Very enjoyable event again although I was in a bit of a rush this year. Well done to everyone involved in organising this event. Why not visit http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/ to plan your next visit

A day of fast moving and legeley very unpleasant weather. Some great track action - Dave Longhurst back in action and some wonderful Escorts in the Tin Top race

Some pictures of the show trucks at Brands Hatch

Great action from the Trucks,Picup's, Legends and Dunlop Saloons. Well done to Rod Birley on his 500th win.

Been away for the weekend. Main Feature was Longleat Safari Park but also really taken with Bradford on Avon, The Kennet & Avon Canal and the aquaduct at Avoncliff

A few pictures of a wonderful sunset. Will bwe paying more attention to verticles next time !!

It was 1972 that I first saw Hot Rods at Wimbledon Stadium. So it was very exciting to have the chance to photograph these classic shapes at Wimbledon again. Back in 1972 the official track photographers used a lot of Black and White so here is my take on that.

Brilliant drive by Ben Marjoram (60) to win ahead of Nick Smith. Some very heavy crashes but everyone was OK.

The classic shapes race again at Wimbledon - almost like 1972 all over again. well done chaps.

A selection of pictures from the day's "atmosphere". Highlights include the 50 years of the Mini parade and the appearence of Buzz Aldrin as guest of Honour. Then there was the parade of cars to celebreate Sir Stirling Moss's 80th birthday. On top of that there was flying with the Vulcan taking top billing.

Pictures from the races featuring an amazin collection of cars.

Another excellent show. Good selection of commercial vehicles this year. For details of future events at this site watch http://www.heritagefield.co.uk/

Our annual event for racing cars by the seaside. I have not been for years and as stunned at how good it was. I will be back next year. Watch for the date on http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk/

Some shots from some of our recent outings. Highlights are the lion cubs at London Zoo, the red pandas at Port Lympe and a deer that we found just wanderring through the woods at Pulborough Brooks

2 litre Hot Rods back in town. Good meeting and I managed to photograph my first rollover in the bangers !!!

A great show again. My favourite part is the tractor working area. Plan your visit next year by keeping up with http://www.rudgwicksteamshow.co.uk/

A couple of days away - what agreat little railway this is. Plan your visit at http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/home_flash.html

This is just a reminder "flag" - my 1980's pictures are scanned and can be found in the NationalHotRod.com gallery ay http://neilrowe.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album94

Action from the Junior Rods, Reliant Robins and bangers. For more information about racing at Aldershot visit http://www.spedeworth.co.uk/

Great to catch up with the Classics. A good meeting - wins for Sammy Mitchel. For more information about the cars visit http://www.chr.racingdrivers.co.uk/

Excellent airshow with some star performers including the amazing Vulcan. Unfortunatley the sun was in the wrong place most of the day so some of the pictures are not great.

Cup of tea,piece of cake and planes including some performers from the Eastbourne Airshow. Nice afternoon. Will be a lot busier next week for the Shoreham Airshow !!

A few pictures of the 1300 Stock Cars - Their final was really liveley !!

Truly spectecular racing from the Late Models. Garry Ellis is a star - outide line all night !! Find out more about the series at http://www.oasces.com/

A good little show with very reasonable entrance prices. Heavy rain on Saturday night made conditions difficult for the harvesting demonstrations. Their web site is at http://www.step-back.org.uk/

After failing to buy a ticket (sold out) I thought I would have a go at chasing this arround - just about everything that could go wrong for me did but have still got a few pictures.

A great days racing - some excellent cars and some very good driving. For information about Classic Touring cars visit
http://www.classictouringcars.com/index.asp

Another brilliant display of cars including Nascar racers celebrating 50 years of Daytona, the excellent rally stage and historic Grand Prix cars

These are the nest of my pictures from the rest of the racing on Sunday. Foe pictures of the National Hot Rods see the gallery of http://www.nationalhotrod.com/
also use http://www.nationalhotrod.com/ to get all the latest National Hot Rod news

Some familiar cars here - a couple of excellent Mk 2 Escorts

Well worth a visit - now featuring a World of Top gear exhibit as well.
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/ipus/beaulieu/motorcollection

New series based around CAMSO V8's and ASCAR's - some very good racing - should be exciting round Ipswich on 15/8/09

Excellent display as ever. Andy Smith was amazing in the Grand National. National Hot Rods were also excellent and pictures of them are noqw on line at http://www.nationalhotrod.com/

A brilliant show - loads to see - some truly brilliant cars

Another year - another HCVS run and still they find things that I have not seen before. An excellent morning spent on Clayton Hill. Good to steam going over the hill instead of through it !!

