to see. Some good news from the class is that Midgets are expecting to announce a visit to Holland for the first time for several seasons. I welcome this as it could lead to the World and European titles having some credibility for the first time in many years. Historically the Midgets had a good mix of UK and overseas champions – more so than any other short oval formula.
Most of the national motorsport rags fill their pages over the festive season with various reviews of the previous season. I tend not to contribute to ‘opinion’ in such compilations as it would be fairly obvious that I would vote for the formulas that I work on. That’s what the X Factor judges do, isn’t it? Not that I watch it you understand… My point is that although I do get to see a lot of racing throughout the season I only do stuff I enjoy so it goes without saying that I’m gonna vote for Pickups and Legends as the best circuit formulae. One make classes come in for a lot of stick from some quarters but you have to take your hat off to the drivers that do the winning in such classes. Last month I banged on about Nic Grindrod having won the Pickup title but the fact is that the regulations are as tight as a duck’s aftermath and he started most of his races from the back of the grid. Same with Legends. Mixed grids and equal machinery gave some great racing throughout the season. The fact is that these two classes provide more overtaking and entertainment than most of the other long circuit championships in the UK put together.
There was some talk that Lee Caroline might be coming back to Pickups but sadly that’s not the case for this season at least. I guess Lee thinks it’s finished business for him – he’s still the all time top race winner and a double champion. His young son will soon be making a name for himself in Karts too so his attention will be elsewhere. The Pickups still have all the ingredients to be the UK’s most popular championship. All the former champions who raced last season will be hard at it again this year along with a number of newcomers (we’ll keep you posted over the coming months). Final fixture details are being put together at the time of writing and I am hoping that the Pickups will continue to attract more spectators at Rockingham (the racing is sensational and is as near to American oval racing as you are going to get in Europe). If you’ve enjoyed Pickups at Rockingham then I can also highly recommend a visit to one of the road course dates as well. This season will see the Pickups having more dates with the Legends and Mazda Max 5 series which means more action for race fans.
SCSA had some exciting news with ex Boyzone singer Shane Lynch joining in this year. He’s a seasoned racer having competed in the Ginetta Championship and also the British GTs. I first saw him in the Old Spice Legends guest car (at Mallory I think it was) in the Eurocar days. He did ok in the Legends but we asked him where his ambition was. “I want to drive one of the big motors,” he replied, referring to the Eurocar V8s. Well it seems he’s got there as of course SCSA came from ASCAR which was formed by Mike Schmidt as an alternative to the Eurocar V8s. Mike was a good bloke on the whole although he had very little in the way of a sense of humour. He was racing at Knockhill once and went off into the gravel which I, as commentator, promptly renamed “Schmitty litter”. He had a right go at me after the racing!
Talking of Knockhill and Scottish racing ,ex F2 man Aly Hunter has introduced a Legends Scholarship. This is actually a joint venture between the Scottish Motor Racing Club, Aly’s Scottish Legends company and Knockhill. It’s being promoted to encourage potential new race drivers, current race drivers wishing to change discipline or former race drivers contemplating a return to circuit racing to take the plunge by way of a financial incentive towards the cost of hiring a Legend for the first three rounds of this year’s SMRC Legends Championship. I wonder if this will encourage any former oval drivers to have a go on the circuits and join the likes of former oval boys Colin Noble, Gary Crawford and co? Hope so.Finally, getting back to my opening gambit this month – that of worrying stuff – I have to say that the most worrying thing of all is that in December’s issue John Hyam admitted to watching ‘Deal or No Deal’ on daytime telly. Now that really is worrying.
Oval and Out - January 2007
Another exciting year of racing has come to a close and the former short oval boys have more than held their own on the big circuits.
There were four overall champions. Good old Rod Birley dominated the Track and Race Car Championship in his Escort and I was lucky enough to see one of the later rounds when he was challenged strongly by former rallycrosser Greg Rose in his Mercedes. Anyone who thought Rod never had to race hard for his wins would have been silenced by two superb drives in the November racing.
