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Abingdon ‘09

Paul Willies — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:09:16 +0000

I think this was probably my first visit to an airshow of any sort since I was about 10! While it wasn’t exactly a big show it did provide a decent variety to shoot, including a rather impressive aerobatic glider display.

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Springtime Raceday - Castle Combe

Paul Willies — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:00 +0000

The Castle Combe weather returned to its normal cold, grey, drizzly and windy state for Bank Holiday Monday’s meeting. The Husqvarna Springtime Raceday saw good sized grids again, this time the visitors being the Ma5da Championship, Production BMWs and LMA Saloons.

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More to follow in the gallery.

Easter Monday - Castle Combe

Paul Willies — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:49:49 +0000

In contrast to the previous day’s trip to Thruxton, Easter Monday at Castle Combe involved warm sunshine, decent crowds and some exciting racing. The 750 Motor Club provided this week’s guest championships and as ever were excellent value… especially the ever entertaining Stock Hatches.

Here’s a selection of highlights…

Gallery to follow shortly.

Paul

A dull day at Thruxton

Paul Willies — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:08:19 +0000

As the title suggests, this wasn’t the most thrilling of days, with the racing being as dull as the grey skies that appeared as I crossed the border in to Hampshire.

Not the best of days photographically either, but the kerbs at the chicane provided a bit of entertainment I came away with a few shots that were passable.

Gallery to follow shortly.

Paul

Alfaholics - Combe ‘09

Paul Willies — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:11:30 +0000

Another year, another Alfaholics trackday to give me a reason to dust off the camera after the winter break. As now seems to be the norm for this event, we were graced with blue skies, fluffy white clouds and warm sunshine… probably the last time we’ll see that at Castle Combe for the rest of the year I suspect.

Not much else to say here really, other than to show some nice looking cars (click the thumbnails for larger versions) …

See the gallery for the rest of the day’s shots.

Paul

Goodwood Revival - Saturday

paul.willies — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:50:52 +0000

A last minute decision saw me make my first visit to the Goodwood Revival on Saturday. I don’t think it’ll be my last visit either… it was probably the most enjoyable day of racing I’ve seen in ages.

The sun was a royal pain in the a**e, cutting the useable angles down for most of the day. I shouldn’t complain about good weather though, we don’t get it often!

Here’s a few to give a flavour of the track action (as usual, click the thumbnails for bigger images);

1. First race of the day, the Goodwood Trophy and a 1936 Parnell-MG

2. Same race, this time though it’s the winner in his ERA

3. Tiny 500cc Formula 3 from the Earl of March Trophy

4. The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy was a two-rider affair. This may be Jeremy McWilliams, but could equally be somebody I’ve never heard of!

5. Practice for the TT, with a nice Cobra down at Lavant.

6. From left to right; Tiff Needell, Derek Bell, Emanuele Pirro in the very entertaining St. Mary’s Trophy.

7. Shiny V12 Lagonda down at Fordwater

8. A nice Ferrari 750 Monza at Lavant as the sun goes down

9. And finally, sunset over the Lavant granstands

LMS 1000km Silverstone - Saturday

paul.willies — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:58:42 +0000

I took a trip over to the concrete wastelands of Silverstone on Saturday (I think that’s twice this year now… far more than my usual quota) to catch a spot of LMS practice/quali.

It turned out to be quite pleasant weather, although the constantly changing cloud/sun combination made things a little awkward.

Here’s a few (click the thumbnails for larger versions);

and to finish, a very pink THP Spider

… and one from the classics

Gold Cup ‘08

paul.willies — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:38:17 +0000

Another HSCC event, this time up at the quite picturesque Oulton Park in Cheshire. Despite it being a Bank Holiday weekend, things stayed (mostly) dry with a smattering of sunshine from time to time.

Here’s a selection, click the images for larger versions…

I got rather lucky here, catching the crash that stopped the DBT race on Saturday. Driver was fine, car looked very second hand.

Bikes @ Combe

paul.willies — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:43:13 +0000

Spent a couple of hours at a pretty sparsely populated Combe this afternoon for the annual bike visit.

Not the most thrilling of meetings, but enough to keep me interested for a few hours.

Here’s a selection (click the images for bigger versions)…

Classic Carnival

paul.willies — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:08:04 +0000

Castle Combe hasn’t exactly been a regular fixture in my calendar this year, but the ‘Classic Carnival’ looked interesting enough to pay a visit for a few hours on Sunday.

Thankfully the rain held off until the end of the meeting, but the heavy cloud meant the light was pretty flat for most of the day. On the plus side, that makes shooting through the fence at Camp possible.

Here’s a selection (click the thumbnails for larger images);