Alford, Sunday 5th July

[JohnStewart]

It's that time of year again when the SIDC have their annual event at Grampian Transport Museum in Alford. This is a great opportunity for car enthusiasts from around the NE (with some even coming from the Glasgow area!) to get together and either have some fun on the track (one car at a time), or just park up, bask in the sunshine and have a good day out.

Although entry is free of charge, the main focus of the event is to raise money for local charities, so donations on the gate will be very much appreciated.

BBQ Catering is being provided by the Inverurie Round table, again with all proceeds going to deserving local causes so please buy lots of food

If you want to take your car on track, then a £10 donation will get you unlimited runs (3 laps at a time from a standing start) around the track against the stopwatch. Typically you will get a timed run about once an hour, depending on the number of cars that are signed up.

Last year we raised over £600 in total from gate and track donations, and we are aiming to better that this year.

Hope to see lots of you there.

John

[markymark]

As an ex sidc member & if I'm not back to work I'll pop along & give the Exige a try,
should be a good day if the weather stays hot

[Scottynic]

my missus has an impreza so she keeps asking me to go only problem i want to take the elise so maybe seperate cars LOL

[JohnStewart]

my missus has an impreza so she keeps asking me to go only problem i want to take the elise so maybe seperate cars LOL

Seems like a good idea to me

[Shug]

my missus has an impreza so she keeps asking me to go only problem i want to take the elise so maybe seperate cars LOL

Seems like a good idea to me

Elaine and I have done this more than once....

[I-Mac]

Erm...what's SIDC?

[gambler]

Erm...what's SIDC?

Subaru Impreza Drivers Club

[GenCuster]

Did anyone go?

I did - a big 'off' by a TVR on the bottom end corner looked to have written it off.

I would urge anyone attending future events to avoid sitting behind the barriers on the corners and think the organisers should think about where the safest place for folk to watch is - only by chance were folk not badly injured or killed by flying debris.

Bummer for the car owner - but at least no major injuries apparent.

GC

[Gareth]

Did anyone go?

I did - a big 'off' by a TVR on the bottom end corner looked to have written it off.

I would urge anyone attending future events to avoid sitting behind the barriers on the corners and think the organisers should think about where the safest place for folk to watch is - only by chance were folk not badly injured or killed by flying debris.

Bummer for the car owner - but at least no major injuries apparent.

GC

Or his mate that was driving...apparently.
*Removed one photo with reg number*

[Scotty C]

I read that a spectator was very lucky. Why would anyone stand/sit at the end of the straight

[Mikie711]

More to the point, why would the organizers let them ?

[Shug]

Let's not get stuck into blaming organisers. You are warned that motorsport is dangerous at every turn, I see no reason why organisers should insist on wrapping people in cotton wool if they are too dumb to see the dangers. That's how venues get shut down and I'm sick of hearing about that happening...

[tuscan_thunder]

The railway sleepers are sturdy, although from what I could see (I was a small distance away) one was knocked off its posts.

For a motorsport event, bales are a stipulation, for an event like this, they are not.

Many folk there were convinced the throttle stuck open - mechanical failure rather than driver error? I don't know for sure but could explain a lot.

At Alford, it's entirely possible for a car to come off the track (at the crossover) into the barrier in front of the grandstand - the point I'm making is there is, at a motorsport venue, an element of risk at almost any location.

[woody]

Let's not get stuck into blaming organisers. You are warned that motorsport is dangerous at every turn, I see no reason why organisers should insist on wrapping people in cotton wool if they are too dumb to see the dangers. That's how venues get shut down and I'm sick of hearing about that happening...

The organisers/track operators have a duty of care.

People may well be too dumb to see the dangers, but as you will appreciate are not always so dumb when it comes to consulting lawyers after the event. That is more of a threat to small motorsport facilities.

I was going to post a good bit more on this, but it's perhaps not 100% appropriate or relevant, so I will leave it there. I also post, of course, in general terms and with no knowledge of Alford.

[Shug]

We've got the same idea Woody, just that you have to deal with the real world aspect of it and I was commenting from a "wouldn't it be good if people took responsibility for their decisions" viewpoint. Totally appreciate that organisers are under pressure to ensure that idiots can't place themselves in danger as said idiots are not likely to take such responsibility.