Nic Grindrod’s win in the Pickup Truck Racing championship made him my ‘Oval and Out’ driver of the year. Pickups is such a hard championship. There can’t be a more level playing field anywhere in UK motor racing and yet he managed to defend his title without boring defensive or conservative drives. One thing that still niggles me about Pickups is that most of the drivers are ex oval racers. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy seeing the ex oval lads doing well but it I think the traditional long circuit people still look down acres of nose at it. The circuit boys are probably too scared to make the move for fear of getting thrashed. Eight out of the top ten were all ex short oval drivers. I could see the likes of the front running BTCC drivers holding their own in Pickups but of course they would have to be paid to do so which is not really what it’s all about.
Former Superstox man Neil Bray piloted his 3 litre Ford Capri to the Post Historic Touring Car title. Finally the Super Silhouette championship, which entertained us Rockingham regulars so well, went to Dave Longhurst. Well done to all four.
There were also a couple of ex oval drivers who took class titles in their respective championships. Former hot rodder Les Lyons can still be seen behind the wheel of a mk2 Escort and he won Class C of the Classic Thunder competition. Another ex Rodder, John Carding, is now racing single seaters and won the 1200cc class of the Monoposto championship.
The Legends Cars were good value throughout the year and it is a joy to report that former F1 Stox man Peter Morton won the World Championship at Sears Point in November. This is, as I am always saying, a proper World Championship and not like the pathetic short oval ones with just English and Scots. Mr Morton is the real deal having: a) travelled to the USA and b) beaten fellow UK drivers, Americans, Canadians, French, Belgians and Spaniards. Lawrence Davey did well too taking fourth place in the UK Legends Championship and also winning a heat at the World finals.
Anthony Denham (son of 70’s Superstox man Chris) was third in the Classic Clubmans championship whilst the Letts brothers, Geoff and Alan were third and fifth respectively in the Mini Se7en championship. Teenager Daniel Brown (son of hot rodder Sean) switched from T Cars to what I am guessing is the more cost effective Sax Max (stock hatch Citroen Saxo) championship and was runner up.
Last, but not least, it was good to spot the name of Ivor ‘the driver’ Greenwood in the Kirkistown Sports Car Championship taking fourth place. Ivor was probably the best Northern Irish hot rod driver never to have scooped a major title.
Looking through the entry list for a Brands Hatch meeting I spotted a familiar name, albeit one I’d not seen for quite a while. Mark Hobbs used to race in Spedeworth Formula Ones and later switched to circuit Legends Cars before taking a break for a few seasons. Mark’s now racing in the Mazda Max5 Championship which I’ve been praising highly before and it was good to catch up with him again. He’s buddied with ex Formula Vee champion Jez Clarke. Talking of the Mazda’s it was Paul Sheard who took second place in the championship. The Max 5’s will be sharing the bill with Legends and Pickups at several meetings during 2007 so I can guarantee you a good day’s entertainment at any of those.
The Brands meeting in question was also the Legends Cars tenth anniversary meeting which just really starts to make you feel old. Well actually it makes me feel old and perhaps a little jaded with motor racing in general. Politics are everywhere in the sport – from the short ovals to the so called top level on the circuits. Anyway, back to the anniversary meeting – the Smart Motorsport team (run by ex oval man Martin Davey) had been working on completing a two seater Legends Car for the organisers, 600 Racing Europe. I’m pleased to say that I was one of the lucky few who got to enjoy a passenger ride driven by former Scottish Champion Jamie Clarke. Two seater race cars have to be the ultimate white knuckle ride – especially around the ups, downs, twists and turns of Brands Hatch. Comparing it to a ride in an F3 car a couple of seasons back at Silverstone I have to say the Legends Car was much more fun. It didn’t seem that much slower although obviously there was much less grip.
The winter shows are already underway and having been to a couple of them last year I can’t really see that anything changes from year to year so it’s unlikely I’ll be parting with any hard earned to see them. I’d much prefer a proper evening’s racing at Wimbledon. Shame we can’t have more racing during the winter. Whatever your favourite formula – I hope you have a very happy and healthy 2007!
There were four overall champions. Good old Rod Birley dominated the Track and Race Car Championship in his Escort and I was lucky enough to see one of the later rounds when he was challenged strongly by former rallycrosser Greg Rose in his Mercedes. Anyone who thought Rod never had to race hard for his wins would have been silenced by two superb drives in the November racing.
