The GTD 40 club track day is now, I suppose, becoming the biggest and best event of its kind in the world. Thats a grand statement, but everyone who was there, and there was a huge number, seems to agree that this years event was as good as we hoped for. Our ambition was to get fourty 40s on the track for the 40th anniversery of the 40, and we might just have made it but for Malcolms car being on jacks in the pits and two other cars staying in the pits and not joining us on the grid, but 38 assorted gt40 replicas make a fantastic sight when assembled together, and a magnificent noise on the massed parade laps. This part of the event was photographed from a helicopter, as the sheer number of cars was almost impossible be included in ground shots, and the video will show all of those "at speed" on the parade. This years event was also free of any gt40s damaging themselves against the scenery, although David Hall tried very hard with a 130mph spin at Woodcote corner, leaving some very impressive rotation marks on the road before dropping it into the gravel trap, and Roy Smart ducked when he hit a duck at 150 mph on Lavant Straight, but the bird smashed part of the front bodywork before proceding in many parts over the windscreen and into oblivion. Roger had everyone in the queue in the pit lane jumping when his carbs caught fire as he was all strapped in ready to go, but no real harm done, and the only slight damage of the day was to the Maclaren M6GT which got a little too light on the bump in Madgewick corner and took on the tyre wall head on, only ego and glass fibre hurt. Thank you to all who helped us to make the day. Frank
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