Category: Motorsport
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Scottish Sidecars and Knockhill Motorsports Club Championships
2nd/3rd September 2023 The final round of the Scottish Sidecars and Knockhill Motorsports Club Championships was held at Knockhill on the 2nd/3rd September over a sunny but gusty weekend. I was only there for the second day which was punctuated by a number of red flags and long periods of inactivity. KMSC 300s The KMSC…
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Scottish Superbikes
I could only make it for the first day of the two day event at Knockhill racing circuit. Thankfully the earlier light drizzle stayed away for the Scottish superbikes race. The race was a closely fought contest at the front between Greg Gilfillan (Suzuki GSX-R1000R) and Callum Grigor (Kawasaki ZX10RR). However it came to a…
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Formula Vintage Sports
Cadwell Park. 2 July 2018. Well attended with plenty of strange and unfamiliar (to me) cars, Round 3 of the Vintage Sports-Car Clubs “Formula Vintage” event at Cadwell Park made a refreshing change from the modern stuff. Mark Walker’s absolutely brilliant GN Thunderbug caught my eye with its unique appearance as I wandered through the…
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Thundersport GB Championship.
Donington Park 26 March 2017 Sundays Thundersport GB event was held under perfect conditions with clear blue skies for most of the day with 394 riders competing over the weekend. I watched the first race infield at Redgate and decided to move to the Craner Curves for Race 2 – Golden Era Supersport and Steelsport.…
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Cadwell Park International Classic
For this International Classic event I decided to take my Canon 40D DSLR with Tamron 18-200 mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di-II LD lens ideal for both on track action and paddock shots. I bought this lens with my Canon 20D many years ago on recommendation and was instantly disappointed. Images often had a “muddy” look, weren’t…
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MotoGP. Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
My first trip overseas for a race event couldn’t have been easier. For anyone considering the trip I’ve included some detail. I wanted a hotel with good public transport links to Barcelona city centre, the airport and the circuit. I decided on the NH La Maquinista at Sant Andreu which is about 15 minutes walking…
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Formula Ford Crash
The following sequence of images of a Formula Ford crash at Donington Park were shot in 1994. They were taken on a Canon EOS 620 using Ektachrome 200 pushed to ISO 400. Consequently they are quite grainy and the original transparencies have been slightly damaged as well. Although they capture the incident very well they…
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