Any of you guys into "proper" F1....

[RAB393Y]

....Gears & Tears on BBC1 tonight - Monday 2nd August.

It's a documentary series about the F1 Stock Car Season.

This is what I used to go and watch as a kid with the family, before I joined the RSOC and my life was taken over by clothing!!!

If you can get to watch it, please do!

Stock Car Racing is Magic!!!

Em xxx

[mike77cos]

Dam Em, I've only just seen this, I crewed for a F2 stock car team and an unlimited Rod about 10 years ago

[RAB393Y]

It's about the bitter rivalry between the Wainmans and Smiths.

War of the Roses.

It's a 6-part documentary series - you'll have to catch next weeks.

It was DEAD good!

I didn't know Wainman Jnr was nearly killed in 2008 after crashing his car.

Em xxx

[modena green]

just watched it on bbc i player,done a bit of oval racing in my youth twas a good watch.

[1488ID]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tc28r/Gears_and_Tears_Episode_1/

[jimmer]

Good programme that, thanks for the heeds up

[KL]

Which magazine was it that famously described UK short oval racing as "populated by steely-eyed Essex men with tatoos, beer guts, pockets full of used 50s and a shooter in the boot"?
If the series intends to dispell that image, it hasn't started too well....

[damien]

been into and still am into oval racing for a long time now ive watched these f1s at 4 world finals now and i ave to say to everyone who is into motorsport shld go once and witness these guys at there best the bbc ave done an excellent job roll on episode no2

[RAB393Y]

Watching Stock Car Racing was our weekly jaunt as a family outing when I was younger.

My mum used to run Andy & Steve Hodgson's fan club.

There's nowt better than coming home with shale in your hair and stinking of petrol and rubber fumes!

Lisa Smith (nee Harter) was pants as a lady stock car driver - the best lady stock car driver was Jayne Bean!

Still I suppose if it looks good for tv!

Em xxx

[RAB393Y]

Which magazine was it that famously described UK short oval racing as "populated by steely-eyed Essex men with tatoos, beer guts, pockets full of used 50s and a shooter in the boot"?
If the series intends to dispell that image, it hasn't started too well....

What you trying to say about us Northerners.......................

[Northern Bloke]

Excellent stuff, just watching it now. I spannered for Nigel "Buster" Watson for a couple of seasons and met Stuart Smith and a lot of the other guys, lots of beers and barbies and fixing cars in the mud and rain - great fun and those F1 cars are proper beasts

[cossie si]

My old man raced formula 1 in the late 70,s number 468 pete endsor
went to 100,s of meetings mainly white city belle vue sheffield rochdale bradford
This was deffo the stu smith era, forget how many world championships he won!
Frankie wainman snr was always 2nd best to him!
Remember him towing his coach/trailor with doug cronshaws car on with his stock car when his coach broke down!
My old man was mates with dave beresford, and we used to spanner for him back than! used to hide under the stock car to avoid paying to get in lol!
Bezz took me around high edge sat at the side of his seat( i was about 10) flat out!
I was scared stupid but loved every minute! My old man couldn,t believe how fast he drove lol!
Deffo the working mans sport still,! Went to a meeting at belle vue a couple of years ago, my 1st since 1984!
I was actually a "Mike Close" fan lol wonder what happened to him!
Theres no noise like formula 1 stock cars( Way to expensive now though)

[cossie si]

....Gears & Tears on BBC1 tonight - Monday 2nd August.

It's a documentary series about the F1 Stock Car Season.

This is what I used to go and watch as a kid with the family, before I joined the RSOC and my life was taken over by clothing!!!

If you can get to watch it, please do!

Stock Car Racing is Magic!!!

Em xxx

Stock racing is magic! Sung by bill maynard think i still have the 45 somewhere(seriously)
"Whatever number we support , we are fans of the greatest sport"
"Stock car racing is magic" followed by air horn!
Think stock car meets were the 1st to have air horns in the crowd, my old man had a motorspares shop and sold shed loads of em!:

[cossie si]

http://homepages.tesco.net/~autumnview/stockcar/magic.mp3

said song lol

[RS2000CUSTOM]

My old man raced formula 1 in the late 70,s number 468 pete endsor