Here we have a catch up of some of the "natrure" pictures from the past couple of months. Locations include Woods Mill, Pulborough Brooks. WWT at Arundel and brighton/Hove seafront

hwe second day in public service of 34059 "Sir Archibald Sinclair" - a magnificent achievment. For more info visit http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/

Action from the 1300 Stock Cars and the Rookie Rods. Pictures of the National Hot Rods are in the gellery at http://www.nationalhotrod.com/

Excellent as ever - some quality racing in rapidly changing weather.

Excellent grid of Saloon Cars - plenty of old Fords. Another win for Rod Birley.

First outing of the year for the Pick ups - looking good as ever. Find out more at http://www.pickuptruckracing.com/index.php?id=61,0,0,0,0,0

Action from qualifying day. Excellent action in truly testing conditions. For more about the truck see http://www.britishtruckracing.co.uk/

Work continuing at Imberhorne Lane on removing the non hazardous material from the tip and then the train a West Hoathley at Horsted Keynes.

Some of my favourite pictures from the static display area.

An excellent days action and found some better anglesthan last year. Another collection to come of the static show vehicles. Also video of the Metro's on You Tube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osWvF8EiJVE

Ah-ha - so that's what the shepherds warning was for !!! This lot arrived this morning - too bad to get to work so took pictures instead !!

Goodness that was cold. Staring into an easterley wind to see the sun rise. I trust all shepherds took it as a warning !!

What dreadfull weather but hat fun to meet three young "lads" so deepley into trains - takes you back !! In the end I opted to stay under the canopy so the shots are more distant than they should have been. The return run in the dark was just brilliant - you do not here a locomotive pulling like that on a preserved line.

Up earley to see the besy of the frost - very cold indeed !! Some very nice pictures of a very helpful robin !!

An hour late due to faulty or frozen points at Three Bridges but still worth the wait. First A4 I have ever seen on the main line.

An excellent day. Some brilliant buses and the D&D 7F in service as well. Crowing glory was a ride back to Brighton on open top bus in the dark. It rained a bit to - great fun.
Why not visit the Bluebell Railway soon - see http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/ fir information

What a nice place. Wanted to go for ages and then happenned to be in London with free time. For more information about visiting please go to http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/

A great event - really enjoyed it. Stunning weather and a great selection of working tractors.

Day one of the Autumn Gala. Starriing role by Someset and Dorset 7F number 53809.

An excellent event. I was there quite early hence the fog in the background of some of the pictures !!

My first visit to the rally organised by Alan and Lynne Cullen and a host of other very keen people.
"Ladies,Gentlement, Boys and Girls welcome to Kingsfold" - Brilliant !!

A veru enjoyable show - will be on my calender for next year.

A great meeting with National Hot Rods back in town for the first time in 16 years.

Also on duty were 2 Litre Hot Rods and Superstox which were both great and Bangers who were just plain mental.

My first visit to the new Aldershot.

A good afternoon's racing from the Classic Hot Rods. Well done to final winner Martin Wallace.

Check back next week for (hopefully!) pictures of National Hot Rods trying the track for the first time.

For more info about events at this track see http://www.stockcar.co.uk/

A very enjoyable show - love the working field - shame to go home really !!

Various Ford saloons out to play in the sunshine - That yellow MK 2 was very quick - might have had something to do with the Cosworth motor !!