Nic Grindrod’s win in the Pickup Truck Racing championship made him my ‘Oval and Out’ driver of the year. Pickups is such a hard championship. There can’t be a more level playing field anywhere in UK motor racing and yet he managed to defend his title without boring defensive or conservative drives. One thing that still niggles me about Pickups is that most of the drivers are ex oval racers. Don’t get me wrong I enjoy seeing the ex oval lads doing well but it I think the traditional long circuit people still look down acres of nose at it. The circuit boys are probably too scared to make the move for fear of getting thrashed. Eight out of the top ten were all ex short oval drivers. I could see the likes of the front running BTCC drivers holding their own in Pickups but of course they would have to be paid to do so which is not really what it’s all about.
Former Superstox man Neil Bray piloted his 3 litre Ford Capri to the Post Historic Touring Car title. Finally the Super Silhouette championship, which entertained us Rockingham regulars so well, went to Dave Longhurst. Well done to all four.
There were also a couple of ex oval drivers who took class titles in their respective championships. Former hot rodder Les Lyons can still be seen behind the wheel of a mk2 Escort and he won Class C of the Classic Thunder competition. Another ex Rodder, John Carding, is now racing single seaters and won the 1200cc class of the Monoposto championship.
The Legends Cars were good value throughout the year and it is a joy to report that former F1 Stox man Peter Morton won the World Championship at Sears Point in November. This is, as I am always saying, a proper World Championship and not like the pathetic short oval ones with just English and Scots. Mr Morton is the real deal having: a) travelled to the USA and b) beaten fellow UK drivers, Americans, Canadians, French, Belgians and Spaniards. Lawrence Davey did well too taking fourth place in the UK Legends Championship and also winning a heat at the World finals.
Anthony Denham (son of 70’s Superstox man Chris) was third in the Classic Clubmans championship whilst the Letts brothers, Geoff and Alan were third and fifth respectively in the Mini Se7en championship. Teenager Daniel Brown (son of hot rodder Sean) switched from T Cars to what I am guessing is the more cost effective Sax Max (stock hatch Citroen Saxo) championship and was runner up.
Last, but not least, it was good to spot the name of Ivor ‘the driver’ Greenwood in the Kirkistown Sports Car Championship taking fourth place. Ivor was probably the best Northern Irish hot rod driver never to have scooped a major title.
Looking through the entry list for a Brands Hatch meeting I spotted a familiar name, albeit one I’d not seen for quite a while. Mark Hobbs used to race in Spedeworth Formula Ones and later switched to circuit Legends Cars before taking a break for a few seasons. Mark’s now racing in the Mazda Max5 Championship which I’ve been praising highly before and it was good to catch up with him again. He’s buddied with ex Formula Vee champion Jez Clarke. Talking of the Mazda’s it was Paul Sheard who took second place in the championship. The Max 5’s will be sharing the bill with Legends and Pickups at several meetings during 2007 so I can guarantee you a good day’s entertainment at any of those.
The Brands meeting in question was also the Legends Cars tenth anniversary meeting which just really starts to make you feel old. Well actually it makes me feel old and perhaps a little jaded with motor racing in general. Politics are everywhere in the sport – from the short ovals to the so called top level on the circuits. Anyway, back to the anniversary meeting – the Smart Motorsport team (run by ex oval man Martin Davey) had been working on completing a two seater Legends Car for the organisers, 600 Racing Europe. I’m pleased to say that I was one of the lucky few who got to enjoy a passenger ride driven by former Scottish Champion Jamie Clarke. Two seater race cars have to be the ultimate white knuckle ride – especially around the ups, downs, twists and turns of Brands Hatch. Comparing it to a ride in an F3 car a couple of seasons back at Silverstone I have to say the Legends Car was much more fun. It didn’t seem that much slower although obviously there was much less grip.
The winter shows are already underway and having been to a couple of them last year I can’t really see that anything changes from year to year so it’s unlikely I’ll be parting with any hard earned to see them. I’d much prefer a proper evening’s racing at Wimbledon. Shame we can’t have more racing during the winter. Whatever your favourite formula – I hope you have a very happy and healthy 2007!
