A Flag Marshal's Journey: Historic Winton May 30 & 31 2015

Another w/end of Motorsport at Winton Motor Raceway this time for the Historic Winton this is the 39th year running so looking at something special next year with the 40th running of this event run by the Austin 7 club & HMRAV. Heaps of car displays though I wasn't able to see them apart from some that came on track or were near where we had our briefing but still a great event to see all the old cars and bikes racing. Lets have a look at the categories.

Motor Bikes

All Vintage class c 125s to 350s 1926 to 1980 were on track
P3 500s & unlimited, P4 up to 500s, P5 up to 600s 1949 to 1981 were on track
P4 & P5 unlimited 1970 to 1982 were on track
All Sidecars 1950 to 1979 were on track

Cars

Regularity One 1919 to 1958 on track

Regularity Two 1930 to 1960 on track

Formula Fords

M & O Sports & Racing 1961 to 1970

Lb Sports & Racing 1947 to 1960

Q & R Sports & Racing 1969 to 1987

J & K 1926 to 1953

Nb & Nc 1955 to 1972

Sa,Sb &Sc 1594 to 1979

The weather was Cold due to it snowing in the mountains apart from a light shower Sunday it stayed dry right up until the end of the last race when it started to rain. Was on flag point 7.0 which is normally 9.0 on long track but we were using the short track for all races. This point also is the black flag relay point but we did not have to use these all w/end so that was good.

I also had a trainee Simon with me at this point so we operated both flags and comms with only a few Reports for each day mainly some car to car contact and passing under yellow we were trouble free. the third event on Sunday we had a roll over at the flag post before us with the car upside down this was an open top car the driver was taken away in an Ambulance so hopefully nothing to serious. That being the biggest incident of the w/end.