Truck Racing / Great & British Festival, Thruxton

Not sure if this is the place for an International Truck Challenge, but the G&B Festivals, I guess, fall under National motorsport...

Some images from said truck racing along with a few of the Mini Challenge and Radical Bi/Enduros are online at MSportUK. It's been a while since I saw truck racing and i'd forgotten just what a spectacle it is. Not since monster truck racing have I felt so vulnerable in a trackside enclosure, big wobbly trucks drifting out of the chicane mere feet away! Brilliant fun!

Selection, clicky...
http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_01tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02321) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_02tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02322) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_03tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02323) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_04tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02324) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_05tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02325) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_06tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02326)
http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat1_07tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02327) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_01tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02328) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_02tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02329) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_03tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02330) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_04tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02331) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_05tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02332)
http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_06tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02333) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_07tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02334) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_heat2_08tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02335) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_01tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02336) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_02tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02337) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_03tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02338)
http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_04tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02339) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_05tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02340) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_final_06tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02341) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_parade_01tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02342) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_parade_02tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02343) http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/great_british_thruxton/trucks_parade_03tn.jpg (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/showpic.php?show=02344)
Pics of the Minis and Radicals on the MSportUK photos (http://www.msportuk.com/photo/2006/index3.php) page.

It was the first time I'd seen truck racing (Other than on tv) and although the racing was good, I was stunned at the level of smoke! At several points you couldn't see the circuit at all! Better than I expected though, especially as they weren't the reason for me going.

My Photos from the weekend;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19193662@N00/sets/72157594226650570/