Sunday 15th April - Brands Hatch

[SazzaG]

Phew, it's all go in Sussex at the moment!

The plan for Sunday is to head over to Brands Hatch to watch the Desmodue racing, plus any other racing that's on, then head to a country pub somewhere nice.

Meet at P&H in Crawley for a 9.15 departure, taking the scenic route to Brands (ie. not the motorway!).

The forecast is scorchio at the moment, so it should be a good day.

Hope to see a few peeps out.

Saz

[Zimbo]

Come and say hello when you get there!

[benson]

Hoping to be there too - and hoping that the sun shines for all of us - is there a timetable for the day's racing?:)

[Zimbo]

No timetable as such, practice is 10.00 sunday, racing starts 12.20, not yet sure of the race order.
Race list:

Ducati desmodue 620
Ducati desmodue 583
Lansdown classic
Sound of Thunder
Sidecars
Motostar 250s
Bill Ivy
ACU Clubmans
Bracken KTMs

[JMo]

I'll see you at P&H then... shame Subway won't be open at that time on Sunday... mmmmmmmm, three choc chip cookies for a pound!

xxx

[Albie]

See you there then hopefully

[banditloon]

Hopefully I'll be at Brands on Sunday. All depending on the outcome of my latest doctors appointment on Thursday :hissy: Damn doctors

[GULLY]

Hi Guys
I will see you all that Brands on sunday.

[banditloon]

Right daft question time, as MSV site isn't showing a timetable for the weekend @ Brands. Are the DD boys & girls racing on both Saturday and Sunday, as I'll be 'hopefully' there on Saturday. Sunday maybe motocross day..... :D

[Gilps]

The DD qualifier is on Sunday morning, and both races are in the afternoon. Some of the DD'ers may choose to enter other races on the Saturday but they are not official DD races.

[banditloon]

The DD qualifier is on Sunday morning, and both races are in the afternoon. Some of the DD'ers may choose to enter other races on the Saturday but they are not official DD races.

:thumbsup: Cheers Gilps.. Will head down for Sunday instead :D

[Chaos]

[/B]ns MS"]Can u come on sunday to?? :chuckle:

[SazzaG]

Just a reminder about this.

Bring your sunscreen!

Saz

[Gim]

I might have to work in the morning, so I might join you later or if its too late I'll just go for a billy no mates ride !
Rob

[gary tompkins]

What's the restrictions (if any) on access to the paddock for a natter with the UKMOC'ers running teams? Will I have to dress as brolly dolly to sneak in to the pits and annoy CK?

I'm a laydee you know :chuckle:

[benson]

Reckon I could lend you a frock GT - I'll see you in the morning - my alarm is set and I haven't drunk anywhere near enough to prevent an early morning awakening!!!!

[JMo]

What's the restrictions (if any) on access to the paddock for a natter with the UKMOC'ers running teams? Will I have to dress as brolly dolly to sneak in to the pits and annoy CK?

When we went last year it was open access to the paddock, and the pit garages too...

Gotta get something for your £12 eh? (other than close racing of course x)

xxx

[gary tompkins]

Reckon I could lend you a frock GT - I'll see you in the morning - my alarm is set and I haven't drunk anywhere near enough to prevent an early morning awakening!!!!

Great day a Brands today. Pity about the £2.00 extra parking charge for bikes - guess the £12 admission just wasn't enough eh? :rolleyes:

Met up with loads of fellow UKMOC and DSC types, and saw some great racing too. Top marks for effort to Knight Racing team and our hero Zimbo for finishing 2nd in race two of the 583cc class :cool: Honourable mention to Gilps for "most artistic use of silver gaffa tape" after his off in practice :chuckle:

I wanna go to watch DD a Castle Combe next... anyone else up for it?

[benson]

Great day out - great weather and fantastic to be so close to the racing and those brave souls who flew round the track - thanks for making it such a good day all and hope everyone had a safe ride home.

[Chaos]

Well they say that the sun shines on the righteous :flamed: and hey great day out watching all those pretty italians, nice to meet yet some more of you and hope u all enjoyed the ride home x

[SazzaG]

Phew, what a scorcher!

Great to see so many peeps out today. Loved the racing! Gotta go and see some more this year.

And yes, I know I told everyone to bring sunscreen, and I forgot mine. I don't think I'm as pink as Manda though!

Congrats to Zimbo from me as well - top riding fella!

See you all again soon

Saz

[queen_gpants]

What a great days racing and my god was it hot !!:flamed:

Good to see our members doing well plus a friend of ours (Darren Curzon #98) was racing in Class A, he did really well :) We'll definitely be going to watch some more.

Benson sorry we didnt get to meet up with you and everyone else, the heat was a killer and after planting ourselves at the top of the grandstand (what is it they say about mad dogs and english men) we stayed there and slowly cooked only managing to crawl over to the kentagon at lunchtime for some shade and an ice cold drink !

