Scarborough Gold Cup 2012
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:46 pm
Just back from a weekend in Scarborough watching the Gold Cup racing. Hadn't been there for nigh on twenty years and although the town has changed the track hasn't (well maybe just a wee bit). Lovely town with a great atmosphere when all the bikers are in town. The circuit at Olivers Mount is a proper road race circuit, they just shut the roads round the park for the weekend, zero run off, thousands of trees and poles to hit, proper scary! I took some photos to let you see what the place is like.
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_001.jpg)
You can get close to the action
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_002.jpg)
Guy Martin knee down in the grass
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_003.jpg)
The back straight before the downhill hairpin
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_004.jpg)
John McGuiness flat out
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_005.jpg)
Aberdeen's very own Craig Shirlaw
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_006.jpg)
Guy Martin at Farm Bends with Scarborough in the background
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_007.jpg)
Top three in the Gold Cup race
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_008.jpg)
Michael Dunlop had a go at sidecar racing
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_009.jpg)
From Turriff, team Past It, Robin and Anette Daykin
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_010.jpg)
The main start finish straight
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_011.jpg)
600 action at the first hairpin.
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_012.jpg)
The blast up the hill under the bridge
Highly recommended for something different. I won't wait twenty years to go back!
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_001.jpg)
You can get close to the action
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_002.jpg)
Guy Martin knee down in the grass
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_003.jpg)
The back straight before the downhill hairpin
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_004.jpg)
John McGuiness flat out
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_005.jpg)
Aberdeen's very own Craig Shirlaw
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_006.jpg)
Guy Martin at Farm Bends with Scarborough in the background
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_007.jpg)
Top three in the Gold Cup race
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_008.jpg)
Michael Dunlop had a go at sidecar racing
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_009.jpg)
From Turriff, team Past It, Robin and Anette Daykin
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_010.jpg)
The main start finish straight
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_011.jpg)
600 action at the first hairpin.
![Image](http://www.fintrayfineframing.com/images/bikes/Scarb_012.jpg)
The blast up the hill under the bridge
Highly recommended for something different. I won't wait twenty years to go back!