Chained pairs started off the event - great fun and by far the safest looking racing of the afternoon. Wouldn't mind having a bash at that myself. Several TSR and 2L bangers followed which were exciting, especially as so many had turned up unannounced - I think the commentator mentioned 70 (although was probably a slight exaggeration!). With so many cars racing at once the number of crashes to begin with were unavoidable - it was impossible to keep up with who was winning, although the skilled were able to.
Either TSR or 2L, not sure which. We had plenty of cars ending up like the one near the tyres with their rears wheels and back ends completely mangled. Tracters would tow them off after each race and then they'd reappear more or less as good as new a couple of races later!
Inbetween these races we had the joy of watching several 3 wheeled Reliant Robins doing their thing. Brilliant fun - we all enjoyed this the best as they roll and tumble, spin and crash at the slightest bend and knock. The drivers seem to relish in making their vehicles spin over and over, although for one poor chap it ended in him being stretchered off to hospital. Felt alittle sorry for the medical team constantly having to check on crashed victims, although we only witnessed one real casualty that afternoon.
Reliant Limo - it didn't last long and got dented and scratched within seconds of being on the race track.
This one was called "Bobbles" and appeared in all three Reliant races even though the actual cab was hanging on by a thread! The cab was attached to a tailer for the caravan destruction derby so I guess "Bobbles" has finished its racing life for good now.
One of the many Reliant pile-ups.
The final race was the destruction of towed caravans which took a while to take off I must say. Once one caravan began to show signs of falling apart, they all seem to go rather rapidly. I'm not surprised they left this race to last! The Robins left a good amount of debrise behind but the caravans left a huge amount!
New and clean banger and caravan ...
after a few laps it looked just a bit squashed ...
and eventually it seemed to attach itself to another car and trailer (which in itself happened to accidentally be towing another car and trailer!).
Brilliant - we shall definitely go again - to the Monster Truck racing next time I think.
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