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18 Dec 2003, 09:36 (Ref:814920)
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British GT - December 17 Series Launch
Full report expected later at dsc but does anybody here have any news at all?
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20 Dec 2003, 14:48 (Ref:816820)
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Pistonheads has an article about next season, with the calendar. No Croft or Knockhill ( I guess the tracks too narrow?) even though Knockhill site has May 15/16 as a meeting. So I can only get to Donnington & Silverstone.
http://www.pistonheads.com/motorspor...7&storyId=7796 |
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20 Dec 2003, 17:21 (Ref:816940)
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Donington and Silverstone for me too, might try and get to Oulton aswell this year. Rockingham would of been the other round i would of gone to
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20 Dec 2003, 17:47 (Ref:816951)
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We went to Oulton Park (2 very long drives in one day) and was totally confused because we couldn't find the start finish line!
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20 Dec 2003, 17:57 (Ref:816954)
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I've never been to Oulton before, thats why i really want to go next year, on the map though it does look a long drive, glad i won't be driving
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Interviewer: The strategy, have you got any tortoises, any hares in the Jaguar team? Brundle: Didn’t see too many in practice
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20 Dec 2003, 19:03 (Ref:816979)
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To me (I live between Snett and Brands) the Oulton Park journey is worse than Croft! Probably it is the M6 nightmare (anyone been on the toll road). It is a great circuit though Duffacus - you'll enjoy it.
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20 Dec 2003, 19:42 (Ref:816995)
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It's a piece of cake from Nottingham. From Grantham I think it took just over two hours so from Nottingham you can take 20 mins off straight away
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20 Dec 2003, 21:02 (Ref:817037)
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I'm even more excited now! I've wanted to go for a while but we just never got round to it and it was easier to go to Donington anyway but now i'm older i finally get to go!
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Interviewer: The strategy, have you got any tortoises, any hares in the Jaguar team? Brundle: Didn’t see too many in practice
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22 Dec 2003, 07:58 (Ref:818003)
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To get to Oulton from the south or East Anglia, come off the M1 at the Donington exit (23A), then take the A50 through the outskirts of Stoke, joining the M6 at J15, just a few junctions shy of the Oulton exit. This misses the M6 Birmingham section.
Regarding the GT launch, mixed feelings, which it would be prudent only to allude to in a PM. |
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22 Dec 2003, 08:21 (Ref:818005)
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And the A50 is a super quick route now..it used to be a nightmare.
I prefer the cross country route from Stoke (A500/A51) to the M6 as that road is sooooooo unpredictable |
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22 Dec 2003, 13:04 (Ref:818171)
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The Embassy Racing site has some interesting info and seems very well presented
www.embassyracing.com Looking at the map on this site, I've just realised the farthest north this series gets is Donnington, which is 150 miles south of us. Not only that, the races are on two days commiting to at least one night in an hotel plus an early start and a late return. And the races are just sprints, not proper GT races. I can see the boss & I only going to Silverstone as it is combined with the LeMans type series and should give a really worthwhile meeting |
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22 Dec 2003, 13:07 (Ref:818175)
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Oulton is further North...in fact Mondello is too despite being a long way west
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22 Dec 2003, 19:34 (Ref:818418)
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Yeah, they are - slight overstatement; but Oulton Park took nearly 5 hours to get to 2 years ago - so it's still awkward to get to, for us.
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22 Dec 2003, 19:40 (Ref:818424)
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Well I quite lucky, I live with in an hour of Oulton and Donnington and it only takes about 2 hours to get to Silverstone, so I will be at those rounds, for sure. Thruxton is a possiblity, as it's a bank hoilday weekend. So between that and following the touring cars next year looks like it might be a busy year for me.
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22 Dec 2003, 20:10 (Ref:818445)
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Does anyone have news about the website (was temporarly down) and where to find the current calender ?
Thanx for help in advance! 
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22 Dec 2003, 20:17 (Ref:818450)
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April 3/4 Donington April 17/18 TBA May 8/9 Mondello (GT Only)* May 30/31 Snetterton June 19/20 Castle Combe July 18/19 Oulton Park August 14/15 Silverstone (& LMES) August 29/30 Thruxton October 1-3 Brands |
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22 Dec 2003, 20:30 (Ref:818460)
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what happened to Knockhill!!!
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22 Dec 2003, 20:35 (Ref:818464)
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They are only running the F3 package at Croft and Knockhill. I belive that they are not going to Knockhill as it is around the time of Le Mans PQ.
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23 Dec 2003, 15:44 (Ref:819080)
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How many cars or teams are yet confirmed in GT/GTS? |
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23 Dec 2003, 15:56 (Ref:819086)
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I think only the Lister Storm with Nicolaus Springer and Jamie Campbell-Walter piloting have been confirmed for GT though they are contemplating running two cars if they have suitably interested parties
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23 Dec 2003, 16:35 (Ref:819123)
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The Embassy team based in Wakefield are running Paula Cook and Alan Bonner in a 'Vette.
See www.embassyracing.com I haven't seen any other confirmations. The Eclipse web site www.eclipsegto.com is still showing 2003 data. I hope Shane Lynch is giving it another go, I thought he was the most improved driver this last season. It was a shame his championship hopes ended through no fault of his own. |
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23 Dec 2003, 16:56 (Ref:819147)
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Since Shane is a part owner of the team I think you can be pretty sure he'll be back in 04!
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23 Dec 2003, 20:30 (Ref:819345)
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I read that Shane was due to participate in the next I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here? Hope it doesn't clash with any races...if so we'll have to vote him out rapido
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24 Dec 2003, 22:33 (Ref:820230)
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So is Snetterton May 31 or June 6?
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1 Jan 2004, 15:57 (Ref:825188)
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any news about whats racing?
all i've heard is that lister shall return |
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