F3, Britcar 500, Vee Fest and Trucks
Its been a long, long time since I posted on here largely because I have barely had a moment to stop over the summer. If last seasons combination of racing and commentary was busy, then focusing on commentary for 2009 has kept me extremely active.
To pick out highlights from the summer is near impossible as pretty much every meeting I’ve been to has had its outstanding moments - the Britcar 500 meeting as we raced into the night had its usual intoxicating atmosphere, whilst the F3/GT event at Brands had some great racing and the added dimension of major championships being decided. Other highlights would include the FPA and GT Cup meeting at Oulton Park in July or the SPEED race at Brands in August where banks of showers upset the order on every lap.
However the best race I’ve seen this year was last Saturday at Silverstone, where the Lotus on Track Elise Trophy cars, in front of the BBC cameras (Jake Humphrey was racing) had an absolutely stunning six way fight for the win. Watching from Becketts I had a priviledged view of some great dicing. It was also fun to work at a club meeting with a big media presence as the podium festivities were filmed as we got Jake up for a special presentation and some interviews.
As the season begins to wind down I have a busy run in - Fun Cup at Oulton Park, organising the Vee Festival at Brands Hatch, the Truck Superprix at Brands and then finally the BARC Winter Series at Rockingham on November 7th.
Coupled with this I have several TV voiceovers to do before the end of the season, starting with the GT Cup 100km race from Knockhill which premieres on Motors TV on Friday 16th October at 19.10.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been kept very busy by once again organising the Vee Festival. The good news is that we have an entry matching the 2008 level and this time around, thanks to the generous support of SCS, highlights of the event will be shown on Motors TV. It is good that the event has consolidated into 2009 and its great to have the support once again.
Looking forward to the winter it would be good to get involved in commentating on some other sports to keep my eye in until the racing season kicks off again. Please contact me on 0797 11 00 465 or benfrombristol@hotmail.com with any opportunities
