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The Teeside Euro's was a great track, always enjoyed it - Think we had a National there the year before too... The Banked corner was legendary!
I remember in 2wd at the Euro's a distinct shortage of Slim Yellow Mini's being available, Schumacher had not long before released a rounded profile Slim Mini that looked like a 4wd front but they just weren't up to the job as just made the cars too aggressive... That was my first Euro's and I remember running the Losi XX in 2wd and making the B only to be taken out by Geoffrey Petit as he had crashed then to get off a pipe gave it full beans only to come down the track the wrong way straight into me haha (Didn't laugh at the time)! 4wd i was running the Yokomo MX4 and qualified 6th, only problem was there were no Medial Pro tyres left at all so spent each leg trying to get something that worked but no chance! I was just pleased to be in the A at 16 to be honest.
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08-11-2011
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WOW! awesome pictures James, find some more! I LOL'd at the young mike parker and mark durrant
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10-11-2011
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Haha I just found myself in the Euros picture at the bottom of the straight chatting to Derick Bradbury judging by the colours of the jackets!!
I do remember those rounded 2wd mini spike tyres infect I still have them in my tyre bag - green blue and yellow! Pointless unless your racing on wet grass with TR32's on the back!!! Think they only brought them out to try and make those awefull Fireblades turn in!!!! 
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12-11-2011
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WOW Stepney Lane brings back some memorys
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 Nice to see ya on here Matt, not seen you since our stint with the tourers a few years ago...Looking at the Rawmarsh pics it does bring back a lot of memories and old faces, happy days 
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20-11-2011
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21-11-2011
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Hey, think i was in your 4wd heat at the Euros nick, Can remember the Medial Pro tyres as they were banned from the Nationals and regionals after, Im sure i still have all the print outs of my heats and B final in a folder somewhere, may have to dig them out.
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By the time the Finals came we were desperate to try something that worked so with Dave Duggan's help cut and shut some M3 Step-pin's hoping they may work as well as the Medial Pro's but they were useless in the practise final so we had to stick to BB Pink spikes but they were just nowhere near as quick. Funny how you remember these things though hey haha. I really should dig out all my old photo's and stuff....
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22-11-2011
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Paul - yeah it looks like you!!
I remember those Medial Pro's at the Euros - but went up there on both 2wd and 4wd finals days. I didn't race, but I'm sure I remember helping James Lovell "construct" a set
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27-11-2011
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Yeah, I remember turning up in Julie's little green Chinq on the bump stops due to the weight of beer in it!
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I know it's an old thread but brilliant to see some photos of where I used to race with James BITD!
Started off in 1986 at Brinsworth behind the Waverley pub, it used to be at the 3 Magpies before this but was just before my time. The club then found itself homeless, and moved around a lot - from memory: Waverley (outdoor grass) Burngreave Vestry Hall (indoor carpet) Rowlinson School (indoor carpet / outdoor grass) Rotherham town centre - some hall I forget (indoor carpet) Rawmarsh Leisure Centre (outdoor grass / indoor carpet) There was also a couple of one-off events around Sheffield I went to - some kind of fair / rally at Barlborough Hall (outdoor grass), and a Tamiya Challenge qualifier at the Octagon Centre in Sheffield (outdoor block paving!). Started off with a Tamiya Frog I bought 2nd hand for £80, then went on to a modified Hotshot, Optima, gold pan RC10 and finally a PB Mini Mustang before I sold the lot for beer money when I was 18. Wish I'd took more photos!
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04-07-2018
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Fantastic pics
All that old skool racing really takes me back! Back to the good old days of grass track racing at Viables on a Sunday morning... Then the week after, over the road for some touring car action... I'm sure "competitive" racing is just as expensive now for under 16's as it was back in the day.
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