Next time I promise we will meet up !

Does anyone know what happened to the faller in race 2 (#19) he looked in a lot of pain from where we were sitting, hope it was nothing serious and its a quick recovery for him and bike?

[Mand]

I was too busy eating a huge breakie in Towcester, but that is fantastic news Zimbo, well done! :chuckle:

[Gadget]

What a wonderful day out. I really had a good time.
Far too hot to do much apart from watch.
And nice to see so many people from UKMOC.

[benson]

Here's hoping the weather holds as it is until the end of the season - by then we will all be very nicely tanned and hopefully our boys will have won a fair few races!!!

[Gim]

Walked up and down a few times but couldnt find any of you...where were you hiding. Too tight to buy a program so didnt have a clue who was who racing :confused:
Rob

[Gilps]

I was really good to see so many MOC'ers there today. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. i hope to see more of you at future rounds.
A massive well done to Zimbo for his 2nd place, very well deserved.
An update on #19 who fell quite badly. Jon Williams has broken his right tib in 3 places just above the ankle and fractured his right fib just below his knee. He should be out in a few days.
Gilps

[benson]

Ouch ouch ouch - hope he has a speedy recovery - it did look like a bad off. Well done Paul and Zimbo - mucho respecto!!!

[banditloon]

:thumbsdown: About the fallen rider. Here's hoping to a speedy recovery. Well done guys & girls for a good days racing :thumbsup:

I've uploaded some pictures to

www.trackdaypictures.com/gallery/index.php?gallery=2007/New%20Era%20MCC

There will be more uploaded tomorrow :thumbsup: :D

Good to meet some more UKMOC today :D

[Zimbo]

Thanks for all your support today folks, especially to Slob for all his help with repairing crash damage (Gilps kept him fairly busy . . . ) and new brolly dollies benson and Scrumpster!
A fantastic day for me, was amazed to find I'd qualified in second place this morning with a personal best time for Brands of 59.55 seconds, got swamped in the first corner of race 1 and was very quickly pushed back to 10th and then fought my way back up to 8th again for the finish, best lap 58.96 against a new 583cc lap record of 58.76, learned from my mistakes on race 2 and took a much more defensive line which enabled me to maintain 3rd into paddock hill and then pass the two in front to take the lead for 5 laps, sadly Griff managed to slip past on the brakes into Graham Hill and I chased him to the end for my second, still a fantastic result for me and my first ever trophy!

Photos:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i148/zimbo16/IMG_0960.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i148/zimbo16/IMG_0962.jpg

[psychlist]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i148/zimbo16/IMG_0962.jpg

...and very well deserved it is too mate, you rode like a demon in that second race, excellent ride, well done :thumbsup:

[squiffything]

What a great day and fantastic action. Well done Zimbo (although I missed the second set of races :( , had to get back for a BBQ)

Although not to the professional levels of Banditloon here's a few pics of the ukmoc'ers that I saw:


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/slob.jpg
Slob doing what he enjoys most
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/Scrumpster.jpg
The lovely scrumpster
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/no.jpg
Gilps looking good
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/no16small.jpg
Zimbo flying
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/Gilps.jpg
Gilps checking who wants coffee
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/Benson.jpg
Benson admiring the view
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/bensonscrumpsandchaos.jpg
The ladies Benson Scrumpster and Chaos (and Matt) on the hill
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/banditloon.jpg
Banditloon doing his thing
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/snapper.jpg
He'll photograph anything that bloke
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/Zimbo.jpg
Zimbo on a charge
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/thepitcrue.jpg
Life in the pit crew
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/theladies.jpg
It's all go this motorbike watching
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/supergilps.jpg
SuperGilps

[benson]

Great to have such immediate reminders of the day yesterday! I'm busy on E Bay RIGHT now watching some digital cameras so next time I can play too!!!!!

[squiffything]

blimey girl let me finish checking them before you post they should all come through now

Look for Nikon Canon and Olympus and don't settle for anything less than a SLR you will wish for more otherwise.

[Radar_UK]

Just have to agree with everything said already - a great day, great weather and superb racing, well done to everyone :)

Hopefully next time we will meet up with some of you.

[banditloon]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/banditloon.jpg
Banditloon doing his thing
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/squiffything/snapper.jpg
He'll photograph anything that bloke


:chuckle:

Good pics squiffy :thumbsup: Excellent day out yesterday. Shame the weather is hanging around and I'm back in the office :thumbsdown: :hissy: Better still be nice on the way home tonight :D

[banditloon]

blimey girl let me finish checking them before you post they should all come through now

Look for Nikon Canon and Olympus and don't settle for anything less than a SLR you will wish for more otherwise.

SLR :thumbsup:

A nice Canon 350D will do the trick ;)