(05-08-2010, 10:11 PM)pitlane07 Wrote:

(05-08-2010, 05:16 PM)stealth Wrote: i remember working in the old pit lane which was around half the width of the current one, with no stop box or speed restrictions.

In those days it was quite permissible to enter the pits at any speed, which if a riders pit was down the bottom end was pretty fast.

Being on your knees working frantically to wire something up, while bike's were passing a couple of feet away at high speed as they entered or left the pits was a scary experience.

ye Stealth,after rider had been in ,used to go to back of g stand for a fag.remember ,Grant coming through on back wheel.that year boat strike,crank whent on tz,had to wait 2 days for new one .Finished 27th and rider asked me to go to prize giving for his rep.Rider was a chester lad called Dave aukland, anyone in touch with him ,send my regards,great memories.

Yep them was the days mate the lap speeds are so fast now that you're lucky to get out for a smoke between laps, as you say we used to be able to see our man through then go for a leisurely coffee and a smoke in the Hailwood centre before stolling back to the pit for the next lap, now you're lucky if you get time for a quick pee, and even then its a gamble as to whether you'll be let back across pitlane in time!!