Silverstone Classic - Saturday

[WhyOne?]

Time was productively spent in each of the display Tesla's.....

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[Senninha]

Cheeky, but nice!

[Silver Surfer]

Here's some pic from the day....

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Waiting to get out on track for the Parade with the Mk1 MR2s

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More of the same...waiting

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SS

[Silver Surfer]

All this waiting has taken a toll......guess why he gives the Reds a bad impression..;-)

He's fast..........................fast asleep LOL

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SS

[Silver Surfer]

Rob Fenn's other car I believe...looking all alone....too embarrased to park in our stand??

It does look good.

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SS

[manisandher]

Nah... that's actually my car. Had the infield pass so thought I'd use it. The plate is a reminder of what I used to have, and who knows, may have again in the future.

Had a great day and spent some time chatting with other NSX club members. Oh, and the weather was kind to us on Saturday.

Mani.

[Silver Surfer]

My apologies Mani.

Very nice example with some superb retro touches...

SS

[britlude]

Here's some of my pics.....


friday was wet..... cold wet and miserable, but a few hardy soles made it to the club stand....
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so we went to the 'Wing' complex, paid £20 for an auction catalogue, and sheltered for a while...
the low mileage '91 JDM NSX was having a final professional polish
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to say it was like glass was an underestatement
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its after this that the weekend took a bit of a dip, and to a certain bus driver, consider this an apology for language on Friday, but it was an extremely trying time....


as i said, we had visited the auction at the 'wing' international paddock at Silverstone classic.... To do this involved a free bus journey from the infield to the international paddock. It was cold, it was wet, it was blowing a Siberian chilled wind across the flat of an old WW2 airfield, when for our return journey we patiently queued for a bus, huddled beneath our umbrella.


And lo, a bus arrived, alas it was open topped and understandably no-one fancied the idea of going 'up -top', so we waited for the next, but had made it to the very head of the queue. And waited.....


Then in the distance a bus appeared, drove into its turn around area, turned, and positioned itself carefully, and accurately, at the end if the waiting queue.... Alas the wrong end of the waiting queue...


We had gone, in an instant, from the very front to the very end of the queue.... Ok, slightly peeved, we follow the damp, and suddenly happy, tail end of the queue toward the bus, new arrivals now filing in behind us... Until we get to the bus..... To be stopped by the driver from entering as he's now full..


Unfortunately this is when I swore!!! we are now at the front of the queue, again, but in the line of people we are the furthest from the bus-stop, so right the at the very back of the queue....AGAIN!!!


eventually returning to civilisation, we tried to stay to see the musical acts put on for the evening, but after watching every qualifying session after 5pm be reduced to just 3 laps behind the pace car, and with hypothermia setting in, we called it a day at 6.15!

the fleetwood mac and ZZ top tributes sounded good at their sound check, so we were there in spirit! as we left, the matrix display told us that Paul Young was on stage at 9.45... fat chance of us surviving that long!


however this did lead to a very enjoyable evening meal with a large NSX posse at a hotel harvester, who very nicely had turned the heating RIGHT UP, gently steaming those nicely in damp clothes!!!!

[britlude]

Saturday was a far better day, the draw of a lap of the hallowed tarmac and better weather dragging NSX from far and wide to join the party....
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by 9.30 most were there, rapidly filling the club area!
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[britlude]

lots of meeting old and new friends, soon we were called to line up for our track lap, and after a frenzy of wrist band passes, we were off.....


....then stopped to await our slot! at least we gotta decent view of the later F1 car demo laps!
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soon enough we were out on track....
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lots of grins after, as we did manage a couple of blasts before catching up the other club parades! (some a little more, how shall we say, 'enthusiastic' than others, 'no-overtaking' going out the window!!!)




saturday weather was far far better and after watching the twilight group C race, the pyrotechnic emblazoned aerobatic display, it was off to rock with Status Quo, who it turns out, can play more than 3 chords!

[britlude]

sunday weather was a crash back down to those levels of friday, starting of ok, but then going a little lower, being cold wet and windy!
early arrivals taking their place around a yellow NSX left overnight, for the owner to return and go home!! don't blame him really, and he wasn't alone looking at the number of exotica and classics driving away from the circuit on our journey in!


http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/silverstone%20classic%202015/WP_20150726_08_22_57_Cinemagraph.jpg (http://s301.photobucket.com/user/thisYup/media/silverstone%20classic%202015/WP_20150726_08_22_57_Cinemagraph.jpg.html)

what isn't in the pic is Pauls black NA2, on the naughty step all weekend for leaving the car there friday and getting a lift to his hotel, only to return the next day without his keys, his WIFE having to go get them for him!! (smiley face, lol, etc!)



at the end of sunday, the last four standing were green and yellow!
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until only the hardy daffodils remained, bookending the club patch!
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[britlude]

some tarty pics....
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[britlude]

the reds working the theory of protection in numbers... (it looks like i've coloured them in, but i've just 'colour-popped' the pic, there really was 7 reds together in one shot amongst a sea of NSX!!)
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Rich explaining just how big a wing he wants on the back of his car
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Ian politely explaining that Louise Goodman might like to get her butt off the car...
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and a pic to illustrate just how cold and miserable it was sunday lunchtime... in JULY!
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here's my faceache pics.... https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.sutherland.7/media_set?set=a.10206334604297011.1073741922.10240 88899&type=3&pnref=story

[britlude]

a couple of random ones....
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tad moist...
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[SHAWD]

Made the trip on Sunday to hopefully have a chat and admire your cars - by the time I arrived at your stand (soaked to the skin) I didn't want to interrupt the huddle of maybe 10 of you warming yourselves over a cuppa !
Such a pity the day was a washout but it still hasn't dampened my spirits to still own one - NA2 facelift if anyones thinking of selling !!

[britlude]

you should have come over, that's what the kettle is for!!!... make sure you do next time!!! :)

[SHAWD]

you should have come over, that's what the kettle is for!!!... make sure you do next time!!! :)

Yes, will do next time (hopefully as an owner) - did regret not staying for a chat later in the day though.

[Shawnsx5]

It was great to meet everyone and to see so many cars in one place.

ITV 4 will feature our NSX on 12 August as part of the Silverstone program.

[britlude]

here's a silent vid of the lap.... i could have had sound, but it'll just be me and Sarah wittering and the radio! make brum brum mwaaaarrrrrhhhhh noises where appropriate if it makes you feel better :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCdfboRdd0&feature=youtu.be


ok, i admit it, it's dull without sound... maybe some thrash metal will make it more interesting????

[Rob_Fenn]

Nice pics! Thanks to those that ventured to the new pits to see our car. The organisers really wanted to keep it there so sadly didn't get an opportunity to bring it over to the NSX area. I was also reluctant to leave the car in the rain for prolonged periods; hope you understand!

I've got some photos i'll share once i work out how to get them off the phone!

[britlude]

surely there must be some video of the NSX's on the track out there somewhere, taken from the stands/banking.....

[b1gbrad]

surely there must be some video of the NSX's on the track out there somewhere, taken from the stands/banking.....

My wife tooke some shakey iphone footage of our drive-by - it lasts about 20 seconds (complete with screaming baby sound effects). Will try and get it posted asap.