Phoenix Park 2007.

[F.O.F.]

yeah there were plenty of spectators around.don't even mention the joggers!"hmm? someone seems to have put a fence in my way...and who are all those orange people shouting at me?no bother,i'll just turn up my i-pod and keep on running"

Originally Posted by EvilPumpkin

The Park will always be free - has to be - you can't charge admission to the Phoenix Park!

then who did i pay 65 euro for a ticket to the the chilli peppers,nobody has been able to explain to me how they can do that

[EvilPumpkin]

Ah well that's entry to an enclosed area - same way they can charge admission for the zoo!

[Motormouth]

Yeah, I remember helping the marshals with crowd control with my Dad in about '84 and being abused by joggers when I stopped them running onto the back straight!! One of them told me I broke his stride.....better than his legs I remember thinking but I wasn't quite as mouthy back then!!!
As for the apparentl lack of spectators, the place was packed, just that the biggest crowds are at the first and last corners, and the cameras shoot from above them so you can't see them! And the circuit is the seame as it was in '95, except for the addition of the chicane.
The RPM coverage is rolling out from last week onwards on Motors TV and Sky Sports and has been doubled in length (since the UTV version)from 23 to 48 mins per programme, well worth watching!!

[Jennifer_ni]

I think i can beat all your jogger storys, i got a guy cycling along the path in the breaking zone for the fury glen with a pack of fiats comming towards him this year. He had the cheek to ask us to stop shouting at him and went and complained to the garda on the corner that myself and another marshal had shouted at him and dragged him accross the circuit and all he was doin was cycling home lol!!

[EvilPumpkin]

I still say you should have got the park rangers to shoot him! He looked rabid to me!

[davyboy]

To be fair, The Park doesn't draw the same amount of spectators that it did back in the mid to late 1970s. There were stories of up to 100,000 people crammed into the Hawthorn circuit and I remember as a kid in 1978/1979 being 3 deep on the run down to Ratra during the Atlantic race. I guess that may be what people are referring to by a fall off in spectators, don't know.

That said, its a brilliant testamony to the efforts of everyone involved in organizing the event that we even have The Phoenix Park races at all in recent years.

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by Motormouth

The RPM coverage is rolling out from last week onwards on Motors TV and Sky Sports and has been doubled in length (since the UTV version)from 23 to 48 mins per programme, well worth watching!!

Looks like we only got the 23min version on Sky-World Motorsports.Will have to look out for RPM on Motors TV-they usually only cover rallies.
Another question;anyone know anything about a Sylvie Mullins? Not on my database of female drivers but apparently finished 3rd at PPk in Libre race in F.Opel.

[Jennifer_ni]

Sylvie Mullins i could be wrong but i think She is acctually a He!!

[Graz]

Sylvie Mullins is indeed a 'he' and was driving a F3 Ralt RT33. Should probably have won on Saturday.

[MagnetON]

Originally Posted by EvilPumpkin

The Park will always be free - has to be - you can't charge admission to the Phoenix Park!

Damn, there goes my plan to set up a Ten-Tenths Ticket Booth next year!

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by Graz

Sylvie Mullins is indeed a 'he' and was driving a F3 Ralt RT33. Should probably have won on Saturday.

Thanks-had never seen the name Sylvester(as in Stalone)shortened to 'Sylvie' before

[Motormouth]

Originally Posted by Rob29

Looks like we only got the 23min version on Sky-World Motorsports.Will have to look out for RPM on Motors TV-they usually only cover rallies.
F.Opel.

I saw one of the Park programmes last Saturday on Motors and it was definitely the extended one. When we did the (extended) voiceover it was supposed to be for Sky Sports and Motors TV, I'll check it out.......

[Rob29]

Just seen the Motors TV version and it contained no part of the Sky WMS version.A third episode is promised for next week with Spikers,Vees,etc not yet seen!
Todays coverage great with in can shots from historic sports.Still baffled why I can't see any spectators or marshals.Racing between unprotected trees I am sure would not be allowed anywhere else?

[blackfalcon]

Most of those trees were protected with a straw bale

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by blackfalcon

Most of those trees were protected with a straw bale

Those on the straight I saw from the in car footage certainly were not.Black plastic covered bales seemed to be mainly protecting the antique lamposts one of which was demolished.

[EvilPumpkin]

Originally Posted by Rob29

Just seen the Motors TV version and it contained no part of the Sky WMS version.A third episode is promised for next week with Spikers,Vees,etc not yet seen!
Todays coverage great with in can shots from historic sports.Still baffled why I can't see any spectators or marshals.Racing between unprotected trees I am sure would not be allowed anywhere else?

The majority of trees had bales or erectecell. As for the missing marshals, I can assure you there were a lot of us there - but it's been my experience that most motorsport programmes have a piece of kit called "the marshallator" that removes anything orange!!!

Check out Con Connolly's fab collection of 2007 Park Pics which show ample evidence of tree protection, marshal presence and spectator presence as well as some great racing shots!