GTO
UK EVENTS DIARY
SANTA
POD
"Run
What Ya Brung!!!"
Sunday
26th January 2003
Santa
Pod Raceway, Poddington, Bedfordshire
A
rather depressing day at the pod this time! Far too many cars meant
that not many of us could get on the track, and the conditions were
just awful with damp, overcast conditions. They only ran 1/8 mile up
until lunch and finally opened the full strip in the afternoon, but
the track was so damp it was impossible to get the power down, so
everyone was getting pretty poor times.
However,
this didn't deter Andre and another individual who just happened to
turn up (sorry, forget your name - hope you join the
club!).
Myself,
well, I wasn't bothered about running, after spending the last
couple of years using a digital camera with a slow shutter speed and
little control over exposure, I fancied going back to my photographic
roots. I dug out my trusty old Nikon FM, fitted an MD12
motordrive and 35-105 Vivitar zoom and I was pleasantly
surprised with the results. Most of these pictures were taken at a
speed of around 1/125th with an aperture of around F1:4 on Fuji
Superia ISO 400 film. The only thing that lets all this down is my
scanner (an HP ScanJet 4200C) which I absolutely detest and really
must get around to replacing! I also have a couple of decent Nikon
lenses on order (can forget the Vivitar crap from now on!), and the
Nikon FE I won off eBay turned up today, so I plan on doing a
lot more "non-digital" photos in the future.
Didn't
really take a note of any of the times, Andre still hasn't managed a
sub-14 time, although he reckons if the conditions were better he
would have "cracked" it (yeah, where've I heard THAT one
before?!!!). Anyway, here's the photo's...
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Fell in love with this new
Nissan 200SX thingy - very mean looking
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A couple of
arseholes!
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Another couple of
arseholes!
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Ok, I was getting a bit
bored! ;-)
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And we're
off...!
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Ewan, searching for the
burger bar!
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As you can see, it's
pretty grim.
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Yeah, Evo vs Scooby and
look who's winning!
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There were quite a few
supras running.
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This Skyline made an awful
racket but didn't half shift and was well worth
watching!
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Yeah, a GTO - go go go!
Damn good photo!
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Bit of a scooby gathering
(hiss, boo!)
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Yey, go Andre! Pretty good
photo too.
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Unknown geezer!
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NSX
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Andre again.
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No contest! ;-) And
another great pic.
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Awww, ain't that nice,
GTO in the foreground too.
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And another to finish the
day (and the film) off. Probably my favourite pic of the
day!
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