Ignition Glasgow

[thechef]

I went to the Ignition motoring festival in Glasgow 1st w/e in August (not had time to post lately)

It was a 3 day job, with various racing cars going round a street circuit at the SEC, there wasn't any racing just demo's really.

David Coultard was there with Red Bull F1 car, and Jimmy McRae was there as was John Clelland + Gordon Sheddon, thats just the Scottish drivers, obviously there were quite a few more.

The only thing was that viewing was atrocious ! with banking going the wrong way etc, even in the indoor arena, seating wasn't tiered, and only about 6 rows of seats in too small an area, then you had about 10 rows of people standing behind the seats, so actually seeing anything was impossible

The static indoor classic was good - anyway, heres some pics of the day



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Colin McRae's Subaru Legacy





John Clelland in his gorgeous Jag speaking with Jimmy McRae





A McRae Escort



One of the Legends going round the circuit - Love these cars







A selection of pics from the indoor static show





A £240g Merc Evo ll, absolutely gorgeous :thumb:



















Another Stunner this time the famed Batmobile





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A stunning E30 M3 Evo - I know this car/owner from the BMW CC Scotland





And last and no means least - some old guy - me





A good day all in all - pity about the on track and indoor arena viewing hopefully they'll get it sorted for next year.

Thanks for looking.

[kieranv]

I was there With Tartan Tarmac in my Trabant. Fantastic weekend overall. The organisers have secured the show for a further 2 years at least and took any feedback given to them onboard, one of which was the viewing issues both inside and outside, so hopefully next year should see an improvement.

[axeboy]

I loved it, been a long time since we had a decent car show up here.

I thought viewing was fine, I went round the long straight section and had loads of room/views. Might have just been a quieter time maybe?

Anyways, a great day, so good and I think some clubs should make effort to go next time

[Mark1GTE]

I was there also with my Astra GTE on display in the main hall, I thought it was a fantastic weekend and thoroughly enjoyed myself although it did have some teething problems which I am sure will be addressed for next year