Under a Huge October Sky...

I can't resist photos of dramatic skies....

 

 

These were taken at Castle Combe Racing Circuit over the weekend...

 

As the sun went down there were some magical shots to be snapped.

I'm not that keen on DeLorean sports cars but this one was posing nicely..

 

..and the curves and shadows of the fences were begging to be captured too..

 

The following day we were back at the circuit for a day of racing from

the Vintage and Historic Racing Car Clubs.

 

 

I'm always fascinated by the detail on the old cars.

The 'Art Nouveau' number plate on this little French car particularly caught my eye..

 

I also had a little play with the photo opportunities provided by two

Jaguar E-types with their huge bonnets raised.

Shortly afterwards the owner of the first car (Number 28) invited me to sit in the drivers seat.

It was a great chance to get a 'racing driver's eye' view of the world...

 

I love the way people with lots of different enthusiasms get involved in these historic events.

We found a group of Mods and Rockers at the back of the track, getting ready to ride display laps during the lunch break...

 

No fighting... Just lots of shiny bikes and scooters!

 

Here's Number 28 during the afternoon racing session..

 

 

..and the Vintage Sports cars lining up to take to the track

 

This is one of my favourite photos of the weekend.

These two Vintage cars were being raced at full speed round the final corner in the final lap

of their race, driven by two brothers.  The number 4 car just stayed ahead and gained third place.

 

And here's Mark - completely absorbed in a parts catalogue for a local

Automotive engineering company.

 

~X~

 

As I've been writing this I've had the poor people who were injured at the race circuit in America in my mind.  I'm also thinking of the 79 people injured, and the families of the 8 people killed by the Monster Truck at the display in Mexico.

 

We were lucky to have a lovely safe day.

 

~X~