Today the high point of the Thai motor racing calendar gets underway with the final round of the Super Car Thailand series, the Bangsaen Thailand Speed Festival 2009. After back-to-back rounds at Bira, the seaside resort wraps up in style the country's premier race series with a five day street-racing extravaganza that while headlined by the Super Car, Super 1500, Super 2000 and Super Commonrail (pick-up) competitors that make up the usual Super Car Thailand bill includes a plethora of other categories including Japanese and European classics, Minis, ladies races and one-makers from brands such as Toyota and Honda. It's bursting at the seams and the country's racing world is here in force. Bangsaen Thailand Speed Festival is talked about with wide eyes: crazy racing on crazy streets so I'm looking forward to immersing myself in the whole experience. The opening action kicks off today with a packed timetable of free practice sessions starting at nine in the morning sharp and continuing until almost six o'clock. I have forgone this though and travel down from Bangkok in the late afternoon. The route is the smooth swish of the BTS to busy Victory Monument and then a chaotic search for the right minibus, all are identical white and with no English language letters or numbers on show and with all leaving from a variety of points it's a lottery to get to the right place. Anyway the right bus is found at the third time of asking and we squeeze on (suitcases aren't catered for so ...
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