NEC report 2010

Greetings Race Fans & Happy New Year to you all.

The annual tradition of the Motorsport Show at the NEC saw the usual subjects in attendance.

Blagger “it’s for the kids” Burchill was lapping the hall quicker than he laps a circuit (not difficult I hear you say) nabbing all the good discounts for the Loony Team.

He was closely followed by AlanF & son to record his actions on film.

Team Neaves were also out in force using their tried and trusted technique of boring the stall holders into submission and getting discounted products, so long as they agreed to move along to another stand.

Very little was left for Jonesey Racing so I had to be content with a collection of carrier bags and a show guide.

Later during the day Long Haired Dave and Brooke junior appeared.

An impromptu meeting was held around the bar area where we met Jerry of Silverstone Tyres.
He put forward a proposal to better any rival tyre suppliers 2010 price on both his own Silverstone brand and also other branded tyres. I understand the Silverstone tyres are subject of a test by one of the car magazines where they offered comparable performance for a lower price than the well known brands…..sounds a bit like the Daz test to me.

Jerry  has asked if drivers could submit a list of the tyres they are currently running and the best price they can genuinely get them for.

He has offered to do free fitting and balancing and provide a support van at the races.

I presume there may be a requirement for the cars to have his stickers on too but perhaps LHD could confirm this.

In any event I have offered to compile the list of tyres currently required by drivers to see if Jerry can better the prices being paid.

As I understand it there will be no obligation for drivers to run or purchase tyres from Jerry but certainly in my view if we can save a few bob on running costs and have the back-up at the circuit that cannot be a bad thing.

Let know know your views.

I also understand that we have a new treasurer in the shape of Blagger Burchill. In all honesty this is a thankless task and I wish him the very best of luck with it.

Again LHD can correct me if I have got this wrong but I believe with Burchill on board this will allow our series a little bit more say in how things are run, against when the MGCC managed things???

I also asked LHD how the race calendar was looking and he is on the case but appears to be encountering some delays in the response from the Official Side. Hopefully we will soon have those dates sent out.

I have had a few interesting suggestions for the Caption Competition, most of which I will be able to print “in no particular order”.

I will announce the results next month and will naturally respect the requests for anonymity by some of the entrants!

It looks like another interesting and exciting season lies before us especially with several new drivers joining, some of whom are seasoned veterans from other series.

Dave if you are able to get me a list of any of the newbies I will print a brief character assassination of them, or of course the drivers can send me in their details direct.

I am also aware that several new projects are in hand, if you are happy for me to put these in the public domain let me know….otherwise I may have to drop some strong hints or resort to my usual fabrication and embellishment techniques.

That’s all for now…..hopefully I will be able to print a fuller update next month.

Jonesey