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Post by Blair on Jun 26, 2005 20:16:02 GMT
Did anyone else go today?
Scorcher of a day - difference to last year (posters floating around the paddock as I recall...)
Them HM Plant Hondas should just have the championship given to them, Kiyonari won both BSB races today.
On the whole I didn't think they were as entertaining as they were in previous years.
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Post by jaffa6 on Jun 26, 2005 21:11:10 GMT
I have to agree with that, not as entertaining as usual... but a great day all the same. Beautiful weather, big crowd and some good action on track ( and in the gravel/grass/hay bales too...). Anyone know how the guy who got run over at the hairpin is??? It looked pretty painful...and the crowd there were going mad coz they didn't stop the race right away...!!! I'm sure most folk had a good day of it anyway... Jaffa6
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Post by Catriona on Jun 26, 2005 21:22:48 GMT
Hmm, it shows how much I follow the superbikes these days, as I didn't even know they were up this weekend! I've always meant to go to that, as I watched it on tv a lot back in 97-98, but over the years more and more of the names I knew went to Worlds/retired/died (Steve Hislop was one of my heroes), so I got less interested. Might try and remember it next year though, it's good to have a "big" series visiting the Hill Glad the weather was good for it, rather than saving up all the rain and wind for it like normally happens
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Post by Dave on Jun 27, 2005 9:06:00 GMT
Watched in on TV - flicking between that and the DTM race. Agree with everyone else. They looked to be seriously shifting but it was just a procession from what I seen. You get more action and overtaking at a SMRC race meeting. ;D Must take a lot of balls to go round Knockhill that fast on a bike tho.
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Post by dagman16 on Jun 27, 2005 12:46:38 GMT
According to a report in today's Scotsman, the guy who got hit at the hairpin was fine. He was taken to the medical centre and later released with some bruises!
Sounds like a lucky chap as it said that as well as falling off he was then hit by 2 bikes!
See ya all on the 3rd, hoping for weather like the bikers got!
David
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Post by Mike Hogg on Jun 27, 2005 19:34:09 GMT
See ya all on the 3rd, hoping for weather like the bikers got! Well, that's jinxed it.
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Post by Racemania on Jun 27, 2005 19:55:25 GMT
Agree with everyone else. They looked to be seriously shifting but it was just a procession from what I seen. You get more action and overtaking at a SMRC race meeting. Yea but did you see the number of spectators they had? I have never seen so many spectators from any of the big televised car meetings. Knockhill did a lot of TV advertising for the last 2 weeks so I guess it pays to bring in the punters... or was it just the good weather. I had to double take when I saw it first. Trackside seating full to overflowing. Half dressed people sweltering in the heat and all the corner kerbing now painted in Seat Yellow and white. The track looked really class. Also looked exceptionally wide when you could only see one bike rather than 4 Legends ;D Ali
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Post by Michael Booth on Jun 27, 2005 20:55:30 GMT
Had to say it was a great day yesterday, warm, sunny, seven enjoyable races, with loads of photos being taken. I heard it was 20,000 just from the pre weekend tickets sales, so 25k sounds about right. Hardly any room to move! Although I wasn't at the hairpin for the crash on Sunday I did manage to capture other incidents: This GP 125 rider escaped on the Saturday with only a broken collar bone! The end of the last race - an altercation between two brothers. See you all on Sunday! Michael
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Post by Catriona on Jun 27, 2005 20:59:15 GMT
Wow, those kerbs totally change the look of the place! Guess the old ones were beginning to fade a bit though, looking forward to seeing them next weekend! Good pictures there, plenty of action
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Post by dagman16 on Jun 27, 2005 23:49:38 GMT
Sorry, Mike.... shouldn't have mentioned the weather.... though I did play golf tonight till 10.50pm in absolutely glorious conditions.....!!!!!!!!!!!
Hee hee!
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Post by Racemania on Jun 28, 2005 7:50:28 GMT
Sorry, Mike.... shouldn't have mentioned the weather.... though I did play golf tonight till 10.50pm in absolutely glorious conditions.....!!!!!!!!!!! Hee hee! Shouldn't that be Tee Hee David?
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Post by Charlie on Jun 28, 2005 9:29:59 GMT
Sorry, Mike.... shouldn't have mentioned the weather.... though I did play golf tonight till 10.50pm in absolutely glorious conditions.....!!!!!!!!!!! Hee hee! Shouldn't that be Tee Hee David? :Slap :
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Post by dagman16 on Jun 28, 2005 12:39:48 GMT
Massive groooooaaaaaannn!! Nice one, Ali!
David
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Post by Blair on Jun 28, 2005 19:43:51 GMT
It was the first time I've been to Knockhill this year, I must say the yellow & white kerbs improve the track ten fold, weren't they red, yellow and white a few years back though IIRC ?
The trackside before the hairpin I see is now filled with gravel, big improvement as that was always watelogged and it looked rough trackside and on TV.
To be honest I thought the crowd was smaller than last year's BSB meeting. but I reckon it's on a par with the BTCC in terms of crowd.
Seemed quite quick to get in, although it took us 3 and a quarter hours to get home, thanks to Kincardine roadworks (road looked fine to me, but there were a set of lights - aargh) and also roadworks near Cumbernauld that took an hour to get through! Normally takes at most 2 hours!
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Post by jaffa6 on Jun 28, 2005 21:40:14 GMT
Great pix MB, you seem to have the knack of being in the right place at the right time for the action. Glad to hear that the guy who came off at the hairpin was OK, I didn't know he got hit twice, but I saw him being run over by one other bike... No idea what the crowd figures were but it matched anything I've seen at the 'Hill... Jaffa6
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