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Sorry this driver may be a dangler but I don't get the hatred against other car enthusiasts whatever they drive.

I thought it may be a good idea to write about the experience that I've had over the last few days so as to negate any doubt some members may have regarding competing when they don't have a trailer. I've been competing in the speed series over the last 2 years, driving to various events, competing, then driving the return leg! This weekend however, takes president for distance covered in the name of grass roots Motorsport. So to begin, last Thursday started out much like the days which preceded it. Hot, sunny and dry. The difference being today I was going to work in the westfield, with a passenger seat full of race gear, fuel and oil. (And a full suit, well come to that later) So trip 1. Towcester to Cranfield: (25 miles) down the a5 and through central miltonkeynes (roundabout central!) trip to work at 6.45 am... Not a bad start to the day! Trip 2. Cranfield to sheffield (130 miles ) up the m1, through chesterfield (first stop at donnington park for fuel... 20litres will only get you so far!) this trip consisted of many people sat in traffic complimenting me on my choice of vehicle. Trip 3. Sheffield to pub in Peak District. (30 miles): unpack the car in Sheffield and replace with the better half for a swift pint and to watch the sunset over the city.....Cracking way to end a rather busy week! This was no small feet to get the mrs into the now windscreen less Westfield wearing a helmet! FRIDAY: Trip 4. Sheffield to Blyton: (60ish miles) setting off at 6.30'collected father and a friend and hit the a roads for Blyton. Spent 90% of the day tanking round in the car with dad and my mate, then swapped to the sprint tyres for a cheeky practice. After a pub meal, many laughs (gluten free! For those in the know) several beers and a rather exuberant taxi journey it was time for the tent, ready for racing. SATURDAY: A full day of successful (kept it on the black stuff) sprinting (again with the car been driven rather hard) followed by more beer, wine and anything we could get our mits on. A foolish move of being the first asleep in public left me open to human buckaroo... See Luke algar for details. SUNDAY: Another (rather slower start, due to a thick head) day of sprinting. Pack up the tent, change the tyres back to road and attend the presentation. After re-packing the car, borrowing some premium from Paul Morcolm (thanks again mate) it was time for return trip to Sheffield. (60ish miles) MONDAY: My good ladies graduation at Newcastle university... Congratualations once again! The car had a well deserved day off. TUESDAY: Back to work! (130 miles) back down the m1 to Cranfield. 2 stops for fuel. Work 7.30-6.30 and a spirited drive back to towcester! (25 miles) All in all, a round trip of +460miles off the track, a full 2 days sprinting and a track day all in a £5k Westfield.... That linked with the banter, comradery, great planning and helpfullness of the WSCC and all of its members made for a Long weekend to remember. I hope this short(ish) post helps any of the people who are in a similar situation to me to jump into sprinting regardless if they have a trailer or not. I invite anyone (past or present) to share there similar stories to entice any other budding sprinters who also have to drive to events! Thanks to everyone involved in making this weekend, truelly one to remember. Cheers, Chris

I followed Nick Mason in his F40 through the tunnel near Stoke once and he gave it full throttle. Sounded unbelievable and the flames were huge!

I have a brand new set of red clams if you want em?

I don't care what they drive, I do care about irresponsible behaviour on the public highway, particularly at a very well known local black spot on a stretch of the road that has claimed lives in the past. Speaking to the bar staff later, they were pretty angry, as the property he nearly hit, (and who's curb he did strike) had only just had rebuilding work carried out for the lady who lived there after the last idiot lost it on that bend and ploughed into her house. What makes it worse, is that we could hear them coming well before they arrived, and the tyre shredding burn outs from the junction seemed to be a direct response to the sight of us parked up in the car park. They weren't gunning it before they'd seen us. Nor did the McLaren Mercedes SLR in the lead feel the need for quite such excess. Sadly, it was just the Fezza owners. The same guy that span, did much the same on his way back past us. Though thankfully not spinning this time. It appears he either hadn't learnt, or didn't care. And no, I don't "do" or "get" exotic car envy either, I've got too many clients, who I know well, that are nice, decent people, who you'd happily spend time with socially, who also happen to own all manor of exotica, up to and including special edition Bugatti Veyrons. Sometimes, no matter what the car is, the driver is just a knob behind the wheel.

well he never turned up, bet nobody saw that coming

So on the newst today a committee of MP's has concluded that accidents are down but whiplash claims are up. It amounts to an extra £90 on every single policy to pay for those who claim and the bloodsucking no win no fee shisters that operate in the are. But they have concluded that 60% are spurious claims. Well let me tell them, they are wrong that figure is nearer 90%. Every time anyone runs into one of my drivers, they are off for two days without exception. This is because one individual was told by his advisor that to maximise the payments you need to be off work for at least two day. He got £4000 for an accident that just touched the back of the van. None of them get less than £2000. Every claim should be refuted and any that are found the be fraudulant then put them in the dock. Until we treat this as the criminality that it is we will see us paying out too many times. We now have cameras in all our vans and they have saved us from many spurious claims for various reasons so far, the latest being one of our driver forced the other driver of the road damaging his alloy wheel. It never happened and when told we had camera footage his claim was dropped. I would have reproted him to the police but seeing as we could not get them to take action after somone drove through the wall of our building in Luton, this was a none starter.