Loch Stewart Memorial Run - Sun 19 February 2006

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Postby npn4875 » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:53 pm

Wot they said... fantastic day, well done to the organisers. I didn't have the pleasure of knowing Loch, but he must have been a helluva guy.

fra, I was behind you, and if that wasn't traction control, what was causing the blue smoke and squeaky noises around your back wheels??? :?: :shock:

There's photos from a couple of folks up on the Yahoo group site already and my camera is chokkas with pics that President Tom took. It'll be well documented!
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Postby Fra66L » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:08 pm

***grins innocently*** :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Postby Fra66L » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:11 pm

Mike,
umm my traction control has fingernails but an increasing threshold. :D 8)
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Postby StanTheMan » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:14 pm

Fra66L wrote:Mike,
umm my traction control has fingernails but an increasing threshold. :D 8)




ROFLMHO....thats too funny. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby jules » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:41 pm

Woooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh....best run I've ever had since defecting from Mexico!!!

Soooo many cars, such amazing roads, great drivers, awesome organising...
Beef and Guiness pies.....what else could I possibly need.

Could I suggest that we find a way to get ALL the photos and video footage together for general circulation via DVD. I've got a few pics and Vids to throw in.

HOW GOOD WERE THOSE SINGLE LANE MOUNTAIN ROADS!!!!!!!!!!
The best Sunday for a whole year for me.

Thank you Jackie.
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Postby red5 » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:18 pm

Thanks to all for a fantastic day. As a newbie it was great to meet some friendly club members and take red for a great run. Looking forward to the next one! :D
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Postby SPy vs. SPy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:52 pm

Luckily I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself some years ago on a run out to one of the Dams south of Ipswich.

two things I remember about that day:

some bloke with his head under the bonnet of a gold NB with some aluminium tubing measuring up for a new air intake.

many members muttering about the speeds that the lead car was doing that day, mutter mutter, new constitution rule etc etc....

He'll be missed but the stories will only get bigger with the telling.

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Beth & Jackie awesome run, awesome day, though I think next time there should be a run sheet home too, Dave & I seemed to get more & more hopelessly lost the further we drove, though we did somehow keep finding twisty bits of bitumen.
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:52 pm

Great day - top effort Jackie and Beth.

Lochie - this blat was for you :D
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Postby dangeradam » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:59 am

Sounds like i missed an awesome run, would have been there but was in the air for most of the morning and didn't clear customs till after lunch.

Look forward to seeing all the pictures.
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Postby Ted » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:00 am

Yes, thanks to all who showed up. The official (read: we think) count is 56 cars, all MX5s except for 1 VW, 3 Hondas, 1 Elise and 1 BMW. It was great to catch up with a lot of "the old crew", and I am sure Cleone enjoyed the day.

The roads, what can I say? We (Jeff, Beth, Jackie and I) must have done 1000kms trying all sorts of different roads. Thankfully, Jeff's generosity meant that is was the R32 running round the countryside, down countless magic roads that invariably turned to dirt where we would say "maybe it goes for a km only" over and over till we turned around.

The Bellthorpe bit, we were in the last few cars and so had a clear run at it as we were 5kms behind the pack. It was fun to catch up to the pack at the top of the range, just as we passed the 5 NA 1600s that had got a bit hot.

And for the run sheet home, sorry but we have never gone back the same way twice!
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Postby Bas » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:46 am

What can I say,but the same as everyone else.Congrats to Jackie,Beth and Ted.Really a mighty day,the roads,the organisation and the company of a good bunch of people.Loch would have been in his glory.
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Postby Cal » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:23 am

Would loved to have been there as would some of the other guys up at QR for round one of the Top Gear MX5 series. A few words were said about it in the morning. I'm sure Gary would loved to have been there, but with his commitments to the racing fraternity, I'm sure everyone understands. Dad went and had a great day.

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Postby rhysk » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:38 am

What a fantastic day, a perfect tribute.

The organisers put in a lot of effort and it all came together brilliantly. Thanks Jackie, Beth, Ted, Jeff, etc.
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Postby Ruby95 » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:04 pm

Congratulations Jackie & Ted, Beth & Jeff well planned and well executed what a fitting tribute to a remarkable man.

26th January 2007 is already on our calander
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Postby Ted » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:22 pm

excellent Ruby95 - just let us know where it starts and what time :)
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