2012 HRC Icebreaker, Hampton Downs

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[Steve Holmes]

I love those Swift DB4s. I thought they looked great when they were new, and still do now.

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I'd like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the BMW boys. I'm always blown away by the volume of entries. Imagine the Icebreaker if they hadn't been there!
I remember when the E30 series was first introduced the state of the field deteriorated as the races progressed and soon there would be several cars with bits hanging off and missing altogether.
Things have calmed down a lot since then and now we have full grids and close racing.
So whilst the BMW's don't fit the criteria for the Roaring Season, I've made a small Photobucket album so those who are interested can have a squizz.
http://s831.photobucket.com/albums/zz236/21spooky/2012%20Icebreaker%20-%20BMW/?albumview=slideshow

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BMWs are now an integral part of the local classic scene and they have transformd the classic meetings. I do understand your point about possibly not fitting the criteria for Roaring Season. The E30's for me, being an identical one make series, may be good racing for the participants, but for a photographer with an interest in variety of make and model, they leave me cold.

With potentially 4 race groups though, meetings are swamped with BMWs and although the older ones such as 635s, 2002s etc qualify for AES and Arrows, we have made a concession to lift the qualifying age for our groups to include post 1977 cars (including E30s) provided they choose one group or the other. That means if you see an E30 in AES or Arrows, it won't be racing with the E30s.

The explosion of interest in E30s has possibly diverted some drivers away from more traditiinial classics, but we have to accept that the supply of parts for traditional or older classics is getting harder, so we opted to move the qualifying dates rather than see shrinking fields.

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[Steve Holmes]

Looks like the weather got better and better Nigel.

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Looks like the weather got better and better Nigel.

It certainly did - ended up in sunshine - T shirt weather

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