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Retro Stox is a trip down nostalgia avenue for
fans of UK stock car and hot rod racing! It
features photographs from yesteryear that I have
taken personally, either from spectator areas or
from my spells as an official photographer on
the infield.
All the pics were taken on good old 35mm film
and, looking back, I wish I had a pound for
every hour I spent in the confines of a cramped
darkroom accompanied by the unpleasant odours of
photographic chemicals and straining my eyesight
working in the dim glow of an orange safelight.
Oh to have had the convenience of digital
photography back then! The negatives and slides
have been introduced to the digital age courtesy
of a
Nikon 35mm film scanner.
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After taking early retirement from my
day job I found I had the time to expand
the website by scanning many more
negatives and slides that hadn't seen
the light of day before. Not all are of
brilliant quality - I admit to making
mistakes back in the day and also the
kit I used for a lot of the time was not
up to today's standards. Having said
that I felt it was better to have
something, warts and all, rather than
nothing so I hope a few grainy and out
of focus images don't spoil your viewing
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I have never hidden the fact that my favourite
formula has always been the hot rods (or
National Hot Rods as they are now known) and
this is reflected in the number of photos of
them that appear on the site. I have also
included a number of banger photos this time,
something which didn't happen on previous
versions of the site. The bangers were my least
favourite formula on the ovals but this time
round I felt it was unfair they should be left
out when the site contains photos of just about
every other formula.
Please excuse the picture quality of the 1960s
and early 1970s shots as they were taken using
an old rangefinder camera with a cheap lens and
I was just a young lad learning about
photography at the time!
You are welcome to
email me
with any queries or corrections.
I hope you enjoy the site - please come back
soon.
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