Britcar 24 hours of Silverstone [merged]

[Guinness2702]

Originally Posted by C9/89

The comment was aimed at Guiness2702, who I probably spent most of the weekend chatting to and didn't realise!

I think I know, but I don't have a good memory for hats

Originally Posted by gachjoel

were you one of the pit laners that took over from the manual recovery of the green lotus.
that pit lane doesn't look that long unless you got to push a car down it,
esp when you got other cars coming in at full tilt

The one at 1am ish? Nope, I'd just gone off duty at that point, and was actually watching from the Brooklands flag point when that happened.

[Red_08]

Did my 1st Britcar 24 in 2008 and loved the experience, the weekend, the racing, the atmosphere and the camaraderie. This year was all that in equal measure. Fantastic.

Had a different angle on it this time, doing Rescue duties, helping out with the BRSCC Mids and Silverstone crews. My thanks goes to all of them for looking after me. Their knowledge of the circuit and how things work locally was priceless.

Was great to bump into James Tucker on Friday night whilst having a beer and a social wander in the paddock with the NW Marshaling gang. He was really chatty and spent an absolute age chatting with us about the event, past, present and future. If he wants Marshals, they will follow him everywhere to be honest, top man indeed.

So, thankyou to everyone I bumped into, chatted with, waved at, the security blokes on gates who were always polite and of course the organisers and drivers for giving us an awesome weekend.

2011 .... you bet!!!

[gravel_monkey]

as everyone has already said, awful weather but amazin weekend. cheers to all the oulton boys for a crackin weekend and to all i either bumped into or annoyed. will def be back. managed to keep goin for 27hrs without sleep along with john roberts, funny trying to order breakfast at 7 in the morn while away with the fairy's. just also have to say well done to rogue motorsport in the mrs,amazing result considerin th troubles they had last time and such a small team,there crew along with every other team was really friendly with us and helped make the weekend. met rob huff and what a nice bloke, especially when he came and said hello in the paddock on sat nigt rememberin us from prev day. a big well done to hannah for gettin on the podium and a massive thanks to callum lockie, if anyone knows a contact for him could you please pm me. only ever met him breifly before but after speakin in some length on fri night he was permanantly takin the time all weekend to have a laff and a joke with us and gave us all a grat thanks from the podium at the end.

final thing well done to every marshal for getting through it, if it was your first one, the weather aint always that bad,dont let it put you off and also well done to james and hs team for a crackin event. i always sing his praises to the oulton park gang and after meeting him (even though he had been through a few drinks) i think they all know why i will support him and his team no matter what they do!

[roys1]

Originally Posted by Red_08

If he wants Marshals, they will follow him everywhere to be honest

Now that you mention it... there is a Britcar event at Donington on the 30th October with some night Qualifying on Friday 29th (evening) The GT's are having a race starting 17.00 ish and running until 20.00 ish.. and if you wished to make a full weekend then donington also has an event on Sunday 31st for Classic sports car club..
Volunteer for fri/sat to midland@brscc.co.uk and include what duty you do, etc etc.
and sunday to robert-williams@blueyonder.co.uk

[gachjoel]

from what was an amazing weekend, one thing that impressed me was the penalties handed out.
quite a few times when car recovery was taking place, the odd racing car either spun or got a bit close to the Marshals.
within a few minutes penalties were being implemented.
If the excitement of an amazing race was measured in rain,
i think we had our fair share

[Red_08]

Originally Posted by roys1

Now that you mention it... there is a Britcar event at Donington on the 30th October with some night Qualifying on Friday 29th (evening) The GT's are having a race starting 17.00 ish and running until 20.00 ish.. and if you wished to make a full weekend then donington also has an event on Sunday 31st for Classic sports car club..
Volunteer for fri/sat to midland@brscc.co.uk and include what duty you do, etc etc.
and sunday to robert-williams@blueyonder.co.uk

And now that you've mentioned it too I'd better point out that I will be there with the BRSCC NW unit as far I'm aware.

