David RA

Yes me too Richard , Its still a 3 hr trip home to Brum but with that superb driver turnout and a few Dutch drivers as well it will be worth it. I'm looking forward to it !

Great turn out today. Didn't his Dad race under that number some years ago ?

Good grief bm7921, can't anyone express an opinion without you saying that they are moaning. Harry G was simply saying that like me and many others that 17 races is far too many and will inevitable take at least 4hrs that is also far too long. I will still actually be going because my usual "moan " as you call an opinion bm7921 was that 20odd cars is not enough , but low and behold we now have 36 or so which is better. However I'll save at least an hour and will leave after the F! Final as the M6 southbound on a Bank Holiday is murder.

What a great turn out. Well worth the long trip along the busy A roads with the holiday traffic. Despite what others might think, large car numbers do attract me and he small ones nowadays put me off. But 60odd cars plus a few Dutch drivers as well, brilliant , I'll be there !

What the heck is wrong with trying to find out how many cars will be there before setting out on a long drive to get there. Some recent meetings have had severe car shortages. Sorry mate its a fair question !

How many F1s are booked in, does anybody know ?

Wasn't Harry van der Spuij the first ever "foreigner" to win a Final when he won the Trophy at Harringay London ?

That would make a good separate thread. ! Didn't Dick Bergrenn race over here at White City ?

Because the family said that 23 cars "all out" in every race was boring and because "all you have to do to win a big prize and a Trophy was to make sure your car was running ! ! " "There is no kudos in that ! " There were only 16 bangers as well at that meeting, and that rapidly dropped in numbers every race. I tried to explain that there are probably about 60 F1 drivers currently racing but 35 to 40 would be great to see as there would be a variety of drivers and the eventual Trophy Winner would have to genuinely qualify to win it. Anyway they said the 4hr meeting was boring and won't be going again ! Sad.

Nothing like being positive, is there... Carl H, I am very positive but what is the problem with asking a straightforward question why BV don't get the F1 car numbers ? Over many years we have introduced many friends, family and workmates to F1 Stock Cars, but I had no answers to the first time family I took to the last BV meeting that bored them to bits with too many formulas and not enough F1 cars that we all went to see after a long drive up the M6. This week it looks slightly better with 30 cars but with bangers and bangers+caravans it looks like another 4hr plus meeting that will not beat the last Birmingham meet of 50odd cars in just 3 1/2hrs. Many Thanks for your constant updates which are appreciated, but I was only asking a valid question.

No you're not ! And they still can't get past the 30 car mark either ! Is it the fence ? Is it the muddy pits ?

Thats just brilliant support Udwi krugg ,all the way from Cornwall. ! We used to do Pennycross Stadium Plymouth, Newton Abbot and I think St Austell, but made a week of it. My favourite was Johnny Marquand of Starcross. ! YES 30 odd cars looks pretty good at Sheffield, hope it gets to the top 30's.

Great ! Like his style, and love Stoke too. Always have, rough and ready, good old fashioned shale racing, Good chippy's locally and not too far home to Brum.

Not quite right Ged, some of us time it to get in just before the F1's because we don't like the ministox and also because its always an endurance event at Belle Vue often going to 9:00 pm after a 4;00pm start. But my point today is also to say just how sad it is to see that yet again BV just can't get the F1 numbers with hardly any more than the mid winter Christmas meeting, And unfortunately there will almost certainly be non starters due to damage at Skegness and Stoke. It'll still be worth the long drive but I hope for an early finish as I'm on "earlies" on Tues !

Brilliant turn out at both tracks this weekend ! And all local for us too ! Really looking forward to some great racing.

YES I agree Richard M. Sierd de Vries is a great driver he lit up BV at Christmas. Wish he could have been there last week ! Good to see a decent turnout too with just the 2 formulas

.Not really hatman , Coventry nearly always topped 60 cars, Bradford was way up there too with 3 heat meetings , so a 26 car two thirds meeting format does not entice me I'm afraid. The "cracker" at Christmas was only enlightened a bit, by a tremendous effort by a first time Dutch entrant. To be honest after a winter break 26 cars is a poor effort by the F1 drivers. Good on the F2 lads though !

Whats the first formula on and what time are the F1's on ?

Brilliant car turnout. Will be there, and I must admit that I missed the superb sounding meeting last week at BV for a rubbish local football derby in Birmingham. Or as Captain Bertolli used to say in "allo allo" Wot a mistaka to maka !

This makes just 34 cars on a weekend with no other meetings and well over 100 cars having raced already this season. Not really worth £22 for another 5 to 6 hour meeting. I'll be at the Birmingham/Villa derby. Plenty of excitement and all all over in less than 2 hours

Thanks Hary. Very interesting. Is Rick Wobbes related to Lou Wobbes and were there any Belgian or German drivers racing ?

Thanks for info, but what time approx do the F1 stock cars come on

Thanks Bart, What are the names of the first 3 in the Final on Sunday ?

Amazing to see 2 Dutch drivers over here and 4 Brits over there on the same week-end. Hope they can arrange the big meetings to be on different dates next year. By the way who are the 4 Brits in Holland ?

How far is it, where does he live ?