GT40's at Donington Historic festival

[TrevS]

Hi all

I went to the Historic Festival at Donington today as I heard a few GT40's were racing. I have to say the racing was fantastic and the line up of cars Donington managed to attract was unbelievable. 4 GT40's including my personal favourite Linden green car from Gelscoe. Here are a few pictures I took. The rest will be on Flickr in the next few days

Trev

 

[Jos]

So pretty - anyone know which they are ?

16 Clark/Friedrichs
19 Forsbrey/Green
40 Cooke/Hancock
71 Henderson/Williams

Per entry list

 

[TrevS]

More GT40 pictures from donington

Few more photos I took of the Linden green Gelscoe car:

 

[TrevS]

photos of Blue & Red GT40's at Donington

Few more GT40 pictures:

 

[TrevS]

Some non GT40 photos from Donington

Finally here are a few non GT40 photos that I thought you guys might enjoy:

 

[Chris M]

i went also, thoroughly enjoyed the day. lovely cars, great racing.

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

And really terrific race photos... what kind of equipment did you use to take them?

 

[TrevS]

And really terrific race photos... what kind of equipment did you use to take them?

Just a Canon 7D with standard 18-135mm lens. I borrowed it from work and I've been playing around with the manual settings. Got very lucky with the lighting towards the end of the day for the GT40s it's just a shame I was stood behind a mesh fence otherwise they would have been better.

Trev

 

[Paul Brameld]

Just a Canon 7D with standard 18-135mm lens. I borrowed it from work and I've been playing around with the manual settings. Got very lucky with the lighting towards the end of the day for the GT40s it's just a shame I was stood behind a mesh fence otherwise they would have been better.

Trev

Hi Trevor,
If you are planning to be at the Club meeting at Silvermere next week, any chance you can bring the camera along?
Looks a beauty.
Cheers
Paul Brameld

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

I am going to have to get a longer lens for my digital SLR. I am impressed by what you did, though- very nice panning and razor sharp. I should have such nice photos of my GT40... maybe someday I will.

 

[TrevS]

I am going to have to get a longer lens for my digital SLR. I am impressed by what you did, though- very nice panning and razor sharp. I should have such nice photos of my GT40... maybe someday I will.

Yeah the camera we have needs a longer lens as I missed out on a lot of shots because I just didn't have the zoom. Overall though pretty happy with the panning shots. I've got high res versions of all photos if anyone wants any

Trev

 

[TrevS]

Hi Trevor,
If you are planning to be at the Club meeting at Silvermere next week, any chance you can bring the camera along?
Looks a beauty.
Cheers
Paul Brameld

Afraid not Paul otherwise I would have brought it down with me. Trying to avoid going to too many events as I need to spend more time on my car.

One other thing I forgot to mention was that Donington was the first time I'd seen a GT40 in action. Crazy to think that I am building a car I've never seen racing. Anyway I certainly wasn't disappointed the 40's were awesome and sounded fabulous. Just can't wait to get my car finished now.

Trev

 

[Mike Drew]

I notice in the photos that the sky is a very beautiful shade of blue, with nary a cloud in sight. And yet, this event was held in England.

Nice Photoshop work!

 

[Jimmy P]

Trev, You've got a very photographic eye. Some bloody nice shots mate and thanks for posting. Those Gelscoe cars are breathtaking IMHO. If any of you have never been to their web page...go. Its something to see how they put them together.

As for Mike Drew...well spotted sir. Nice weather in England is almost an oxy-moron. Having lived there for many many,years I will say the country completely changes when the sun shines. Its a stunning place to be in nice weather.

 

[Paul Brameld]

I notice in the photos that the sky is a very beautiful shade of blue, with nary a cloud in sight. And yet, this event was held in England.

Nice Photoshop work!

Weather has been that good of late that a hosepipe ban must be looming soon! In May!!
Bring on climate change....................................

 

[TrevS]

Trev, You've got a very photographic eye. Some bloody nice shots mate and thanks for posting. Those Gelscoe cars are breathtaking IMHO. If any of you have never been to their web page...go. Its something to see how they put them together.

As for Mike Drew...well spotted sir. Nice weather in England is almost an oxy-moron. Having lived there for many many,years I will say the country completely changes when the sun shines. Its a stunning place to be in nice weather.

Thanks Jimmy for the compliments. I also shot some video footage which I'll bung together tomorrow and make a short GT40 video.

Finally as for the Gelscoe cars I totally agree with you. Absolutely stunning bits of kit, I took a lot of pictures of the car for personal reference for building my own car which I am basing on the Linden green car pictured. When my numbers come in on the lottery a trip to Gelscoe would be first on my list

 

[TrevS]

GT40 Video

As Promised I've made a quick video of the GT40s at Donington (watch at 720p quality). I only shot about 2 minutes of test footage as it was too windy and the SLR is too sensitive to movement without a tripod.

YouTube - Ford GT40's at Donington Historic Festival 2011

Trev

 

[Paul Brameld]

Re: GT40 Video

As Promised I've made a quick video of the GT40s at Donington (watch at 720p quality). I only shot about 2 minutes of test footage as it was too windy and the SLR is too sensitive to movement without a tripod.

YouTube - Ford GT40's at Donington Historic Festival 2011

Trev

Great footage Trevor.
You even caught Andy from Gelscoe on the wrench !!!