Can't wait for it too. Did the Minis in 2008 in the dark at Donington and loved it. Apart from dodging fireworks reigning down on us at Starkeys.

[Guinness2702]

Originally Posted by gachjoel

within a few minutes penalties were being implemented.

I believe the consensus in the pit lane is that there should have been less 1 lap penalties, and more stop-go penalties

Quite entertaining too, when one car served its stop-go penalty on its own. R/C (who I'm sure were overworked and had many plates to juggle, so this is not a complaint at all, it's just what happened) had failed to inform us that it was going to happen.

[deadsquirrel]

Originally Posted by Red_08

Did my 1st Britcar 24 in 2008 and loved the experience, the weekend, the racing, the atmosphere and the camaraderie. This year was all that in equal measure. Fantastic.

Had a different angle on it this time, doing Rescue duties, helping out with the BRSCC Mids and Silverstone crews. My thanks goes to all of them for looking after me. Their knowledge of the circuit and how things work locally was priceless.

So, thankyou to everyone I bumped into, chatted with, waved at, the security blokes on gates who were always polite and of course the organisers and drivers for giving us an awesome weekend.

2011 .... you bet!!!

But remember that what happen(s)/(ed) at Stowe overnight stays at Stowe Maybe next time you'll bring a smaller cup

Was an interesting event on Rescue - out pushing dyslexic drivers at 2:30 in the morning or the fry up first thing Sunday monring.

You'll be held to the 2011 too

[Red_08]

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

But remember that what happen(s)/(ed) at Stowe overnight stays at Stowe Maybe next time you'll bring a smaller cup

LoL Now that was priceless. It all happened in slow motion your honour. I hope you were ready with the burns kit

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

Was an interesting event on Rescue - out pushing dyslexic drivers at 2:30 in the morning or the fry up first thing Sunday monring.

Certainly was, yeah. If I could have had eyes in the back of my head whilst pushing him back around, that would've been handy. Certainly wakes you up seeing those headlights rushing up hangar straight.
Must say that everyone did a sterling job with that. Was a straight forward job but could have been potentially worse, thumbs up to the oncoming drivers for heeding our hand signals. .

Those Marshals opposite us on Stowe did a fantastic job all weekend and it must have been frustrating for them to see him coast to the opposite side of the track where they couldn't recover him. Was glad we could do our bit for them too.

That fry-up/mixed-up-fry-up was a good idea at that point in the day. My stomach says thanks.

Originally Posted by deadsquirrel

You'll be held to the 2011 too

Not a problem at all. I'll be trying to get back there before that though.

[The STIG]

Originally Posted by C9/89

(C9, the C8 was an earlier, and less successful, version! )
I know you know who i am and I know who you are mate

The comment was aimed at Guiness2702, who I probably spent most of the weekend chatting to and didn't realise!

Sorry!

I have a funny feeling that I met Guiness2702 as well, but I have no idea if that's true... Help!

[mattt]

Originally Posted by The STIG

Sorry!

I have a funny feeling that I met Guiness2702 as well, but I have no idea if that's true... Help!

you also would have bumped into me and AndyT too. i was the youngest one and AndyT was dad

[Gerryc]

Great weekend at Stowe. Many thanks to my fellow Flag / Observer Paul Newns, and to IO Emma and her gallant crew.

Thanks also to the rescue crew on the inside for tidying up the one who decided to spin and leave himself on the track facing WD. Very neatly done, I was getting worried because every time he tried to restart it his lights all went out and he basically disappeared!

Cheers to all - see you next year.

[The STIG]

Originally Posted by mattt

you also would have bumped into me and AndyT too. i was the youngest one and AndyT was dad

Ah yes, you were Ed's "Assistant" weren't you?

[Red_08]

Originally Posted by Gerryc

Thanks also to the rescue crew on the inside for tidying up the one who decided to spin and leave himself on the track facing WD. Very neatly done, I was getting worried because every time he tried to restart it his lights all went out and he basically disappeared!

