....and I was there! It was a freezing cold couple of days with Practice on
Sunday between the Sleet, Snow and rain showers, followed by a full day of
Classic racing on Monday. Thruxton is always a windy circuit as it sits on
the top of the Downs with Salisbury Plain just down the road. There is
nothing to get in the way of the wind so it doesn't get slowed down. The
temerature hovered around freezing all weekend and wind speed was around
15mph gusting to 20+. You got it - it was COLD.
The spectacle of the weekend was Jeremy Welch chasing Bruce Montgomery for
the 45minute Healey Driver International race on Monday afternoon. Those
guys were flying, gaining almost a full lap on the car running third. The
two of them were giving no quarter in cars that were very closely matched.
The sight of those Big Healey's being thrown first left and then right
through the chicane, drifting all fours wheels out toward the Armco on the
exit was too exciting for words.
Brilliant!
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(______________ Alan Bromfield _______________)
(______ \____1957-BN4 ___/ _______)
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Levett-Prinsep drove his Austin Healey 3000 Mk11 in the Healey Driver
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