Just spent a weekend at the Athea Road races, Saturday was practice and the weather was beautiful,
view from campsite
John enjoying my hammock
thats the track on the other side of the hedge
map of the circuit, pic was taken of one of the flying marshalls tankbag
big version at
http://www.team-cephalopod.com/gallery/v/bieks/17062006_008_.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1Its a bit Nascar-ish
but there are a few nice spots to watch it from.
Poking my head through the hedge from the capsite to watch the practise sessions
They race all kinds of bikes from 125cc/250cc 2strokes to 600 and litre Supersports, as well as a classic race with lots of old (and really phucking loud) 350s and 400s
it got cloudy after the practise session finished up, and the forecast wasn't great for race day, It rained all night, i was glad i was sleeping in the van and not a tent. it was dry but overcast in the morning so they got racing underway, from here on all my photos are pretty much liek this one
as its really phucking hard to balance on a wall, and take photos of bikes going past you at full tilt, of the hundred+ photos i took, most are either a shot of the road with no bike or a blur in one corner.
It started raining after the first race but being hardcore we stood out in the rain till 3pm, when they cancelled the day after half the races had run.
There was a nasty crash in the 600 race at the first corner, and both riders were ambulanced away (i dont know yet if they are ok) visibility was really terrible with the spray, and barreling down these tiny roads is dangerous anough as it is, so the organisers called it off in case of further injuries or a fatality (unfortunately common at these races).
The rest of my pics from practise and race day are on
http://www.team-cephalopod.com/gallery/v/bieks/videos in nokia cameraphone format are on the last two pages, the thumbnails dont work but you can download them and play them in quicktime.
Thre are loads more pics of all the bikes in the paddock and more of the practise sessions on my friends cameras, i'll be getting them during the week.
Topic: Irish road racing (Read 1723 times)