I've just sat down after a well deserved long hot shower and big fat chinese take-away! This weekend provided some great racing at a very well run event.
I intended to go to the field after work on Friday but seen as my sister-in-law and her hubby were in York, having just arrived back from a year long round the world trip, i took the afternoon off to catch up with them. It was great to see and catch up with them after their year away and so i wasn't in a particular hurry to get to the field any earlier than originally planned.
The weather was a little unkind to us for the start of the weekend - rain on Friday afternoon, through the night and early during Saturday made for a muddy start but, all the same, a great track to race on. The Scunthorpe club have this great relaxed but extremely organised approach to their meetings. The members pull together and push through the negative factors and always put on a great show.
I took 2 wins on Saturday but wouldn't say my driving was anything special. It was good and i enjoyed my races but just felt i wasn't quite on the level that i left Cwmdu on. Maybe that was just pshycological. Maybe it was just as fast and good as Cwmdu, but the big smooth track and great set-up of the car just made it all feel a little easier. We played with the suspension settings on the car this weekend and it really made a difference, it felt great.
Sunday was much better weather-wise. The sun came out and the track was superb albeit slightly lacking racing lines come the end of the finals. There only seemed to be a really grippy race line right in tight and so probably wouldn't have allowed for much passing. Fortunately a flying start and absence of Sandra Jones allowed me to take the lead from the start and achieve a good win.
Straight after my final my brother went in the mens champ of champs and straight after that i went in the ladies champ of champs - my poor car!! We both came 2nd in the champ of champs to the class 8. Mark drove far better than me and was so unlucky to just get pipped to the post by Lee Waldron. In my race it took me ages to pass the 4 and then the 2 as they don't leave an inch up the inside and there was no grip round the outside of them - by the time i eventually got passed the 2, Clare Horner had tried the outside move and it worked so she was well away. All good fun though and £100 prize money for 2nd was much appreciated even if it does go into dads pocket and not mine!
One final thing to mention about the weekend is my brothers excellent driving and results to show for it. What he suffered in his own class 8 (blown engine) he made up for in the class 5. He had 2 1sts and a 2nd in the heats and led all 3 attempts of the final to eventually take the win. Excellent driving in a car that was trully on form this weekend!
I intended to go to the field after work on Friday but seen as my sister-in-law and her hubby were in York, having just arrived back from a year long round the world trip, i took the afternoon off to catch up with them. It was great to see and catch up with them after their year away and so i wasn't in a particular hurry to get to the field any earlier than originally planned.
The weather was a little unkind to us for the start of the weekend - rain on Friday afternoon, through the night and early during Saturday made for a muddy start but, all the same, a great track to race on. The Scunthorpe club have this great relaxed but extremely organised approach to their meetings. The members pull together and push through the negative factors and always put on a great show.
I took 2 wins on Saturday but wouldn't say my driving was anything special. It was good and i enjoyed my races but just felt i wasn't quite on the level that i left Cwmdu on. Maybe that was just pshycological. Maybe it was just as fast and good as Cwmdu, but the big smooth track and great set-up of the car just made it all feel a little easier. We played with the suspension settings on the car this weekend and it really made a difference, it felt great.
Sunday was much better weather-wise. The sun came out and the track was superb albeit slightly lacking racing lines come the end of the finals. There only seemed to be a really grippy race line right in tight and so probably wouldn't have allowed for much passing. Fortunately a flying start and absence of Sandra Jones allowed me to take the lead from the start and achieve a good win.
Straight after my final my brother went in the mens champ of champs and straight after that i went in the ladies champ of champs - my poor car!! We both came 2nd in the champ of champs to the class 8. Mark drove far better than me and was so unlucky to just get pipped to the post by Lee Waldron. In my race it took me ages to pass the 4 and then the 2 as they don't leave an inch up the inside and there was no grip round the outside of them - by the time i eventually got passed the 2, Clare Horner had tried the outside move and it worked so she was well away. All good fun though and £100 prize money for 2nd was much appreciated even if it does go into dads pocket and not mine!
One final thing to mention about the weekend is my brothers excellent driving and results to show for it. What he suffered in his own class 8 (blown engine) he made up for in the class 5. He had 2 1sts and a 2nd in the heats and led all 3 attempts of the final to eventually take the win. Excellent driving in a car that was trully on form this weekend!
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