Well all of you are aware of the photographer Darren "Sponge" Foster. He has fingers in as many pies than he has eaten!
So who better to give us some hot steaming gossip from the various garages from across the land.... I am merely the conduit, blame Sponge if anything is a little bit shit....
DURATEC FOR NATH
Nathan Maidment (935) curtailed season due to pinto problems has hastened a new power unit.... he's gone over to the darkside and is trying out the Duratec....
RCE-A NEW ONE FOR MIKE
Mike Lees (135). He hath a new one from Dave, Son of Richard.
MORE EAST COAST REDNESS
..and its not about some embarrassing trip to the chemist, following some Skeggy Speedweekend overtly passionate clinchings. Ex 456 Mark Meeds (Skegness) had a big roll at Skeggy years ago and did his back in. He has the ex 645 Richard Sheering Randall.
KIRKCALDY COMEBACK
2009 Novice of the Year, Alan "Killer" Kirkcaldy (795) is due to come back. New one from Dave, Son of Richard's RCE stable. Apparently.
Hopefully those nuggets have suitably informed you. Sponge will be back with more goss soon!
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Cold Turkey, with Cold Turkey....
Alreet....
As you read this, you're probably sitting down with a tube of Pringles, the telly remote lost under a sea of discarded wrapping paper, kids playing with the box, and waiting for the turkey trumping in laws to bog off to whence they came. As we come to this time of reflection its time to mull over the key questions of life. Why aren't Australians gracious in defeat? Sprouts? How come Brucey isn't dead yet? Do you think that new assistant on Dr Who isn't bad for a ginger?
But the key question is.... just exactly what do we do without our weekly fix of stock car in the winter months. I mean in the rare weekends off in season, the Lord gives us some Moto GP, Formula One or BTCC to watch, to keep the petrol head happy. But like our beloved sport, they don't take too kindly to cold aswell.
The group of people this effects the most is the spectator. Now there is a school of thought that say we should have some winter meetings. Spudworth have had the Winternationals for a few years now, seems to get reasonable turnouts. I remember when the Purple lot last fiddled with Taunton, a test meeting took place on 30th December. It pissed down, and the invasion from the East, namely Messers Cooper, Polley and Cole, splashed there way thru the new conifgured track. Indeed, muggins has in the past suffered a 7 car banger meeting on New Years Day, freezing proverbial tits off, hung over and suffering the effects of the night before, just for an stock car fix.
Yes, there is the Autosport show but thats only one weekend. So how do us spectators fill the gap? I tried doing the normo thing. Going to the shop, buying a sunday paper or two, having a large roast, letting it digest with a snooze and read of the paper, then watch the footy, and lo, it's Monday! My mother has learnt to either plate up a roast for me now, for nuking later -or we have a roast during the week. I started reading Sunday papers when I lived in my student house. Took my stereo downstairs, set up shop in the conservatory (yup it was a dead posh student house) put on the Zero 7 album, read the papers, and then the supplements. 2 weeks later, it was festoon with art students and stank of Mary Jane and Anna. So the paper thing died a death, and decided to spend Sundays in the pub.
In this intereggnum between seasons, drivers fall into 4 camps.
Camp 1. DIY. That wallpapering in the spare room you had been putting off since March has too be done, in exchange for racing tokens, for use in March, from 'er indoors. It simply has to be done now, or death by silence/glare/starvation/blood loss from dramatic sudden penal surgery will follow.
Camp 2. Builders. Weekends are for getting arc eye, cup of tea, pot riveting, tea, losing tin snips, tea, finding tin snips, tea, understanding wiring diagrams, not understanding them, tea, give up go indoors!
Camp 3. Fitters. You've spent the coin on your new spec RCHigDall, you just have to put your bits on it. A glorified jigsaw puzzle, suitable for ages 8-80. Sure beats the harbour scenes you usually get. Thats not sky, that's the sea!
Camp 4. See Spectators, and you can bet your shiny behind that these will be the ones cleaning up at the start of the season!
And finally, the promoters. The closed season sees the ORCi Fixture Planning Arm Wrestling Championship. I've heard Bev Greenhalf is awesome. Why else does Northampton keep getting the European!
Ta ta fer now
Jonny...
As you read this, you're probably sitting down with a tube of Pringles, the telly remote lost under a sea of discarded wrapping paper, kids playing with the box, and waiting for the turkey trumping in laws to bog off to whence they came. As we come to this time of reflection its time to mull over the key questions of life. Why aren't Australians gracious in defeat? Sprouts? How come Brucey isn't dead yet? Do you think that new assistant on Dr Who isn't bad for a ginger?
But the key question is.... just exactly what do we do without our weekly fix of stock car in the winter months. I mean in the rare weekends off in season, the Lord gives us some Moto GP, Formula One or BTCC to watch, to keep the petrol head happy. But like our beloved sport, they don't take too kindly to cold aswell.
The group of people this effects the most is the spectator. Now there is a school of thought that say we should have some winter meetings. Spudworth have had the Winternationals for a few years now, seems to get reasonable turnouts. I remember when the Purple lot last fiddled with Taunton, a test meeting took place on 30th December. It pissed down, and the invasion from the East, namely Messers Cooper, Polley and Cole, splashed there way thru the new conifgured track. Indeed, muggins has in the past suffered a 7 car banger meeting on New Years Day, freezing proverbial tits off, hung over and suffering the effects of the night before, just for an stock car fix.
