User:Pyrope
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Summer,
Time to say goodbye to the tired old whore of a town.
Leave the smell of stale beer,
Stale sweat, stale jokes, stale dreams,
Bitter hatered camouflaging fear,
Everyone
Getting
Everyone
Else
Down.
Leave the promise of a wasted tomorrow and tomorrow and the day after,
For the warm endless sky smile,
Where the herd can't touch me with their 37 flavours of hell.
I've waited all year for her and now,
All I can do,
Is wait
And see
Her
Go.
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[edit] Interests
As the userboxes will tell you, I am a motorsport nut, with an emphasis in my knowlege toward Formula One and sports car racing between 1955 and 1985. I have edited many pages on various topics relating to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In particular, I am trying to reduce the emphasis on F1 results that seems to have developed in the motorsport listings in Wikipedia, and more accurately reflect the team vs. constructor structure of racing prior to 1980.
I also love the Lake District, although living in London I do not get nearly enough time spare to visit. Food is important to me, and apart from creating the Chorley cake page (darn Eccles cakes got in there first... again), I have contributed to articles on other regional food of the UK.
[edit] Pages Created
Pages in italics were already extant, but completely, or nearly completely rewritten by me.
- Chorley cake - Possibly the world's finest dried-fruit-in-pastry creation. Ever. No, really.
[edit] Motorsport
[edit] People
- John Tojeiro - One of the most influential car and chassis engineers of the post-war period.
- Jem Marsh - Another significant name in the development of British motorsport. Co-founder of car manufacturer Marcos.
- Tony Vandervell - Founder of the Vanwall Formula One racing team, World Champions in 1958.
- Eric Broadley - Another influential motor racing engineer. Founder of Lola Cars and godfather of the Ford GT40.
- Win Percy - A true touring car racing hero. Winner of the BTCC on three occasions, as well as a string of victories in other series.
- Jack Fairman - Occasional F1 driver of the 1950s/60s. Gave the Ferguson P99 its only World Championship start.
- Maurice Trintignant - One of the longest-serving F1 drivers of the 1950s and '60s.
[edit] Events
- BRDC International Trophy - Perhaps the premier non-Championship F1 event in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
- I BRDC International Trophy - The first of a great series, and the first event ever to use only Silverstone's perimeter road circuit.
- XXX BRDC International Trophy - 1978 event, the last to F1 rules. The winner was Keke Rosberg, in only his second ever F1 race.
- Oulton Park Gold Cup - Another significant non-Championship F1 race, scene of the first ever victory by a 4WD F1 car.
- 1962 Mexican Grand Prix - The last time a Grand Prix victory was shared. Ricardo Rodríguez was killed during qualifying.
[edit] Cars and Car Companies
- Crosslé Car Company - The largest manufacturer of Formula Ford chassis in Ireland, used by many F1 drivers on their way up.
- Alta Car and Engineering Company - Minor F1 constructor and purveyor of engines to HWM, Connaught and Cooper.
- Honda RA300 - The Hondola. The only F1 car ever to win its very first Grand Prix on the only lap it would ever lead.
- Tyrrell 006 - The car that took Jackie Stewart to his third and final F1 Drivers' Championship victory.
- Lola Mk4 - Lola's first ever F1 design.
[edit] The Lake District
- Birker Fell - One of the least visited fells in the Lake District. Not uncoincidently one of the most tranquil.
- Muncaster Fell - A small yet perfectly formed Lake District fell, complete with its own dolmen.
[edit] Geology
- Volcaniclastic - A useful little distinction between detrital and pyroclastic sediments.
- Rhodolite - A varietal term for pyrope garnet from a specific locality, often used as a jewel stone. Not a mineral in its own right.
[edit] Wikipedia Templates etc.
- Template:BRDC International Trophy - Listing of events at which the BRDC International Trophy has been awarded.
- Category:Formula One non-Championship races - For those races held to F1 or prevailing World Championship regulations, that did not come within the World Championship.
[edit] Proposed F1 Driver Career Table
The example given here is for John Surtees who had about as complicated a career as anyone in F1, so this is as large as a table is ever likely to get. I don't think that it is too bad, but if you have a comment please leave a note on the WP:F1 discussion page. Thanks!
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
