As a fan of all things car related I'm delighted to see that we have made it into all of the magazines I buy at the same time this October.
It all started with a letter I wrote to Octane following the Festival of Speed at Goodwood. Now I've never managed to make the FOS due to two reasons:
1 - Newcastle to Goodwood is one hell of a long drive;
2 - As I race frequently over the summer it tends to clash with many events.
Anyway, this year I had the opportunity to squeeze the Friday in at the FOS before continuing across to Brands Hatch for the Aston Martin Intermarque Championship; so off I went in the RV. The event was fantastic and I'm so pleased I made the effort, using the opportunity to meet up with some friends from the south at the same time. It worked a treat and I'll definitely do it again. Great atmosphere and loads of access. I'm sold.
Next up we had a trip to the Silverstone Classic. Again I took the RV and stocked it full of car mags for the weekend. Opening Octane I was enraged by Robert Coucher's column indicating that the FOS brought the 'wrong crowd'. So much so that I immediately bashed out an email to Octane on my iPad.
After the letter appeared it clearly hit a chord as the following month a further letter was published sighting the same disappointment in tone.
On a happier note, although I missed the formal EVO supercar shoot over the lunch break at VMAX200, primarily due to the fact I was in the burger van queue with Max, the photographer managed to take a snap of Blasst cooling off after the morning run.
Plus a snapshot in the video summary.
Finally, following a great race at Snetterton my trusty black 355 managed a 3rd overall and 1st in class in the Intermarque behind two Astons. It's always worth checking Autosport. Tim got the Championship, but he knows who really came out on top, I'm sure.....