Pictures from the working area at the Barcombe Mills Country Show - Arranged by SEVAC ( South Eastern Vintage Agricultural Club). For more details of them visit http://www.sevac.co.uk/

A few pictures from Worthing Bus rally - a very enjoyable event - including, at long last, a ride on Brighton & Hove's K Class

An interresting collection of industrila shunters including a gathering of List Rail Trucks.

The day ended with the 8 working Listers on a pasenger train - first time I have been hauled by 8 locomotives !!

For more events at Ambereley please visit http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/

An impressive gathering of Corvettes and some other classic Amaerica metal.

Some very good racing and and an excellent turn out of cars.

Peter Scott took a straightforward win in the title race after drawing the front row. The rest of his afternoon was not so straight forward !!

For more information on these cars visit http://www.v8stockcars.co.uk/

An excellent meeting from the Classic Hot Rods - becoming my favourite formula.

For more information see http://www.classic-hot-rods.com/index.html

A fine win for Gary Woolsley. Impressive speed from Colin Gomm over the closing laps of the final.

Keep up tp date with the racing at www.nationalhotrod.com

Excellent entry of cars to try out the track before their World Final in September.

My first trip to the Classic Ford Show.

What a day - some wonderful cars and some truly impressive driving.

Did the Rally Car ride - now I want to drive it !!

Keep up with the Classic Ford scene - buy Classic Ford magazine and visit
http://www.classicfordmag.co.uk/

A new camera to play with today - some good points and some bad !!

However the run, as ever, contained a very high quality entry and was hugeley enjoyable.

Excellent meeting featuring classic saloon cars.

Some excellent old beasts in action

These are from the Saturday of Goods Train Weekend. An excellent day out - pity about the rather cold wind and the Cornish pasties selling out !!

A day of very "interresting" weather and some great racing.

A quick visit to Horsted Keynes to try to capture the auto train again. A cold day but wonderfull in the sun on the bridge at the north end of the station.

My first ever visit to a rally. Excellent entertainment. Huge gathering of Metro 6R4's as well as some other classic rally cars.
Checkout the story of the rally on
http://www.rallyesunseeker.co.uk/

A fine frosty morning at the wonderful Woods Mill - all i need now is a bigger zoom lense !!

A trip to the Bluebell on 3/2/8 to ride on the visiting GWR Auto Train.

An excellent experience - highly recomended.

Visit http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/
for info on riding on this unique vehicle

I have just scanned these for fun. Back in 1993 I turned 40 and Lorraine ( now Mrs Duke) managed to scrape the money together to send for a day at Pete Winstone's "Oval Racing School" at Arena. A great day was had - what a shame nobody operates anything like this these days.

The first picture was taken by me and shows Pete trying to frighten one of the other pupils. The rest of them are me in the car with thanks to the father of one of the other puplis who used my compact camera (no zoom) to grab these images

During the 1990's National Hot Rods raced regularley at Arena Essex. I enjoyed the track a lot and back in those days, before catch fencing, it was a brilliant place to take pictures. I hope that you like these.

To keep up to date with National Hot Rod racing please visit
www.nationalhotrod.com

Some scans of pictures taken at the Bluebell Railway in the 1980's and 1990's also featuring some of the locomotives that are not running at the moment

I went to the Bluebell today as the Auto train was due to be in steam for training. However issues with "Birchgrove" lead to the Auto train becoming the 13.00 hrs departure from Sheffield Park

Tangmere put on a very sprited display through Arundel - well worth the wait in the cold!!!

Santa specials in truly disgusting weather. Still a great morning out though.

The Pickup's and Legends were good value again at Brands Hatch. I did not do very well with pictures of them this time due to spending too much time sitting in the Grandstand !!

Amazingly varied grid of cars - Rod Birley managed to get the job done at the second time of asking. A couple of old Escorts that I saw at Lydden back in September were very enjoyable to watch.

An excellent days racing in wonderfull weather. Pictures of the racing, the show trucks and the amazing wheeley truck

The 47th running of this title. A classy win for Shaun Brooker. World Champion after 21 years in the formula.

National Hot Rods returned to Wimbledon for a World championship qualifier for the first time in several years.

Hat trick for 61 Andy Holtby and fine charge to second in the final from Carl Boardley.

