The British Pedal-Car Grand Prix Sunday 11 July 2010 - Ringwood, Hants - General

[B] HEY WE'RE LIVE[/b] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1164025/bpcgp.png[/img] [url=http://luaduck.co.uk/live][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1164025/liveblog.png[/img][/url] [quote]This amazing community event sees 54 pedal-powered cars from all over the country take over the streets Ringwood town centre for a two hour sprint race in the style and razzmatazz of “Formula One Racing” at 2pm on Sunday 11th July 2010. This off-beat event is something everyone should do at least once or at the very least come along as a spectator. With crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 the competitive tension, the thrills and spills, the enthusiastic commentary, the atmosphere of a Sunday afternoon, all go to make this a unique and most memorable experience. Both BBC Television and Satellite TV have filmed these “wacky races” with Radio and Media supporting the coverage of this biennially spectacle which now attract entrants from the BBC, Wave 105.2FM and The Bournemouth Echo and many more. Teams are made from up to four drivers per car and there are classes for juniors (under 16’s), ladies and seniors. The 1.4 kilometre (Extended) Street Race Circuit is flat out for most of the way with just a few corners of note, with overtaking at three abreast in the fastest sections. The local opposition is absolutely first class. Teams such as Spirit of Verwood, Royce and RH Franks are very hard to beat. The judging of the Concours D' Elegance is always held on the Saturday so that members of the public can come along and get a sneak preview. Race Day; The pedal cars assemble in the Furlong Centre from 10.00am , with the race starting at 2.00pm. Spectators are able to walk around the whole course to watch the race from various different vantage points. The whole emphasis of the event is to have FUN! [/quote] [url=http://www.britishpedalcargp.co.uk/]Official Website[/url] TL;DR - Recession F1 The British Pedal Car Grand Prix is held on an annual basis around the market town of [url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ringwood,+Hampshire&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=21.823835,57.084961&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ringwood,+Hampshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.84697,-1.792434&spn=0.00567,0.013937&t=h&z=17]Ringwood, Hampshire[/url]. It's a 2 hour endurance race (ala Le Mans) between 2pm and 4pm, with a team of 4 men/women competing against over 50 teams for a bit of metal shaped to look like a trophy. Track layout: [img]http://www.rlds.co.uk/images/New%20Extended%20Pedal%20Race%20GP%20Race%20Circuit%20for%2011th%20July%202010.jpg[/img] Pictures of past events: [img]http://www.ringwoodpedalcargrandprix.co.uk/images/teams/27.jpg[/img][img]http://www.ringwoodpedalcargrandprix.co.uk/images/teams/01.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ringwoodpedalcargrandprix.co.uk/images/teams/13.jpg[/img][img]http://www.ringwoodpedalcargrandprix.co.uk/images/teams/40.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1164025/Mobile%20Photo%206%20Jun%202010%2015%2011%2040.jpg[/img][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1164025/Mobile%20Photo%206%20Jun%202010%2015%2012%2005.jpg[/img] As I live in Hightown (literally a 10 minute walk from Ringwood Town Center), I'll try to provide as much feedback as possible (see the link to the liveblog up top). No streaming, unfortunately, due to the fact that 3G in Ringwood is very sketchy at the best of times. [b]No, I'm not racing.[/b] [b]IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT COMING ALONG[/b] The nearest rail station to Ringwood is Bournemouth. Be aware that the regular bus that comes in takes normally around 30 minutes, and there is a temporary bus stop (the track goes through the bus / taxi rank). [b]PARKING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED / NOT REALLY AN OPTION AT ALL.[/b] [b]Team Listing[/b] [quote]1 Spirit of Royce 2 Wave 105 3 Siemens/Bournemouth School 4 Tipsy Toes 5 The Green Eyed Monster 6 Swebbelli Racing 7 Birds on the Wing 8 Team Honk 9 The Old Bill 10 Lavery Flyers 11 The Malawwian Go Cart Team 12 Monkey Force Four 13 Apollo Racing 1 14 Horn Cutting Tools Ltd 15 Bicycle World 16 Pink Ladies 17 Roadrage Racers 18 Black Arrows 19 Gone Biking Mad 20 Kartoons 21 Michael Fagan 22 Michael Fagan 23 Pattersons Banger 24 Arc Raiders 25 Squeals on Wheels 26 Bmouth Echo 27 Belaveron 28 Magna Mazda 29 Forever England 30 Tubular Belle 31 Pink Panthers 32 Crazy Frogs 33 Pilley Pedlars 34 Ringwood Brewery 35 Desperate Housewives 36 Batty Beavers Leaders 37 Team Prawn GP 38 Magna Mazda 39 Photos Rule 40 Dutchy Taxi 41 Go Bananas 42 Wacky Racers 43 Wave 105 44 Apollo Racing 2 45 Christchurch Bicycle Club 46 Team Common Assault 47 Hamworthy Scrapheap Challenge 48 Balmer Lawn Honda 49 Andy Giles 50 Royce 51 Mikina Engineering 52 The Silly Army 53 The Odd Balls 54 Mr Men[/quote] [img]http://www.rlds.co.uk/images/IMGP1584%20revsmall.JPG[/img]

Didn't I already see a thread like this.

[QUOTE=Bubz;22416467]Didn't I already see a thread like this.[/QUOTE] That was probably the Police Cars thread (the Police pedal-car was in there)

It looks rather fantastic actually.

Did I mention that [b]Ringwood Brewery gives out free beer at the event?[/b]

that looks fun

[QUOTE=leach139;22416696]Did I mention that [b]Ringwood Brewery gives out free beer at the event?[/b][/QUOTE] You certainly didn't

Bumping because we're going to be liveblogging from 1PM BST today (Bengley + I) with guest commentary turned on. [b]As I said earlier, no livestreams like ustream because Ringwood's cellular network can't cope normally, let alone under pressure[/b]