CSCC Silverstone

[The Fat Clerk]

Looks like a good meeting, 330 cars and over 400 drivers, might be busy!
Se you there.

[Joyce George]

We shall be there, dozing quietly in the Safety Car!

[Alan Crook]

Not had any tickets yet, has anyone else received any from CSCC ??

[The Fat Clerk]

Yes got mine on Saturday

[The Fat Clerk]

Originally Posted by Joyce George

We shall be there, dozing quietly in the Safety Car!

I shall come and say hello.

[MDF]

Tickets arrived in this mornings post

[Joyce George]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

I shall come and say hello.

Not seen you for ages - will look forward to it.

[andy97]

I am posting th following on behalf of John Hammersely, Chairman of the CSCC, and with his permission. This comment from John first appeared on the CSCC Facebook site and is in response to the incident that caused the red flag to the Future Classics race in Sunday when a TR7 crashed heavily and caught fire. Although I was not at Silverstone on Sunday, I am sure that we all echo John's thoughts:

John says,

"I went over to see what had happened, and too make sure the driver was ok. There were only two marshals on that post, and they had to deal with one of the worst fires I have ever seen at a race track. They waded in, and nobody could have put in any more effort than they did, they got right into the fire,and even when the fire truck got there they emptied the whole contents of that before they got under control (I think the fuel pump was still running fuelling the fire, but it was so intense nobody could have got to turn it off). After it was all sorted out I went to thank them for their hard work, and all they would offer was to say a thanks to all CSCC Future Classics drivers who obeyed all flag signals, slowed and moved away from the scene and let them get on with their jobs. Unfortunately I didn't get the two marshals names, but thanks guys, without you we wouldn't go racing and it's reassuring to see professional action at work. Nice to know they also appreciate the drivers actions, and big commiserations to Alan for the loss of his car, but good to know he's OK."

[David Stallard]

I got photo's of the fire from the outside of woodcote (long stretch) where you can see the marshal's working and agree completely, the marshals were outstanding and it's incidents like this (a fire that bad is rare as hens teeth now days) that make you realise why English marshals are classed as some of the best in world - period!

I have removed the photo's from my gallery until I get the okay to put them up from the club.

Other than that and the few engine detonations it was a blinding weekend and thank you all again (from a lowly photographer).

Just a couple of snaps to make you make you smile:

Captions please. . .


Brad Pitts younger brother (their words not mine lol)


Makes a change to see Terry away from the start line. An honour as always sir


.DAVID.

[EmileNaus]

Glad the driver was ok after a nasty incident; great response from the team!
One of the other drivers in the race posted his in-car video: http://youtu.be/0qsNQo_iRqU

Apart from this, it was an excellent day with good races and lots of interesting cars.

[Rob Williams]

Originally Posted by andy97

I am posting th following on behalf of John Hammersely, Chairman of the CSCC, and with his permission. This comment from John first appeared on the CSCC Facebook site and is in response to the incident that caused the red flag to the Future Classics race in Sunday when a TR7 crashed heavily and caught fire. Although I was not at Silverstone on Sunday, I am sure that we all echo John's thoughts:

John says,

"I went over to see what had happened, and too make sure the driver was ok. There were only two marshals on that post, and they had to deal with one of the worst fires I have ever seen at a race track. They waded in, and nobody could have put in any more effort than they did, they got right into the fire,and even when the fire truck got there they emptied the whole contents of that before they got under control (I think the fuel pump was still running fuelling the fire, but it was so intense nobody could have got to turn it off). After it was all sorted out I went to thank them for their hard work, and all they would offer was to say a thanks to all CSCC Future Classics drivers who obeyed all flag signals, slowed and moved away from the scene and let them get on with their jobs. Unfortunately I didn't get the two marshals names, but thanks guys, without you we wouldn't go racing and it's reassuring to see professional action at work. Nice to know they also appreciate the drivers actions, and big commiserations to Alan for the loss of his car, but good to know he's OK."

Can I also pass on thanks to ALL of the Officials, Marshals and Circuit Staff at Silverstone over the week end. By bringing forward the back on post time after lunch we got all of the Saturday races on time even with the rain. On Sunday I still cant work out how we got the Jags out before Church Bells.
As for the Fire, It just goes to show why all marshals should have Fire Training, as first on the seen was a Flag Marshal and Post Chief, then with the back up of the other Marshals, 8 powder, 3 foam and a tender it was out in 3 1/2 to 4 mins. When you are in Race Control looking at all this going on, the only thing on your mind, is the driver out, thankfully he got out on his own.
So not only for the Fire but for the whole weekend, Thanks

Robert Williams
CSCC Clerk of the Course,
Officials and Marshals Co-ordinator