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by Andy Downes
Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:04 pm
Forum: How do I ?
Topic: Mirrors
Replies: 10
Views: 7852

Tony,

Try driving faster - this will alleviate the need to see who is overtaking you, as you will be overtaking them....

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by Andy Downes
Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:58 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone
Replies: 13
Views: 7669

Leigh - Don't take the p*ss !!!

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by Andy Downes
Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:52 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone
Replies: 13
Views: 7669

Mary,

I think you're correct (after Rick and before Peter ? or before Andy Garlick ?) - but was he at Silverstone on Saturday ?

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by Andy Downes
Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:25 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone
Replies: 13
Views: 7669

Thanks Jack - even though you were not there I knew I could count on you. Leigh, scattergun approach sometimes pays dividends... 1 - Andy Garlick circa 1976 2 - Andy Downes 3 - Rick Bourne 4 - Peter Sargeant 5 - Tony Oliver 6 - John Goodman If there were any other Comp Secs around, then I don't know...
by Andy Downes
Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:46 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone
Replies: 13
Views: 7669

Good start Chris - not sure Kelvin was Comp Sec though, he took over from me as Awards Secretary (did a much better job and didn't manage to insult anybody !).

1 - Andy Garlick circa 1976
2 -
3 -
4 - Peter Sargeant
5 - Tony Oliver
6 - John Goodman


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by Andy Downes
Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:34 am
Forum: On track
Topic: BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone
Replies: 13
Views: 7669

BENTLEY DRIVERS at Silverstone

A little Competition Question for you all. On returning from an excellent Bentley Drivers Club at Silverstone - Great Cars, Great Racing, Great Weather and most of all Great People - it occurred to me that there were 6 MSCC Competition Secretaries present, spanning the last 30 years ! Anybody (past ...
by Andy Downes
Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:57 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: Jersey Festival of Motoring : 3rd, 4th & 5th June
Replies: 3
Views: 3203

Keith,

How did Sue and you get on in your 'proppa' Morgans this weekend ?

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by Andy Downes
Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:55 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

keith.ahlers wrote:Motors TV is channel 413 on Sky satelite. Non stop motor racing.
I thought that was called Ahlers TV !

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by Andy Downes
Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:43 am
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

As a reminder - Good link here to the British GT site http://www.britishgt.com/index.php

TV coverage for Knockhill
Channel 4
Sunday 5th June 7am

TV for Thruxton
Channel 4
Sunday 26th June 7am



And all over Motors TV - whatever that is !

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by Andy Downes
Tue May 31, 2005 10:50 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

Sunday RACE 2 Report (courtesy of http://www.Dailysportscar.com) “The first two of these cars were Oliver Bryant’s Morgan and Chris Beighton’s Mantis. These two chassis would be seeing a lot of each other during the race and for the first six laps it was Beighton who had a full view of the oth...
by Andy Downes
Tue May 31, 2005 10:34 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

With Thanks as always to the folks at http://www.Dailysportscar.com for letting me pinch the best Morgan bits from their race report.

Saturday RACE 1 Report
“A lot of motor racing is about luck,â€
by Andy Downes
Tue May 31, 2005 10:02 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

Fantastic Keith, just Fantastic. Did you all get the impression from Jack that he was impressed ? He was very impressed - and a very proud dad as his son Billy Bellinger (JB Sports Engineering) prepares the car having taken over from Rob (old man) Wells ! Good link here to the British GT site http:/...
by Andy Downes
Sun May 29, 2005 2:51 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

Thruxton Sunday Race 2
GT3 Class Result

1st Marcos Mantis
2nd Morgan Aero8
3rd Porsche 911 GT3

A double podium this weekend.

Fantastic pair of results guys - Many many "Congratulations" to Keith, Oliver, Billy & Ian - Team AERO Racing.

More later

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by Andy Downes
Sun May 29, 2005 2:37 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

Sunday Race 2
Morgan Aero8 took the lead in class just after the pitstops (30+ minutes) but has now been overtaken by the Marcos Manitis.

10 minutes to go Keith Ahlers now some 4-5 seconds behind.

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by Andy Downes
Sat May 28, 2005 10:25 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: 2005 British GT Championship Rounds 6 & 7 Thruxton 27-28
Replies: 24
Views: 14420

Victory At last - Top Of The Podium [/u] Congratulations to Keith Ahlers and Team Aero Racing, along with Oliver Bryant, Billy Bellinger and Ian Grimes, the Morgan Aero 8 GT achieved it's first Class win in the British GT series. A marvellous afternoon at Thruxton began with Keith Qualifying for Ra...