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Posted By: kimpri Crewe and buxton race track - 18th Sep 2010 5:20pm
some pictures of me racing bangers at crewe stadium and high edge race way buxton 1980 to 1982,


Description: on the start line at crewe, car, austin cambridge
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Description: top bend
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Description: back of the start line at crewe car,mk2 ford granada.
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Description: on the truck,going home
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Description: mk3 cortina buxton
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Posted By: kimpri Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 18th Sep 2010 5:32pm
more from crewe.


Description: in the pits, note the mascot on roof of car.
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Description: rolled on top bend, im still in the car.
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Description: back in the pits, no mascot (silly me)
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Posted By: Anonymous Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 18th Sep 2010 6:05pm
Nice one joe, sound them love the mascot... smile
Posted By: sean Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 18th Sep 2010 11:07pm
nice pics there dude. i was still on my mother's breast then haha.

Posted By: spinking Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 19th Sep 2010 11:25am
No way i used to race at crewe (roll over city lol)

I wasnt as hard as you though i raced in the british hot rods in my mk2 escort loved it

Buxtons still going its also used for drifting now aswell.

Did you ever go anywere else???

I raced

ipswich,birmingham wheels, hednesford, Hartlepool and stoke and Bolton but both closed now.

Raced Buxton twice and loved it
Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 20th Oct 2010 7:01pm
I remember us buying that mk3 tina from wallasey I think we payed a fiver for it !!!
Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 20th Oct 2010 7:10pm
Hi I raced bangers and british hotrods at crewe early years bangers at ipswich hednesford chesterton bolton buxton bradford doncaster whitecity + the long gone newbrighton later years were in a hotrod at chesterton we must know one another ???
Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 20th Oct 2010 8:27pm
Originally Posted by johncon
Hi I raced bangers and british hotrods at crewe early years bangers at ipswich hednesford chesterton bolton buxton bradford doncaster whitecity + the long gone newbrighton later years were in a hotrod at chesterton we must know one another ???


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Posted By: DavidB Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 20th Oct 2010 11:29pm
Anymore on this?
I used to watch banger racing and oval stuff. Are you on ovalchat?
Posted By: StuyMac Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 20th Oct 2010 11:34pm
Just spotted this, great pics Joe happy
Posted By: kimpri Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 12:18am
Originally Posted by DavidB
Anymore on this?
I used to watch banger racing and oval stuff. Are you on ovalchat?
Dave, I think john is on ovalchat not sure of his user name tho,might use john the con?

we use to work and race together in the 80s,(yikes that 31 years ago)
We built and raced so meny bangers together and few rods that john raced joyride

The escort was very quick rod will let john tell you about it tho
Iv got more pictures of the Mk3 escort and some more banger pic smile
Posted By: StuyMac Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 9:40am
More pics??? Get em up grin
Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 6:07pm
Hi I am on ovalchat use the same user name as on here will get some more pictures on later tonight in this photo the mk2 behind me was an ex national

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 7:03pm
Originally Posted by johncon
Hi I am on ovalchat use the same user name as on here will get some more pictures on later tonight in this photo the mk2 behind me was an ex national


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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:35pm
some of my banger photos from crewe and buxton

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:40pm
mk1 cortina at crewe

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:41pm
early days in a classic capri at crewe

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:43pm
capri again at crewe

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:44pm
and again

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:46pm
my first win at crewe god it was a wet night

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Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 21st Oct 2010 8:48pm
mk2 cortina at crewe

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Posted By: dave_g Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 23rd Oct 2010 1:03am
so thats where all the classics went!!!great pics,remember our next door neighbour took me to crewe to watch the bangers,must of been about '87-88.
Posted By: johncon Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 23rd Oct 2010 8:18am
you want to know where all the classics went watch this space later today !!!
Posted By: spinking Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 11th Nov 2010 11:27pm
Originally Posted by johncon
Originally Posted by johncon
Hi I raced bangers and british hotrods at crewe early years bangers at ipswich hednesford chesterton bolton buxton bradford doncaster whitecity + the long gone newbrighton later years were in a hotrod at chesterton we must know one another ???


If i am corrct thats the big drop onto the track at stoke?
Posted By: kimpri Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 12th Nov 2010 1:10pm
loaded up, going to crewe,



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Posted By: gypsyjune Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 13th Apr 2012 8:20pm
Fantastic pictures , i love looking at these pictures from the past :)We never went to the one in Crewe ,we just went to the New brighton one ,loved it all the same though smile
Posted By: winnie533 Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 28th Aug 2012 6:04pm
like yogi you ok my youngest is raceing at prestatynin junior bangers
Posted By: chriskay Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 28th Aug 2012 6:12pm
Where's prestatynin? Sounds Russian to me.
Posted By: kimpri Re: Crewe and buxton race track - 28th Aug 2012 7:54pm
Originally Posted by winnie533
like yogi you ok my youngest is raceing at prestatynin junior bangers
great stuff,
come on mate get your banger joyride pictures up.
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