theduisbergkid Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Certain motoring subjects have been done to death in the pub. Audi v BMW, FWD v RWD and Peugeot v chemical castration (a tough one, that). My brother in law is a biker and when he’s not recovering from multiple injuries we often discuss over a pint what is quicker; Car v Bike. I’ve never seen the appeal of dressing up like a power ranger and sitting on my scrotum with power I can’t put down for fear of becoming an organ-donor. I’d like to convey his side of this argument, but being as I’m writing this and not him, I won’t. Ha ! Some heated pub debates reach a clear conclusion outside in the carpark, but we decided to do settle this in a fair and scientific way instead, and have some fun too. We agreed that we could each use any wheels of our choice and that the venue would be any convenient local circuit. I would fix the photographer and he would fix the venue. Keeping in mind our usual haunts, Donington, Mallory and Cadwell, I was quite confident that my choice of wheels would spank his, regardless of venue. Following his directions I ended up in Beaumont Leys, which despite being a dog-rough suburb of Leicester, is famous only for its lighthouse*. I had bent the rules a bit and blagged a supercharged 280bhp Tiger Avon on semi-slicks. I had driven Tigers before, they have beautifully informative steering and loads of poke and are a great for wind-in-your-hair and insects-in-your-teeth hooning. The thing is, bro-in-law had bent the rules a bit too. The venue was a Leicester’s new speedway track... Do a click on this for the full story and more pics. *the Police helicopter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Excellent (and very upset my blag attempt didn't work out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted June 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Ta. Probably lucky we didn't try plan B. It was lairy enough as it was :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Nice. Looks like much fun I don't think I've ever seen a Speedway track in daylight before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Fab! and I would click the 'Like' button............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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