Brighton Speed Trials 2016

[Colonelk]

Popped down to the Brighton Speed Trials with Hardcore, Dan and Gobs... had a laugh and took some shonky pics (experimenting still, didn't really nail it but hey ho)
The weather held out for the event which was nice. No-one broke into the 8s, I think the fastest was a turbocharged superbike doing a 9 second run at 170+mph.
It seems to be very much like american 'no-prep' racing really. Street grade tarmac, putting power down is the key.

Here are some pictures with occasional words:








Turbo streetfighter bike looked moody. Was also in the top 6 fastest on the day.






In-line 6 for a motorbike eh? Love it!






What do TVR's lack? POWER obviously? So hows about a nice Supercharged Lingenfelter LS9 instead?


































































































































































































































Hope you like!

[dbizzle]

Wonderful on numerous levels. I must go to this one day. You've titillated me, like you always do...

[bstardchild]

Wow - that's seriously diverse - thanks for sharing - now on my bucket list

[Paul Y]

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[Imperial]

Loving the pics, thanks
Always had a great time when o marshalled there, and always a varied bunch of motors, glad to see it hasn't changed much over the years

[poweredbyhopealone]

Great day out! I was there too, in fact I'm in one of those photos. Amazing diversity of vehicles, did you get any Photo's of the orange Allard?

[VIP]

Sept 4, 2016 13:58:50 GMT poweredbyhopealone said:

Great day out! I was there too, in fact I'm in one of those photos. Amazing diversity of vehicles, did you get any Photo's of the orange Allard?

Were you the guy in the RR T shirt?

[poweredbyhopealone]

Nah not me, I should really get one though, or something at least to identify me. I even arrived on a bicycle. Rubbish.

[EmDee]

If you're local you should check out the Pub Meet in Yapton on the 1st Wed of every month. It's on this Wed in fact. Good times.

[poweredbyhopealone]

I may have to do that, letting the side down a bit with my current vehicle though. 2016 Fiesta, snore.

[Colonelk]

Sept 4, 2016 13:58:50 GMT poweredbyhopealone said:

Great day out! I was there too, in fact I'm in one of those photos. Amazing diversity of vehicles, did you get any Photo's of the orange Allard?

None that came out sadly, it was too quick for me

Don't worry about the Fiesta, most of us usually turn up in something boring! (Usually)

[Seth]

'So I hear you're building a race car'

'Yeah its a Fiat 500'

'Ahh,that's cute'

'It's massively wide, got double wishbone coil-over suspension all round and a mid mounted A series engine with a big Weber and all the bodywork comes off.'

'OoooKaaaaaay!'




Amazing!

[mfrv1]

I know there's be some great pics online once I saw a couple of RR/Gathering shirts.

Probably everyone's favourite car:

[HoTWire]

You see I thought "I need that Fiat 500 at The Gathering"... But then I saw the Allard and thought "I NEED that at The Gathering" ... Then again, why not both?

Thanks for sharing Colon, this is such a cool event. I'll have to try and make it next year (although it tends to fall in my post-Gathering down time).

[VIP]

Sept 5, 2016 6:41:47 GMT HoTWire said:

You see I thought "I need that Fiat 500 at The Gathering"... But then I saw the Allard and thought "I NEED that at The Gathering" ... Then again, why not both?

Thanks for sharing Colon, this os such a cool event. I'll have to try and make it next year (although it tends to fall in my post-Gathering down time.

Most definitely BOTH were earmarked whilst we were there!

[edwardbear]

Oh my curse word sweet curse word lord. That look curse word epic!!!!!!!!!!

[MkX]

Awesome!
I wonder if The Whacky Races took inspiration from some of these?

[thebaron]

Yes to all of this.