The Man with No Time

Yesterday had me doing something a little different to my usual weekend activities. Taking advantage of the fact that I'm back in the Midlands, I decided to go to Autosport International, the racing car show put on by Autosport magazine. My brother and dad thought they'd come along too, so it turned into a family day out, which was nice. I'd been to the show several times before, both when I lived at home and when I was a student in Coventry. It's held at the Birmingham NEC, so it's pretty easy to get to from here. But I haven't been in years, and was keen to see how it had changed, if at all.

Yesterday I took my annual trip down to Knockhill for the British Touring Car Championship . This is one of the few big, live motorsport events that I can easily get to these days, or that fits in with my busy schedule at least. I’m sure that there are lots of club meetings at Knockhill that I could get to during the summer, but that’s also my prime time of the year for gaming events, what with the Autumn, Winter and Summer being full of livesaving. British Touring Car Championship race 1 gets underway at Knockhill. You've got to love the variety of cars entered this year. (Credit: David Brown)

WARNING: This is going to be a long post, even by my standards! I've got a lot to say about my trip to Le Mans 2012, so be prepared. But spoiler alert: it was awesome. This post has been delayed by quite some time, partly owing to its mammoth length. But I wanted to fully document my trip, and there's a lot to talk about! The famous podium and clock on the pit straight. (Credit: David Brown)

Part 7 of the time-sinks series is here, and it's time to talk about something a bit more stereotypically 'boyish'. Yep, that's right, I'm going to talk about cars (and bikes) of all shapes, sizes and speeds. But mostly the really fast ones driven (and ridden) by professional racing drivers.