Donington takeover

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:46:08 -0000, ginge

Hmmm. Interesting. As is often the case with these corporate

Also perhaps entry fees. I was talking to a VMCC sidecar racer at
Wiscombe last year about this subject. They are doing fewer and fewer
meetings lately because of the rise in race entry fees at circuits like
Cadwell, after hikes in circuit hire costs for the organising club.

Don't race if you can't afford it or can't get sponsorship I hear you
say. It is a pity if 'grass roots' racing is being discouraged though.

shenanigans, without knowing the parties involved on cannot really
judge the likely impact. Certainly the PR puff that goes alongside is
almost devoid of meaningful content.

As an aside, linked off that page was this utterly, utterly bizarre

The best bit is "Police said Capt Nowak drove 1,000 miles ... wearing
a nappy to avoid a toilet break."

And she had obviously passed all sorts of psychology testing to go into
space in the first place. Fat lot of use they were.