John119

For clarity there was a serious incident on track, but non-racing, and it happened at the end of the U25 race, and lead to the meeting being abandoned. There was a heavy presence from West Mids emergency services, both ambulances and police. My comment is a statement of witnessed fact, and not speculation, and as I say just to help clarify.

Sometimes I do like to write a lot when there's no need. Is it just attention seeking? Really all I need to say is... BRING IT ON

I'm with Bry on this one. Some of us - that's me would happily lose an hour of two in the pits chatting to the teams and being a general nuisance. There would be a number of drivers who would let your kids sit in the cars, we are an incredibly family orientated sport, make the most of it. Gates open early, no queues to get in. Other than formal seating areas and the camping chair brigade, IMO you can go virtually anywhere at a meeting and get a good vantage point, at any time up to 10s before the racing starts. For me I'd set off aiming to arrive by 3ish, knowing that even with a delay (apparently that 3 landed super highway I think is called Motorway 6 has I've been told had a delay or two over the years) I should still get there in time having missed nowt. But then if you were to say to me racing tonight would be til midnight, my response would be fantastic. I sometimes take my little ones with me, they're well behaved and don't moan, well when I say little my daughter and son are a bit on the short @rse side even at 25 and 22 respectively. Their mother made good money years ago in the travelling circus as a dwarf in the bizarre section, and of course her beard helped...those were the days. Reality TV has killed the good old fashion freak show, poor Billy Smart's turning in his grave. I seemed to wandered off topic here some how. Anyway must dash, Charlie Cairoli documentary is on Big Top channel+1 (freeview 2222), a must see for us travelling folk.That reminds me need to get some Duraglit, the chrome on the caravan is looking a bit tarnished. Oh and I guess I should tax the transit, but that'd mean I'd have to MOT it, can't be @rsed, never bothered before, why should I start now...

Thanks Keith and co. for the info. How pleased am I that I checked in here before I started making sanis...

AUTOMATICALLY DELETED WORD, not again...my ar*e is still sore from the last time

What do they say about opinions, they're like ars*s, we've all got one. Just trying to diffuse this a little with schoolboy humour...

So I've been out of spectating for a no. of years. I've not missed since Wheels and although I didn't rate Wheels my stock car experience there was good. All tracks since have been shale : Vue; KL; KL; KL; N/ton. Never been to Hendo before so what are my expectations: Tarmac is not my preferred surface, although I believe Hendo is a big track (?) and will be fast but will it be roundy roundy? So let's look at the driver turnout: not an incentive to attend. Can't understand why there aren't more drivers, no excuse for saving themselves as the WF is done? Or is just the back end of the season and driver funds are tight? As Nigel said where's the driver incentive to attend. My glass is half empty on this one.