Ooooooh! Magic!

I stood next to a real-life Lotus 49 on Sunday. Less than a foot away I was! Some of the magic obviously rubbed off - I'm 5 seconds faster than anayone ever at all the track in GPL! :o) -- Rob Swindells I'm never wrong, only wronged

Can you read all the swear words going thro my mind right now? ;) Lucky ***. :)

So did I, I'm assuming you were also at the autosport international show at the NEC(UK). Did you find the BRM sitting in the BAR pit garage, not sure which year it was from but it was very similar to the one in GPL. There were no ropes or barriers around it so you could have a good look round.Great video of villenueve driving the brabham I just had to stand there and watch it a couple of times. Didnt get tickets for the thunderdrome cos I didnt pre book as I live about 10 mins from the NEC and I really wanted to see those group Bs in action :(

Hehe, yeah it was the Autosport Show. I think that Brabham in the BAR pit was from the 1966 season, if it's the same car featured in the magazine a few weeks ago. I was there mainly to find out about this new Rockingham facility, but I was there only on Sunday and the stand was a bit lame. But they were running the final stages of the '99 Daytona 500 on video so I watched that :) I was a bit miffed when they ran a video of the 1999 IRL (I'm not a fan) Indy 500 infront of Tony Kanaan's Champcar! Disgraceful, IMO :) I also got to turn the right-rear wheel of Michael Andretti's 1999 Swift Champ Car - those cars look amazing.

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> So did I, I'm assuming you were also at the autosport international show at > the NEC(UK). Did you find the BRM sitting in the BAR pit garage, not sure > which year it was from but it was very similar to the one in GPL. There were > no ropes or barriers around it so you could have a good look round.Great > video of villenueve driving the brabham I just had to stand there and watch > it a couple of times. > Didnt get tickets for the thunderdrome cos I didnt pre book as I live about > 10 mins from the NEC and I really wanted to see those group Bs in action :(

-- Rob Swindells Goldline Bearings FFord Championship: http://swindells.8m.com BAR-Honda-Jacques Villeneuve-2000 Champions

If you like race cars of this era - take a trip to the Donington museum (next to the race track). They've got a fantastic collection of cars from all ages of racing. It's nearly always really quiet as well so you can get really close to the cars. - Michael

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> I stood next to a real-life Lotus 49 on Sunday. Less than a foot away I > was! Some of the magic obviously rubbed off - I'm 5 seconds faster than > anayone ever at all the track in GPL! > :o) > -- > Rob Swindells > I'm never wrong, only wronged

Well Rob,last summer I went to a vintage racing enthusiast get together,it was mainly sports cars.I was walking through the pits and saw the face of God.There before me sat a Lotus 49B,Lotus 79(Mario Andretti's winning 78 season),and Michael Schumacher's F 310b.The kind folks at the Pete Lovely Motorsports booth let the public roam around the cars,very casual for the value of the cars.All three cars took to the track at the same time,for 4 laps around Seattle International Raceway.WOW WOW WOW!After the laps,the cars drove back to the pits and I ran after them.Once again I was drooling over my shoes,when one of the mechanics was cleaning up the 310b,the steering wheel was sitting on the top of the car.I asked if I could check out the wheel,he says sure,there you go!For 2 minutes I get to play with Schumacher's 310B wheel,shifting gears,pulling in the clutch,turning the dials.Then the mechanic ask for the wheel back,pops it on the car and ask's me to help him push the car back to the stall.Needless to say my day was complete and I left with a huge smile on my face! Dave K P.S. Unfortunately the magic didn't rub off,and my LWFF never felt quite the same.

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That "BRM" was actually the car from the movie Grand Prix , it was under the Pitlane section of BAR with the name James Garner above the door. It was actually a Lotus 22 disguised to look like a BRM. I have a pic of it on http://www.ianparker1.clara.co.uk/Dcp00083.jpg from the show, and it was also in Motorsport magazine from January 2000. -- Ian Parker UKGPL League http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl == > Hehe, yeah it was the Autosport Show. I think that Brabham in the BAR pit was > from the 1966 season, if it's the same car featured in the magazine a few weeks > ago. > I was there mainly to find out about this new Rockingham facility, but I was > there only on Sunday and the stand was a bit lame. But they were running the > final stages of the '99 Daytona 500 on video so I watched that :) I was a bit > miffed when they ran a video of the 1999 IRL (I'm not a fan) Indy 500 infront of > Tony Kanaan's Champcar! Disgraceful, IMO :) > I also got to turn the right-rear wheel of Michael Andretti's 1999 Swift Champ > Car - those cars look amazing. > > So did I, I'm assuming you were also at the autosport international show at > > the NEC(UK). Did you find the BRM sitting in the BAR pit garage, not sure > > which year it was from but it was very similar to the one in GPL. There were > > no ropes or barriers around it so you could have a good look round.Great > > video of villenueve driving the brabham I just had to stand there and watch > > it a couple of times. > > Didnt get tickets for the thunderdrome cos I didnt pre book as I live about > > 10 mins from the NEC and I really wanted to see those group Bs in action :( > -- > Rob Swindells > Goldline Bearings FFord Championship: http://swindells.8m.com > BAR-Honda-Jacques Villeneuve-2000 Champions