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Post by Catriona on Jun 18, 2003 22:32:08 GMT
Seems the pickups which were advertised for May 31st/June 1st on the original schedule (and never showed up) are going to be here this weekend instead, according to the Knockhill site!  Nice timing, especially considering there's talk of my online racing league starting a truck racing division... I'm curious to see what it's all about now  |
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Post by davefiddes on Jun 19, 2003 12:25:10 GMT
Are those the old Eurocar pickups? Not seen them in years. Usually quite good racing from what I remember.
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Post by Catriona on Jun 19, 2003 13:37:44 GMT
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Post by davefiddes on Jun 19, 2003 17:34:35 GMT
Yep. That's them! They're nuts. I remember when they were launched at the Autosport Show. They had them driving round the arena with "RAC regulation" ladders tied to the back and plastic buckets, etc... :laugh: Course they're not real pickups. Like the other Eurocar derived series (including the Legends) they're not based on anything in particular. Spaceframe chassis with a Vauxhaull 2 litre 16v lump up front driving the back wheels. Pretty exciting. Thanks for the link GR. Nice website... no Flash...I hate Flash  |
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Post by Catriona on Jun 22, 2003 19:19:28 GMT
Wow, that was fantastic!!! I thought the pickups would be good, but they were even better than I expected.... Kevin Clarke ran away with both the races, but there was generally about ten cars fighting over second, running two wide half the time. It was kinda like watching the Legends, tbh, but bigger - and they look great on the track. Really hope they come back again soon - I'm a big fan now  |
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Post by Blair on Jun 22, 2003 20:40:56 GMT
I'd have to say between the Pickups and the legends - these two hold the top spot for entertainment.
Kinda all puts a damper on the Mini's when you are treated to some real racing!
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Post by davefiddes on Jun 23, 2003 12:27:10 GMT
Or a field of big V8 (or V6) Eurocars...they're just like Legends and Pickups but more exciting still. To be honest the whole Eurocar package as was was a brilliant days racing and it is criminal/sad that they haven't been back to KH since 99(?). Big crowds, big fun and the drivers loved the circuit.
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Post by NS-R on Jun 23, 2003 16:22:19 GMT
I have to agree - the pickups were really good to watch. I remember watching the old Eurocars package and that was a great day's action with the three series - it's a pity it lost it's status... A funny thing the commentator said about the pickups is that at Knockhill, it was the first time this season that they have had to make a right turn! They've only been out at ovals so far... Nick www.ns-r.co.uk |
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Post by Blair on Jun 23, 2003 20:22:51 GMT
They've only been out at ovals so far... Aha!! "oval" - another word to be added to the list that contains, Mini's, Formula Fords, ETCC, church.... |
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Post by Catriona on Jun 23, 2003 20:50:11 GMT
Lol, TL - I've got a friend who thinks that about road courses :laugh: Personally I think ovals are far nicer to drive on (only have to learn two corners per track, except for Rockingham, where you've got four bloody difficult ones  ), but road courses are more fun to watch, even if most things do happen on the other side of the circuit |
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Post by davefiddes on Jun 23, 2003 21:28:15 GMT
They've only been out at ovals so far... That'd explain why they've all picked up Gurneys/spoilers on the back then I guess....to try and keep that whacky shape from generating too much lift at huge speed!  |
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Post by jaffa6 on Jun 23, 2003 22:26:19 GMT
As always the pick-ups provided some excellent racing. I always enjoyed watching them in the Eurocar series too ;D. The fact that they race on the oval at Rockingham is (I think) new. I'm sure that when watching them at Rockingham last year with the Ascars they used one of the infield courses. The Ascars didn't actually make it out on track due to the rain  but as usual the Pick-ups and the Legends took up the slack and gave the crowd some great racing. Jaffa |
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Post by XR2 Baz on Jun 24, 2003 18:58:58 GMT
As i remember it, when the whole Eurocar package was introduced (V6's, V8's, Pickups and Legends) they were all originally designed for oval racing. The lack of oval's in the UK didn't seem to deter Sonny Howard, and Rockingham popped up conveniently to fill that gap, which would explain why they like to stick to ovals. I remember that the first time the V6's came to Knockhill (before the V8's, Pickups and Legends existed) they had all sorts of problems with brakes as they had tiny discs on them, designed for ovals. They all had to run water cooling on the brakes to cope with a road course!! I'm not a fan of ovals myself, but if you give me a car and a race round one you might change my mind Baz |
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