rsjp

me i thought it went on to long and was very boring ,this year i dident go on track decided to watch for a change ,but i felt a bit sorry for all those track entrants who paid for the track time , the f1 van was out for 10 minutes in every hour before sessions probley giving courtsey rides to the club comittee ,parade lap went on far to long series 1 and series 2 escorts doing 30mph ,the only saving grace about the lunch time was the historic f1 cars well pleased with that ,and the way the pit wall filled up, and the infield grandstand was full so that was a bit of a bonus for a lot of people

jp

Kev.H

like u say boring and way 2 long

Anonymous

GT40 was awesome

F1 cars backing off thru craner like foook LOL WHY ?

ERST parade was the dullest thing of the show, no idea why people think this is a good idea, gave use time to look @ the show LOL So maybe its a good idea

RS2000CUSTOM

I was on track in my MKII Escort and whilst the extended dinner was a bind the track time was extended by an hour to compensate.

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

All it was was something to watch while i was eating my burger and chips on the grass.



Dave.

Brasso

Was wank mate. IMO people go to this show to see some of the top fords in the country get ragged round the circuit.

Might jus be me but I think the parade laps are a total waste of good track time, everyone knows wot an RST looks like and same gos for the other models bein driven to speeds upto 30mph.

Van was cool to see once not all day. Dont see why it had to be on track on its own either. Wasnt exactly rapid or owt.

Less bullshit = more tracktime.

gurnE

The Supervan was ok, amusing maybe, shame it's not got the F1 engine anymore

The Ford display was poor, ok the GT was good but I was real dissapointed that the WRC car was just some replica. What was the point in that
Shame they didn't roll out any really big guns, real WRC cars etc

F1 cars were great

And yea, what was with that Escort Parade lap?
Don't see the point in any parade lap personally, just find them boring

The Sludge

Erst parade lap may have been boring for some. For me it was my first show in my first Rs and meant a lot to me, to be on that parade lap. Least of all the fact I got my series 2 rebuilt then had it stolen after having it on road for only 3 months before being stolen.
I re-shelled it at more cost. To be on that parade lap today made it all my worthwhile.

Ish

shite!

Anonymous

If you wanna go on track, go on track.

the parade lap for spectators is VERY DULL LOL.....

I understand its good fun for the people doing 40mph round dono but i thought it was a track day and show, and i reckon 90% of people think the parade lap and lunch time show was pretty lame...

I personally have a top day on track, but just saying lunch was boring whilst i was eatin it LOL

The Sludge

yeh i see what you saying, but for me as much as i'd like to have "ragged " me car round the track i'm a bit "concerned" like about smashing it up lol.

I like the track racing dont get me wrong, but if this was a parade of cossies, it wud be differnet then wudnt it?

One day ill get another motor to thrash around the track in. Maybe a cossie seeing as PF seems to be about em all the time.

ballin

iTrader: (1)

can imagine it was shite to watch tried to get some speed but kept having to let off when the queue built up was worse than the m25

fuckin good fun for us tho

plynchy

Got to say boring,not a dig at RST's,just don't see the point.

rsjp

why would it be different for cossies ,if you want to go round the circuit you should pay for track time like all the track entrants ,they paid for the track time and the parade time took track time of those entrants ,i know it went on a bit longer to compensate but a lot of people live a long way from donno ,and might have liked to have the track time in the lunch period ,so if they want a parade lap for those cars why not hold it at the end of the day and then you will see how many people stop to see it
jp

ballin

iTrader: (1)

some wanted track time some wanted parade gotta cater for all.

besides i think its a nice touch, something different, a little nostalgia!!!!

any old fuckin car club can do a track day

adamS2RST

OI! I agree with Rich, it made a change, and we were hardly on for long 2 laps! Still agree with the rest it made me feel good to get my car round the circuit for the parade, ppl put in a lot of hard work to get thier cars ready. Roll on next year!

