Kirkistown Blog- with Cregor Elliott
Ah isn’t it just great that racing is back. This year saw a later start in the year than most recent times this is probably a good thing given the weather in Ireland the past few weeks. Con Connolly picked me up at 6am (I’d say bright and early but it was still dark) for the drive to Kirkistown that went through frost glistening fields and... [Read more...]
Cregor’s Video of the Week!
The longest short race ever! Irish Formula Vee Race, Anglesey Wales, 4 July 2009 The Irish Vees visited Anglesey for a double header in July ’09 and Saturdays race was bizarre to say the least. Officially it was one of the shortest races I’ve ever seen while unofficially one of the longest due to rain, and incidents up at Radar corner. The... [Read more...]
Cregor’s Video of the Week!
I could see the huge benefits of Youtube when it started in 2005 and was quick to sign up but was initially hampered by the length of time it took to process videos ( in ’05 it would take all night to process a short film), and dial up internet, which when thinking back I wonder how anything atall was uploaded to the internet as it was so slow. By... [Read more...]
Cregor’s Video of the Week!
This weeks video comes from 2002 when the Vees visited Anglesey for their annual visit to the UK, and while it looks fairly hairy it scared the living daylights out of me. I used to do a separate intro to the video in those days and was always looking for something different for each meeting. I think it was Jimmy Lyons that lent me his goped for the... [Read more...]
Cregor’s Video of the Week!
Today’s offering is my most famous video, the so-called ‘Seagull Video’ It hails from the Saturday Formula Vee race of the Phoenix Park Races in 2007, and has a bit of everything really being high on comedy, drama, along with being on first glance unbelievable. What initially appears to be a car with a seagull on the front spreading... [Read more...]
On Yer Bike: The Phoenix Park Races 2012
I started my Park weekend with a visit to the paddock on Friday evening after work. Teams were arriving and setting up while the track builders were putting final touches to the circuit leaving themselves with as little as possible to do when the roads closed Saturday morning. I stayed a couple of hours and arranged a lift for the following morning. The... [Read more...]
On Yer Bike: Phoenix Park Oldtown
‘On Yer Bike and up the Park’ Leo said to me in a phone call recently reminding me the park races weren’t far off. The official launch was lined up for Wednesday (Aug 8th) putting to bed constant rumours of it’s cancellation, so I dusted off the GoPro and readied myself for another lap of a race track. I picked Sunday 5th mainly... [Read more...]
On Yer Bike: The Formula Vee Festival
A welcome return to Mondello Park calendar this year was the Vee Festival or the Dunlop / Total Oils Formula Vee Festival supporting Barretstown to give it it’s correct title having last been run in 2005. I had a hand in organising that one, and was up to my neck in it this time too. The weekend kicked off at Saturday lunchtime following open... [Read more...]
Cregor Elliott: The Canada Day Race Meeting!
The Canada Day meeting in Mondello wasn’t big on entries of either classes or drivers. The Vees were the highlight of the day and not due to qualify until after ten so I arrived around that time figuring I’d be in plenty of time which turned out to be true. The track team menu seemed to generate a lot of interest last day so the detective... [Read more...]
On Yer Bike: With Cregor Elliot!
My Mondello weekend starts on Saturday afternoon when I head down to have a look at testing in the afternoon, support the Formula Sheane sponsored walk for the Make A Wish Foundation that was being held that evening, and to shoot the first real racetrack for the ‘On Yer Bike’ series (having done the Bavaria route in Dublin). I had been trying... [Read more...]
