Mark Roper 💙

Friendly IT guy, gamer, Grandad, grumpy old man, politically incorrect, atheist, liquorice allsorts addict

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@TLWUK1Official Thanks for this, always loved Nik Kershaw, he's from Ipswich, like me, went to the same school as me (though at 6 years older would've left before I started), and I remember this and his other hits from my youth, delighted to see that 40 years later he's still going strong!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@gavlar53 @johnbayliss5353 Yeah, we have a converted coach, it can be tricky getting up the hill at the best of times, a bit of rain or snow and Hednesford is the hardest track to get in and out of for us

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@johnbayliss5353 We were halfway there when got the call, back home now, feel for the Irish lads

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@jo_bartlett Superb tune (also Tears of a Clown), looking through your timeline some great classics from my youth, some of which I'd forgotten, following!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@Incarace Gutted I can't go to this one, loved seeing these beasts at Hednesford earlier in the year

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@Lambpix1 @JamieMorris19 Cadwell has all the advantages of Snetterton (fences you can stand at and easily shoot over) but is much more picturesque ;)

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@tansleyjames Heard 'car trouble', bought the album on the back of that, then went to see them live at the Ipswich Regent before they went 'pop', superb band

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

I just snorted into my coffee, not a good look! 😂

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

The vein on his neck had by now begun to do more than throb, it had possibly achieved sentience as it writhed, snake like just above the collar of his salmon pink Ralph Lauren polo shirt

[trackstarracing @trackstaruk]

Everything that is Stock Car racing in a couple of photos.

The highs of race win. A big rollover in the next. The team effort from not just your mechanics, but other drivers and their teams helping to get you back out 👌👌

📸 Kieran Bonsall/ Kieran Bonsall/ Mark Bessant

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@BIGbezz76 @LMPycroftJ4 @skegnessraceway @BSCDAF1 Never been to Lynn or Skeggy, but at least Lynn is do-able, Skeggy is a 3 hour drive, but you never know, I got the ORCi license now 😉

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@LMPycroftJ4 @skegnessraceway @BSCDAF1 Yes, was on the in-field, blown away by the F1's, not seen them up close like that before, absolute beasts!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

I can still almost taste the F1's, what a riot of sight and sound!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

I was one of the in-field photographers and it was an absolute privilege to be there

[Incarace Motorsport @Incarace]

T H A N K Y O U

What an incredible day of racing yesterday - the Raceway well and truly came alive in the first of our Hednesford Hills 60 year celebration events, and we’d like to thank absolutely everybody for making it such a day to remember…

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@BenGregory_Ring @Incarace This you? If so stood behind is Nick Roots, current National Hot Rod and former multi-championship winning SuperStox driver

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

Hednesford!!

[Oval Racing Council International @ORC_int]

It’s the weekend! All roads lead trackside, & with more + more tracks opening up – there’s some fantastic meetings lined up. Where are you heading to? Please check with the Promotion before travelling.

https://t.co/WgXLHfPRax

#WatchIt #RaceIt
📸 Matt Bull / Joe Bamford Design

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@trackstaruk That is a spectacular photo!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@GridArt Never easy, but you always manage it, yet more original perspectives that no-one else seems to think of!

[Mark Roper 💙 @MarkRoper3]

@ORC_int Aldershot, 2.0 Hot Rods!