For more information on this racing see
nationalhotrod.com

A busy morning. I had heard stories that some clearence work was being udertaken at Cross in Hand Raceway. The place is looking much better than when I last saw it with hopes of using it for a drivers reunion next year

Having been lulled into a sense of false security by the speeds on preserved lines 45407 was on us before I could even turn the camera on!! Only one shot of it coming towards me!! Thank goodness it went back the other way !!

Also a couple of shots of the disused up platform - apparantley that was last used in 1991 - that stuff does grow quick !!

Some excellent club motor sport on the full circuit in the morning before the Oval Racing part of the day. Particularly enjoyed the olf Ford Escorts and also Ken Angel in the Jaguar

A very good show from the Trucks. Only 5 on the track at a time does not sound a lot until you see it. Well done lads - excellent entertainment.

National Hot Rods returned to Lydden Hill for the first time in many a long year. A great afternoons racing with the final going to Stebe Thompson (170) after Keith Woods (25) had won the heats. Keep up to date with National Hot Rods at
nationalhotrod.com

Tangmere was in Brighton on Sunday to haul a special to Kent. Pictures from the morning departure and the night time return.

A good session from the Classics with close but clean racing throughout. To find out more about these cars visit http://www.classic-hot-rods.com/index.html

Words received from Danny Brosnan who races car number 9
Firstly I would like to thank Arena Essex for allowing the classic hot rods to put on a show, plus a huge thanks to Arena Essex managment and all those who were able to place a donation for the Acorn Hospice. I would also like to thank all the other drivers and teams for there support and clean racing. We all spend alot of time and money showing what these old cars can do. So if any one else is interested in joining the classic hot rods for next year or need help in building a car please email me at dannybrosnanracing@yahoo.co.uk or ring me on 07740095662. We are at Wimbledon speedworth this Sunday evening 9/9/7. Which is in fact my 49th birthday. No cakes please as my car is to heavy as it is. Come and see all the old cars in the pits and have a very enjoyable nights racing. Regards Danny Brosnan Snr

Many thanks to Matt Bull and Arena Essex for the photographic access.

To see Matts work please visit http://www.racepixels.co.uk/ and for information about racing at Arena Essex check out http://www.arenaessex.com/

The Bluebell Railway is my local steam line. I first visited with my parents in about 1967 when the mid week service was tha Adams tank and the observation car. These are pictures deom the 60's and 70's and the early 80's before I actually found out how to take pictures. They feature a lot of loco's that are now out of service. For more information on the Bluebell Railway visit http://www.bluebellrailway.co.uk/

Having visited here on 20/8/7 I have now found a few pictures from my only other visit ( when it was called The Dart Valley Railway) in 1972. Notice the construction site to the north where what is now the A38 Devon Expressway was busily "stealing" the trackbed to Ashburton

So moving on from what we have seen already in the Hot Rod's in the '70s collection these are my shots of Barry from 1980 onwards. I never went to any Rallycross meetings back then which is a shame but we have got quite good coverage of Barry's time in Eurocar, the Retro Rod revival and even Barry's dice with the Sir Stirling Moss at the 2006 Goodwood Revival.

Hope you find something to interrest you.

George was one of original stars in Hot Rods in the South of England. Famous for his love of the Ford Anglia and also his remarkable ability to find and use an outside line whenever possible

Duffy was a big name in Hot Rods in the 70's. there are some pictures of him in the 70's collection.

However he went on to be a big name throughout the 80's and into the 90's. These are my pictures from that era.

His name is still known today and his son Robert has been a front runner in the BTCC for a few years now.

Before my long involvement with oval racing I first got into cars at Autocross meetings. I then moved onto circuit racing at the old Crystal Palace track and finaly found where I wanted to be when I started going to Arlington - Enjoy

This is now compilation of everything that is usable from my 1970's pictures. Oh to go back with a modern camera !!

Great times and great racing. Appologies to all those who do not like Barry Lee !!!

If you have enjoyed this pictures then I recomend you try http://www.oldstockcarpics.tk/

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