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Originally Posted by ss_collins
not sure that before snet the willhire wasn't at stone?
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Willhire was and still is (although now part of the Arriva Group) a Vehicle Rental Company based in East Anglia with it's original HQ only a few miles from Snet at Barton Mills on the A11 and all the original Willhire 24hr Meetings were only held at Snetterton and run by the BRSCC-EA centre.
Snett certainly has the most experience in the UK of running 24hr Willhire & 2CV races and night races for the Avon Tour of Britain series of events, BTCC night races and hopefully in November a Britcar nightrace.
Even Mr. Tucker has stated recently that the spiritual home of the Willhire is and always will be Snett.
I would also suggest that when considering light signals for silverstone someone considers using the same system used earlier this year at the BARC Snet 2CV's 24hr, with the provision of flashing or stationary yellow lights combined with a red if required at flag points, with the addition of the led style light sabre sticks which provided marshals with the ability to show a waved yellow and which also contained a torch and an electronic whistle to alert other posts or marshals trackside. Certainly all the drivers seemed to be very complimentary of the combined nighttime "flagging" light system.