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3 Jun 2005, 18:50 (Ref:1319368) | #1 | |
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BENTWATERS July
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New Sprint venue at Bentwaters - 3.5km circuit - Billiard table smooth for the single seaters out there, and with straights longer than Snetterton should be ****ing quick. ( could be worth knocking some wing off) don't have all the details yet, but being run by Borough 19 so should be pretty good - anyone with any more details ? please let me know, or I will post when I have more ! |
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3 Jun 2005, 19:22 (Ref:1319394) | #2 | |
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Is that the old RAF / USAF air base?
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3 Jun 2005, 20:04 (Ref:1319434) | #3 | ||
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was used for bookatrack for track days, until noise problems,used for motor cycle drag racing record breaking from time to time.
situated near woodbridge, suffolk,not far from ipswich, was a usaf base. |
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3 Jun 2005, 22:18 (Ref:1319549) | #4 | ||
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Both of which housed all the european based A10 Thunderbolt tank busters...and Woodbridge was the area of Britains biggest UFO sighting and story...just in case nobody knew...or cared!
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4 Jun 2005, 15:24 (Ref:1319990) | #5 | ||
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I thought there were A10 tankbusters based near Huntingdon (the name of the base escapes me) for a while in the late 80s/early 90s. I used to see them flying around fairly low, and they certainly used to fall out of the sky into the fields around there at a reasonably rate.
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4 Jun 2005, 16:40 (Ref:1320023) | #6 | ||
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A10s flew from Alconbury,near Huntingdon as well as Bentwaters, i seem to remember.
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5 Jun 2005, 17:14 (Ref:1320618) | #7 | ||
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This sprint should be something special. With a course distance of 3.5 Km and two staights each the same length as Revett Straight at Snetterton many of the cars will hit their top speed.
There are still spaces left if people want to enter. Here is the link: http://www.borough19motorclub.co.uk/Regs.htm |
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8 Jun 2005, 19:06 (Ref:1323404) | #8 | ||
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24th July
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It's on the 24th July and the entry fee is £80.00 get your entries in quick to Chris Sharp ( Mrs Goggins ) details on the Borough 19 web site ! |
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8 Jun 2005, 21:18 (Ref:1323502) | #9 | ||
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About time the opened it up for racing!!
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9 Jun 2005, 20:22 (Ref:1324311) | #10 | ||
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many a time I stayed at an old boyfriends who house was at the bottom of Bentwaters runway. It shock when they engine tested.
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9 Jun 2005, 23:50 (Ref:1324446) | #11 | ||
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Sounds good, very close to me, see if I can get some photography there!
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