Yes, there is the Autosport show but thats only one weekend. So how do us spectators fill the gap? I tried doing the normo thing. Going to the shop, buying a sunday paper or two, having a large roast, letting it digest with a snooze and read of the paper, then watch the footy, and lo, it's Monday! My mother has learnt to either plate up a roast for me now, for nuking later -or we have a roast during the week. I started reading Sunday papers when I lived in my student house. Took my stereo downstairs, set up shop in the conservatory (yup it was a dead posh student house) put on the Zero 7 album, read the papers, and then the supplements. 2 weeks later, it was festoon with art students and stank of Mary Jane and Anna. So the paper thing died a death, and decided to spend Sundays in the pub.
In this intereggnum between seasons, drivers fall into 4 camps.
Camp 1. DIY. That wallpapering in the spare room you had been putting off since March has too be done, in exchange for racing tokens, for use in March, from 'er indoors. It simply has to be done now, or death by silence/glare/starvation/blood loss from dramatic sudden penal surgery will follow.
Camp 2. Builders. Weekends are for getting arc eye, cup of tea, pot riveting, tea, losing tin snips, tea, finding tin snips, tea, understanding wiring diagrams, not understanding them, tea, give up go indoors!
Camp 3. Fitters. You've spent the coin on your new spec RCHigDall, you just have to put your bits on it. A glorified jigsaw puzzle, suitable for ages 8-80. Sure beats the harbour scenes you usually get. Thats not sky, that's the sea!
Camp 4. See Spectators, and you can bet your shiny behind that these will be the ones cleaning up at the start of the season!
And finally, the promoters. The closed season sees the ORCi Fixture Planning Arm Wrestling Championship. I've heard Bev Greenhalf is awesome. Why else does Northampton keep getting the European!
Ta ta fer now
Jonny...
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Welcome To The Stox Blog
Ahoy there....
Welcome to JHO STOX BLOG - the only blog out there dedicated to the high octane, hard hitting sport of Brisca F2 Stock Car Racing.
So why the need for a blog? Well it's a nice place for a bit of creative opinion and ideas, and well you all know me - I'm the bald git Jonny Hoare, who once had a column in Unloaded, the top F2 publication, stirs up hornets nests on Ftooz. Opinionated and controversial are some of the nice things people have said about me, but heh, I've mellowed, as I sup my camonmile tea and adopt the lotus position.
Yes, there might be a Westcountry bias to my pieces, that's cos I'm from there. Regular at Autospeed tracks, Missed the 2010 World Final, first since 1992. First meeting was at the Cornish Stadium, St Austell, circa 1985, and have been to most of the mainland tarmac tracks, and a few shale ones too! I aim to clear them all next year... Coventry, Belle Vue, Crimond, Lochgelly I'm coming to get you!
So with over 17 years of experience as part of a racing team, both my uncles (Mike and Neil Lampshire (22 and 737) and laterly of Janner Motorsport with boys Rowe, I think I have seen it all, seen champions come and go... I think I might have a go at doing the top 10 drivers I seen on here.
So why do a blog?, Why not? I mean there isn't anything out there at the mo remotely like this, and well this kinda opinion pieces are somewhat lacking in Unloaded nowadays. The mag is still good, but not as good as it once was, and you drivers, you don't have pay a single penny to read this. Well some to your ISP of course.
Also part of the blog, we have our Twitterfeed giving those with fancy phones results at an instant from our correspondents up and around the tracks. Follow us at www.twitter.com/stoxblog
Contributions are welcome and are encouraged from other peeps who think blogging would be good, just e-mail me at jhostoxblog@live.co.uk
It might last for years, or it might last as long as my Unloaded column did, but heh, if it works we're in for a ride, might be bumpy though.....
Enjoy...
Jonny
Welcome to JHO STOX BLOG - the only blog out there dedicated to the high octane, hard hitting sport of Brisca F2 Stock Car Racing.
So why the need for a blog? Well it's a nice place for a bit of creative opinion and ideas, and well you all know me - I'm the bald git Jonny Hoare, who once had a column in Unloaded, the top F2 publication, stirs up hornets nests on Ftooz. Opinionated and controversial are some of the nice things people have said about me, but heh, I've mellowed, as I sup my camonmile tea and adopt the lotus position.
Yes, there might be a Westcountry bias to my pieces, that's cos I'm from there. Regular at Autospeed tracks, Missed the 2010 World Final, first since 1992. First meeting was at the Cornish Stadium, St Austell, circa 1985, and have been to most of the mainland tarmac tracks, and a few shale ones too! I aim to clear them all next year... Coventry, Belle Vue, Crimond, Lochgelly I'm coming to get you!
So with over 17 years of experience as part of a racing team, both my uncles (Mike and Neil Lampshire (22 and 737) and laterly of Janner Motorsport with boys Rowe, I think I have seen it all, seen champions come and go... I think I might have a go at doing the top 10 drivers I seen on here.
So why do a blog?, Why not? I mean there isn't anything out there at the mo remotely like this, and well this kinda opinion pieces are somewhat lacking in Unloaded nowadays. The mag is still good, but not as good as it once was, and you drivers, you don't have pay a single penny to read this. Well some to your ISP of course.
Also part of the blog, we have our Twitterfeed giving those with fancy phones results at an instant from our correspondents up and around the tracks. Follow us at www.twitter.com/stoxblog
Contributions are welcome and are encouraged from other peeps who think blogging would be good, just e-mail me at jhostoxblog@live.co.uk
It might last for years, or it might last as long as my Unloaded column did, but heh, if it works we're in for a ride, might be bumpy though.....
Enjoy...
Jonny
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