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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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Default Great day at Ford Fair...

The sun was out all day...

Really enjoyable day which was spent mostly watching the track action. Nice to see Reyland car out as read Martins not been too well... so fair play!

Took forever to get in and park though.. was a lot quicker for F1! and the 0-60 was a bit of a trek... other than that, great day out

never the same going in a type R... now want an RS again

Who's car caught fire on track.. Looked bad.. happened just as we were leaving
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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It was a top day i think it gets better every year an bigger
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Definately seemed busy.. not sure busier than previous years tho.. seemed more spread out.

Assume that was Porkie in the rarri.. Nice.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Top top day. Didn't watch much track action after I went on. Queue was RIDICULOUS!!!
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Great Ford Fair i thought, atomosphere was great and some superb quick Track cars too...
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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great day, better laid out and busier than last year.

However the organisation for entry was absolutely shocking to sat the least. Left mine in the midlads at 0700 and got there at 0820.

From initially getting there it was almost 10am before i got the cars on the stand and set up etc....the split "y" entry system was a complete joke We was in the left hand side of the "y" system and we was being diverted from 2 lanes into 1 around the back of a building then back into 2 lanes to then turn right and then join the right hand side of the "y" system just by the bridge.....really needs a major re-think.

Never in 6 years experienced such a shambles of entry...........
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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excellent show,seemed busier than last year,burnt again lol.some well quick motors on the track,apart from price of food will be back next year
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Was it me or did anyone else think it was WASP CITY there today...
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lol,damn right bloody things
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete 3dr
Was it me or did anyone else think it was WASP CITY there today...

yes the wee bastards were everwere
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete 3dr
Was it me or did anyone else think it was WASP CITY there today...
I started to get a bit pissed off with the wasps attacking me at every opportunity LOL


Had a great day, caught up with a few people not seen for a while. Got sunburnt again!!!
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Originally Posted by Pete 3dr
Was it me or did anyone else think it was WASP CITY there today...
bloody wasps! they LOVE poor boys Natty blue as well
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Was a good day, serious lack of sleep last night didn't do me any favours though. I was at a mates place at 12:30am fitting a gearbox. I woke up shattered before even starting the day

As soon as I saw all teh shiny Ford's it made me realise how much I miss my S2 and really need to free up some time and money to get her operational again
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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not a bad day but what was with the seating all but one or two of the spectator stands were closed off so there was nowhere to sit and should of been a 2 day event so you could see everything and they should allow camping in the site i recon
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we too had a good day glad we took our own picnic with those prices

track action was pretty good also good to see Martin on track

didnt the green AG Motorsport escos go well anyone know what spec it

is?
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Originally Posted by bigad4x4

track action was pretty good also good to see Martin on track

didnt the green AG Motorsport escos go well anyone know what spec it

is?
great to see the reyland out again a credit to you martin

i was looking for a blue focus damit!

i havent been in five years food is always overpriced but i think the turn out was poor compared to previous visits

could`nt find the PF stand which i did try very hard maybe i walked through with out realising

all in all a well worth trip even getting the old girl out agian was somthing else even though i did run out of fuel 1/2 mile away from the petty station on the a34(no fuel gauge!)

who were the bloody scotts on wittlebury keeping me up last night?

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Originally Posted by bigad4x4
we too had a good day glad we took our own picnic with those prices

track action was pretty good also good to see Martin on track

didnt the green AG Motorsport escos go well anyone know what spec it

is?
DITO Ad, some of the best Track Action/cars i've seen @ Ford Fair for a while, espcecially when the Fast Ford feature cars came out, Harvey's looked fast as fook and sounded mental, i was in the Pit wall area then and the noise it made.. so too AG's etc...
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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gutted i missed it, any pics/vids?
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Great day out...met up with some great people as well. Took bugger all pics tbh, was kinda hoping you lot did it for me
Here's one I did take though....nom nom nom
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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first time there this year, definately a good day tho, nice to finally see some of the cars in the flesh/metal, lol, bit of a piss take getting in but tbh i expected it, it was the best traffic jam i've ever seen! :-D
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was a decent day i thought again apart from the balls up in getting in the shithole.i overheated there and shit water out there.some good track action as well had one session in the mk1 but pulled in after a few laps as temp was rising.but excellent fun sliding around all the same lol
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tbh we just rolled in nice and easy, although it was probably a different entrance to what most of you guys used I guess (we were on the FastFord stand)?
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Originally Posted by cossie604
Great day out...met up with some great people as well. Took bugger all pics tbh, was kinda hoping you lot did it for me
Here's one I did take though....nom nom nom
Stu was SOBER

I hope they didn't get dirty on that old sierra

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Had a great day. Really enjoyed my second session on track in my Corsa as I was bassically by myself for the whole session so could really get a shift on.
If you got any pics of my car please let me know. Blue Corsa turbo. V298 MEC. Cheers
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one of the lads from the southlincs group got a pic of this corsa

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first time this year,went with beef,his good lady and special K

thanks again big fella for sorting it

felt bad for Danny from enhanced performance with busted studs for his back wheel
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one of the lads from the southlincs group got a pic of this corsa

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Didn't think it was as good as last year.
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Saw the blue turbo corsa, fuck me did that thing get its grove on! made some noise too!
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Originally Posted by Pete 3dr
Great Ford Fair i thought, atomosphere was great and some superb quick Track cars too...
Pete your cars stunning!
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Had a good day apart from.
First gear going missing after showing off coming into services
Didnt think would get track time for the van. when I manged to. That 3dr caught fire after 5mins and that was the end of that Dear 5 mins. feel sorry for owner looked fucked.)
Plus side rolling rolled van 160.5 bhp 150ft torque
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Really enjoyed it today. Havn't been for a few years, but this was by far the best. The Paul swift show was brilliant!

That Corsa was very impressive. Were you having trouble getting power down, sounded like it!

Those Lotus' were flying around the track!
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Just got in from FordFair burnt to a crisp, as usual no sun cream. Great day loads to see and lots of goodies to buy,roll on next year..
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Originally Posted by rsnissan
bloody wasps! they LOVE poor boys Natty blue as well
saw you on the way home, escossie was mint, i was the guy in the FRS you let out at the mini roundabout in the venue.
i want your wheels, i think they would look the nuts on an FRS, my mate said they look like hubcaps
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Was a great day as usual, thanks to the guys at FF It was good to catch up with some new and the usual faces I couldn't believe the amount of folks that took the time to ask how I was doing

We only realised half way through the day that the last time my Escort was used on the track was the same event the year before!!!
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Was good to see the car out again Martin!
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Anyone see that guy loose his wheel in the red escort????
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
saw you on the way home, escossie was mint, i was the guy in the FRS you let out at the mini roundabout in the venue.
i want your wheels, i think they would look the nuts on an FRS, my mate said they look like hubcaps
Ahh nice one, cheers mate your Foucs RS looked stunning

I reckon the OZ's would look good on a FRS.......

....and the do look like hubcaps if you dont know what they are
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top top day out, much better than last year, track action was awome and seeing the rouse 500's made my day, harveys escort sounded fooking awsome down the back straight, food prices high but always are. Just a real good day out
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Originally Posted by Cragrat
first time this year,went with beef,his good lady and special K

thanks again big fella for sorting it

felt bad for Danny from enhanced performance with busted studs for his back wheel
Nice too meet you today mate another name too face
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