Bloody Brilliant, and we only watched the practice runs.
We positioned ourselves at the finish line on the advice of a steward (“they’ll reach max speed there”). It took a while to get going but the organisation of the event was really professional. Fionn (aged 9 months) screamed every time a bike also screamed across the line. OisÃn hid in a buggy, Shibs was unimpressed and Oscar went quiet.
Most of the family left after a few minutes due to the noise, leaving Oscar and myself to enjoy the smell of burning rubber.
I think we have a new annual family event on our calendar. Stunning. I don’t think I’ve ever stood a few yards from a guy doing a wheelie at approx 100mph. Anyone know what speed they were doing across the finish line?
Shutter lag on the camera was terrible so the pictures below are rubbish. I also took some video with the Ixus. Equally bad but gives some sense of the speed.
This bike belonged to a spectator not a racer. 1300cc! Bigger than the average Micra.
More motorcycle Pr0n.
Yeah baby!
The race track. “The Fast andThe Furious” has nothing on Old Chapel.
Big gap due to different spec bikes practicing together.
Someone left their bike out in the rain for too long.
Crappy Video 1 over at YouTube
Crappy Video 2 over at YouTube
[tags]West Cork Motorcycle Club, WCMCC, Old Chapel Drag Racing[/tags]
April 25, 2006 at 11:15 am
Sounds like a great day out.
My only concern would be having to be wrapped from head to toe in bubblewrap like the other spectators in your pictures….
April 25, 2006 at 3:30 pm
I love a bit of Motorbike pron, me.
I knew some people from Bandon once. They stole my N64.
April 30, 2006 at 2:04 pm
When you say “stole”, did they rob your house or just never return it?
N64 – the Sony Betamax of videogames. Crap, you were probably not born during the videotape wars. Oh now I feel old, I need to lie down.
May 3, 2006 at 11:30 am
The bastards replaced their broken N64 with my shiny one and promptly moved out of the house I shared with them. Never again will I trust a Bandon person. I could name them for you, but I’m too afraid of lawyers. They also stole my Blade poster, my Iron Lung EP, and my dignity.
I went N64 over PS1, and held out for so, so long. I’m hardcore, I am. Very disappointed to hear that the next Nintendo console has been renamed as the Wii (the wee). How can I take Nintendo seriously now?