AndyRST

Hey for the people involved in doing the ERST parade lap it was excellent, sorry that they arent to everyones taste and you found it boring, but alot of other ERST drivers did amire the parade laps and the 100 or so people taking part loved every minute of it.

Lets hope you never do a parade lap Dingy, we wont be able to tell the different between your fast laps and your parade laps

ballin

iTrader: (1)

PMSL

adamS2RST

RichardPON

Last year was mint for us track goers.

Got enough time to have a wander, and get some grub.

Then back in time to see the WRC Focus thrash it round.

gurnE

Great, I'm glad everyone in the RST parade lap had a great time.

Why did we have to witness it tho.

Next time why not hold the parade lap at the nearest bit of dual carriageway and leave the track clear for what it's designed for

TONY C

Each to there own,
some went for track action,
some went for parade lap,
some went just for the whole show, no matter what you do you can't please every one.

TC

James Raby

iTrader: (1)

Never got to see parade lap as got bored with the stupid Ford parades, made me yawn so went off again
LOL at WRC replica, was a joke

TONY C

the F1 cars tuck up track time as they were due on track at 12.40,(although a S1 broke down so it delayed the time they came on) track time finish's normaly at 1pm!!!!! the lunch hour is for the staff at donny to have there lunch so there would be no cars on track AT ALL, so why is it such a big deal that they have a parade lap, they wasn't taking up track time as it wasn't due to restart untill 2pm anyway. if you find it dull, don't watch!!!!

TC

Shings

The F1 cars went through cranner slower than Karl

PMSL

Rs Baz

[quote="AndyRST"]Hey for the people involved in doing the ERST parade lap it was excellent, sorry that they arent to everyones taste and you found it boring, but alot of other ERST drivers did amire the parade laps and the 100 or so people taking part loved every minute of it.

i will have to go with what you said andy, but the f1 cars are shit and the super van well what a waste of time, to me it sounded like a boy racer in his 1litre nova all noise no power.

adamS2RST

Yea, I agree.

Rs Baz

nice one adam, did you stay over night ??

sorry if i woke you up at 3:25am with my engine running

adamS2RST

Yea I did, what car where u in?

Rs Baz

a blue bmw g reg with full m tec kit . it had for sale accross the back window

i couldnt find out where to park so i could get some sleep after my 120 mile drive.

i just didnt want to park in the wrong place.

gurnE

I didn't realise that tbh.

As long as the parade lap doesnt effect the track time available then feel free to ponce around like fairies all lunchtime

rsjp

the track still had to be supervised by donnington officials parade laps or track action, marshells ,paramedics,fire /rescue,ambulance,tow truck , so why cant the parade laps take place at the end of the day ,and let the track action carry on ,like i said earlier, then you would see just how many stop and watch this

jp

TONY C

then when would the donny staff have there lunch??
how many stafff does it take to look after a parade lap?? it's not like any of them was going to spin off at 120 mph into a corner,
if the parade lap tuck place at the end of the day you would still moan about the parade lap taking up track time, cus according to you, you need all the donny staff to supervise this when they could be supervising ppl who want track time, the donny staff have homes to go to as well, easy solution is to do it in lunch hour when RSOC can supervise and the staff have there dinner, cus ethier way, there WILL ALWAY be an lunch hour Break!

TC

turbo

if people wanted the track all 2 them selfs why didnt they jus fookin go on sat 21st b4 national day. fuck me these people think they own the track get a grip.

Rs Baz

why make such alot of fuss over 2 bloody laps of the parade with the rs turbo it was better than the super van and that spent more time on the track but i dont see many making a fuss over that. some time ago i remember the r.s 500 cosworth having a parade on the track i bet no one made any fuss over that did thay.

i must admit the rest was very poor.

Eagle

iTrader: (2)

the van was funny why out on its own .. probably scared brom would overtake it ... f1 cars were good ..

adamS2RST

WEll I enjoyed the parade lap well waiting 45 mins to get on then doing 2 slow laps! was still worth it, so to the haters

Rs Baz

im with you adam all the way

TONY C

bttt for john

warleydaddy

Eagle,
PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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