Scarborough Gold Cup 2012

[bill.m]

Just back from a weekend in Scarborough watching the Gold Cup racing. Hadn't been there for nigh on twenty years and although the town has changed the track hasn't (well maybe just a wee bit). Lovely town with a great atmosphere when all the bikers are in town. The circuit at Olivers Mount is a proper road race circuit, they just shut the roads round the park for the weekend, zero run off, thousands of trees and poles to hit, proper scary! I took some photos to let you see what the place is like.


You can get close to the action


Guy Martin knee down in the grass


The back straight before the downhill hairpin


John McGuiness flat out


Aberdeen's very own Craig Shirlaw


Guy Martin at Farm Bends with Scarborough in the background


Top three in the Gold Cup race


Michael Dunlop had a go at sidecar racing


From Turriff, team Past It, Robin and Anette Daykin


The main start finish straight


600 action at the first hairpin.


The blast up the hill under the bridge

Highly recommended for something different. I won't wait twenty years to go back!

[Big Little Dave]

How did Robin and Annette do?

[missile]

Great photos

[KScaglia]

Great pics....think I will add this to my list of "must go to" events for next year. Just a pity Ryan Farqhuar has retired . Great results for Craig tho, especially in the super twins

[steve]

Six of us went to the gold cup this year for the first time , we saw some amazing racing in wet dry and damp conditions , definitely going to go back there again