You're more than welcome.

That was a scary one really. Like you said, it was just blackness each time his lights went off, so a whole load of credit has to go to the oncoming drivers too for being on the ball. reducing their speed and passing by at a safe distance from us . Being Marshals, one and all, we did it as safely and quickly as possible.

[Steven Humphrey]

Originally Posted by Red_08

That was a scary one really. Like you said, it was just blackness each time his lights went off, so a whole load of credit has to go to the oncoming drivers too for being on the ball. reducing their speed and passing by at a safe distance from us . Being Marshals, one and all, we did it as safely and quickly as possible.

Had a Mosler do that between Vale & Club during the night-real brown trouser moment and it had to be the heaviest car on the grid!!

[Guinness2702]

Originally Posted by The STIG

Sorry!

I have a funny feeling that I met Guiness2702 as well, but I have no idea if that's true... Help!

You did, if you were pit wall flags. I was the smoker in the crew, and came down to help you with the SC board in the support races, only to find that Tom had beaten me to it.

[The STIG]

Originally Posted by Guinness2702

You did, if you were pit wall flags. I was the smoker in the crew, and came down to help you with the SC board in the support races, only to find that Tom had beaten me to it.

Ahh Right! Now I know!

[Terrible-Tones]

Originally Posted by Steven Humphrey

Had a Mosler do that between Vale & Club during the night-real brown trouser moment and it had to be the heaviest car on the grid!!

Yes the problem was not that only he stopped WD - but smack bang in the middle of the track and between the left - right elements of the corner and he had cars passing on both sides. R/C couln't find us a gap but we managed to time one to perfection "on the ground" as it were, to extract him from his predicament. As Steve says you had to have your wits about you in the dark, and a big tip of the hat for the drivers to be on the ball and slow down as someone else said....excellent driving.

Despite all the accidents and snatches we did - for me this was the most challenging because of where he was. As far as I know we only needed the S/C after we got him off becuase we couldn't restart him (god that engine's got some compression!) and we needed to get Daisy across the track to give him a helping hand.

[MartynD]

This was my first 24 hour event and what a fantastic weekend it was too! Thanks to all the guys on Copse, it was great working with you all and had a great laugh but when we had things come in we all worked great as a team especially in the wet and dark! Hope to see you guys again soon.

[AndyT]

Originally Posted by The STIG

Ah yes, you were Ed's "Assistant" weren't you?

It was wet & cold outsite the office though

[chriskench]

Originally Posted by MartynD

This was my first 24 hour event and what a fantastic weekend it was too! Thanks to all the guys on Copse, it was great working with you all and had a great laugh but when we had things come in we all worked great as a team especially in the wet and dark! Hope to see you guys again soon.

thats ok was at copse carnt remaber if you where on my **** in the 24 hr but would of been during the day of saturday hope to meet again soon

[johndpeat]

Hi all This is stright from Britcar, Copied from original post on pistonheads
I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all the staff at Britcar to extend our thanks and gratitude to all the marshals who gave up their hard earned free time last week to look after all the teams and drivers taking part in the 2010 Britcar 24hrs.

I know its often said and it can sound a little hollow after a while but none of it would be possible without your dedication and enthusiasm. This year we had an unprecedented number of marshals volunteer for the event and the level of commitment you all showed in atrocious conditions was second to none.

We look forward to welcoming you back to the event in the years to come and we will try to order some sunshine for next year...

[HairyDJ]

always good to see folk bothering to post thank you messages!

seems a tad strange to me that they see PH as the primary contact point for marshals though, don't they know that we hide over here?

[Justin Moran]

Britcar has its own thread on PH, been there for years, I used to read it alot in the early days as there were some great discussions on there about the regs!
Its still nice to get a chuck up though!

[Greem]

It was also posted in this thread over on the 10/10s Sportscar & GT forum. Don't you know that the primary contact point for GT & Sportscar folks is... ach, never mind