Britcar 24 hr

[AstonGeoff]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

What's the advantage or disadvantage now for Silverstone of running the old circuit as opposed to the new one?

Circuit hire is probably cheaper, and as the Bridge Circuit is slightly shorter they'll need slightly less Marshalls.

In the past the refuelling has been done in the support race assembly area which would probably have caused problems using the Arena Circuit, but it's being done in the pits this year, so no problem there.

[AstonGeoff]

Originally Posted by Britcar David

Hope the mods don't mind a blatant plug!

The Britcar 24hrs is only 3 weeks away and we've got a special offer for any of you who want to come and bring their car to the circuit.

Special discounted tickets and unrivalled access throughout the whole weekend including the chance to take your car for a parade on the historic Bridge GP circuit before the main race gets underway.

For details check the website at: http://www.britcar24hr.co.uk/carclub

hhhmmm, nice offer, but it expired on the 4th September! I guess that's a typo....

[stuart thompson]

Britcar David, do you know when we will hear back about the original ticket offer?

[brands]

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

Britcar David, do you know when we will hear back about the original ticket offer?

My tickets and car pass arrived in the post today

[stuart thompson]

Tickets came today

[d.rocky]

Tickets fell through the hole in the door this morning!
Rollcentre FTW!

[TheNewBob]

Originally Posted by d.rocky

Tickets fell through the hole in the door this morning!
Rollcentre FTW!

How rude, they could at least have put them through the letterbox!

[d.rocky]

i know right!
wish the website was a bit more active, like an entry list...

[stuart thompson]

It's always a bit slow, i think in previous years they put a provisional entry list in the week leading up to the race.

[AstonGeoff]

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

It's always a bit slow, i think in previous years they put a provisional entry list in the week leading up to the race.

Yup, we all know that entry lists change right up to the moment the eventy starts, but it would be nice to have an idea of the depth and quality, and quantity of course!

[rich_cooper]

Would be nice to see a time schedule soon aswell so i can decide what sort of time to go down on saturday and what is on track and when

[stuart thompson]

Even the Silverstone Website haven't put a timetable up yet. Must be soon.

[brands]

Found this

http://www.porscheclubmotorsport.co....810%281%29.pdf

[stuart thompson]

Cheers Looks like I'll be getting there for around 11:30 on Friday.

[brands]

Found a slightly amended timetable, issued today

http://www.brscc.co.uk/2010/timetable/TT_SS_24hrs.pdf

[courageous]

http://www.britcar24hr.co.uk/cms/e10...910_-_1001.xls

Entry list

[Speed-King]

Numbers and variety are good - I am a bit surprised by the almost complete lack of Porsches, though.

Also: What's the performance envelope for the "GT4"-class? On the one hand, there's Thorne's M3 GT3 in there and then there's Seat Supercopas, with a good number of real GT4-cars in between. Seems hardly fair to me.

[stuart thompson]

Bit suprised with Strata 21/ Paul White as they have been running to good effect the ex ALMS and latterly Strakka M3 GTR that ran so well in the 24hrs in 08 recently. But are entered in a Mosler. Also no Paragon 911 RSR.

[d.rocky]

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

Bit suprised with Strata 21/ Paul White as they have been running to good effect the ex ALMS and latterly Strakka M3 GTR that ran so well in the 24hrs in 08 recently. But are entered in a Mosler. Also no Paragon 911 RSR.

Mosler is a good choice, did win it the first year.
looking foward to seeing the aquilla cr1 racing, i think its a great looking looking car. sort of mini LMP coupe.

[stuart thompson]

That is a fantastic looking car. I saw it last year at the Into the night race at Brands last year. It makes a fantastic noise with its Corvette 7l engine but maybe a bit fragile, it didn't last long at Brands.

[AstonGeoff]

Timetable, Entry List and Garage Plan can be found at http://britcar24hr.co.uk/cms/e107_pl...php?content.53

I'm guessing that the red entries in the Garage Plan are provisional entries, would be even better if they firmed up!

[monopoly]

Regarding the course layout.. if I recall correctley, in previous years much of the track was not open to spectators anyway.. so it might not make that much difference to visitors anyway

[stuart thompson]

The whole course is open during the day, they only close the farther out bits when it gets dark for safety reasons.

[monopoly]

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

The whole course is open during the day, they only close the farther out bits when it gets dark for safety reasons.

That would make sense, I went to go for a walk in the middle of the night and the chap in the orange told me the circuit was closed from copse to bridge... though I do seem to recall disappearing off into the darkness anyway to walk round the track, but I've normally had a few medicinal slugs from the hip flask by the time the nightime mist descends - and as such I can't even remember which year it was I've been in '06, '07, '08 and the disappointing '09 500. Looking forward to a full length race

[stuart thompson]

Yeah I found out in 08. Our group had ventured out at the start, then got a phone call from a couple of others who had popped back to the car for supplies and were not allowed to re-join us.