A decent race day overall, the worst races being Porsche race 2, Ginetta GT & Formula Renault.
Andy Neate continues to be a menace to human life, he just turned left into Will Bratt to cause that crash. It's fitting that he's the only person that I've seen (other than poor Nick Foster) to go that far off since they reconfigured the run-off area. He is going to kill somebody. I did have a thought that he runs number 44 because that's how many boxes of corn flakes he had to sift through before he finally found one that contained a racing licence.
Ford had a terrible day in general. Numerous FFords made unscheduled stops, there was yet another Ginetta on fire in the Supercup race (they use Ford engines), and Onslow-Cole, Griffin & Mat Jackson kept having issues in the touring cars.
There was nearly a huge shunt in the first Junior race where a car went spinning across the inside of Brooklands and narrowly avoided two others by what looked like millimetres. There was plenty of slipstreaming going on, including an eight car battle for the lead at one point.
The first Porsche race was actually really enjoyable. There were quite a few battles for position throughout the field, to the point where Matt Feeney could have exploded with excitement! It also had a great finish for third place between Butcher & Lloyd. They were running side by side through Luffield, Butcher had a huge powerslide on the inside on exit and the drag raced to the line with Lloyd taking it by a bumper.
It amazes me how many many casuals (or as I call them, non-fans) go to these events. During the first BTCC race the stands were packed, you couldn't move for people. Five minutes afterwards they were 75% empty, even though there was another race on. Why do people spend £30 on a ticket just to watch three races? They should stay at home.
And another thing, why do people take babies to a racetrack? It's really not a suitable place for them and all they do is cry, the poor thing was probably terrified. It's a worse sound than an air horn (incidentally, anyone who takes one of those to an event should have it rammed up their arse). Also, I can't stand people who insist on providing a running commentary. There was this kid behind me, probably about 16, with his Dad and he pointed out every single pass, slide or crash. I could have turned around and punched him in the mouth, the irritating little sod.
It's interesting to see so much discussion about Tordoff passing under yellow, I had no idea that even happened
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