Off the line, I attempted to reduce wheel spin but in the end I bogged down. Not perfect but my reactions and the actual run down to the first corner was a definite improvement over my 3 previous starts! John Goodwin pasted me off the line, but I managed to fend off David Wale into coppice. The remainder of the lap was very close with John Goodwin and Tim Gray, all of use feeling the grip limit and Tim was taking it nice and easy which kept us close.
The engine was not fluffing any more after cleaning out air filter (a little too much K&F filter oil applied in the previous weeks prep).
Lap 2, I get a good run out of Barn, nice and smooth through Coppice and miss a gear into Charlies meaning I drop back from the leaders a little and take the straight and Chris Curves to catch up the 4 car lengths. Lap 4 overtaking John Goodwin for 2nd place. Concentrated on a good run out of the first couple of corners in the lap and was very close to John all the way down the straight.
Hanging on to his rear corner I edged off the racing line towards the inside for the upcoming tight right hand Park corner. John duly moved to the right to cover the corner entry and I dived back to the racing line. As John returned a little to the left to allow for a better run into the corner and just as we started to brake I headed back for the right of the track. John tried to recover, bringing me right to the edge, a little dust was sprayed, I stayed committed, locked up a little and made the move stick. 2nd place was mine again!The rest of the race was just a matter of keeping John behind, being nice and smooth and learning the track more in preparation for tomorrows race.
Lapped Adrian Chapman at the Hairpin and on the next lap did Lapped Judi at the same spot, followed by a lovely corner long 4 wheel drift through Barn!
All photos are (c) of Tony Sissons [http://www.fullframephoto.co.uk]
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