Vintage motorsport: Mallory Park, August 22

A slightly bizarre turn of events, yesterday. For one, there were at least four accredited Pentax photographers at Mallory (possibly a new world and Olympic record), For another, I spent part of the morning in the medical centre after stumbling while crossing the track. As I was desperately trying to prevent my cameras hitting the asphalt, my knees bore the brunt and were quite badly cut. The medics thought I'd need stitches, but eventually set me free after swathing me with iodine and bandages. It did mean not being able to cover as much of the circuit as I would have liked, but here are a few snapshots...


1 - Balance (K-5 IIs, Tamron 70-200, 1/250)


2 - Metal ceremony (K-3, Sigma 50-150)


3 - Marshalling an army of Rileys (K-3, DA300)


4 - I fought the lawn... and the lawn won (K-3, DA300)


5 - Small torque (K-5 IIs, 70-200, 1/250)


6 - Beautiful Leicestershire countryside, wherein Lord Byron once sat to compose the odd poem. Not many cars around in those days, mind (K-5 IIs, 70-200)


7 Darkness on the edge of town (K-3, 50-150)

Great set as ever, sorry to hear about your knees but at least you saved your gear.
That no 81 is a mad looking thing.

Great shots Simon, is that a nitro bottle on the seat in 2?
Hope your knees recover soon.

It looks like a c02 fire extinguisher to me.

Simon

Great set as ever.

#81 - !!!!!!!, you'd need some might big cojones to drive that - no front brakes, no grip to speak of, and instead of a bucket seat, you've got what I can only describe as a 'coal scuttle' seat.

Phil

What fun, sorry to hear about your knees Simon. Suffering for your art eh? I like the skillful pan of number five.

great shots as per

Nice set Simon, like the captions. Hope the knees are on the mend.

Regards

George