HSCC Cadwell Park 19th April 2009
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:03 pm
Just a very brief report into the antics at Cadwell Park the other weekend for those of you who could not/dare not make it, you were all sorely missed.
It was left to the likes of Simon King (in his superb +4ss) and myself to keep the Royal end up on what was a lovely weekend in the middle of nowhere, Lincolnshire.
The practice session on the Friday (I know it's officially referred to as cheating) was dry but a hit and miss affair as we shared sessions with the TVR's and Ginetta's of the BRSCC wobbled and weaved there way into the tyres at Mountain and Hall bends time and time again! On every occasion the session would be red flagged whilst the bits of glass fibre were retrieved from the tyre wall, giving very little in the way of actual track time.
The Historic Roadsports race was first practice/first race on Sunday which started rather chilly but turned out to be a gloriously sunny day and, apart from at Barn the track was displaying a fair amount of grip. Out of the twenty two runners and riders Simon King and I qualified 20th (2:03.08) and 11th (1:52.1) respectively.
Come the race Simon and I had our own battles. Simon found himself on the grid behind the TR 5 of David Kirby and TR 2 of Richard Owen but by lap four he had successfully done away with the TR 2 and was by lap five matching the TR 5 for pace and focused on reeling in the TR 5 and in process put in a v impressive 1:57.0. On a less productive note I found myself adopting the rather old fashioned 'elbows out' style of motor racing as I tried, in vain, to keep the Marcos and Turner Mk II behind me. By lap eight the Marcos had nipped through as I ran wide round Chris Curve and come lap ten the Turner Mk II had done the same at the bottom of the Goose Neck.
All in all a good showing with Simon 17th and myself 11th on the day.
See you all at the HSCC Silverstone Intl meeting in ten days time.
Jonathon
It was left to the likes of Simon King (in his superb +4ss) and myself to keep the Royal end up on what was a lovely weekend in the middle of nowhere, Lincolnshire.
The practice session on the Friday (I know it's officially referred to as cheating) was dry but a hit and miss affair as we shared sessions with the TVR's and Ginetta's of the BRSCC wobbled and weaved there way into the tyres at Mountain and Hall bends time and time again! On every occasion the session would be red flagged whilst the bits of glass fibre were retrieved from the tyre wall, giving very little in the way of actual track time.
The Historic Roadsports race was first practice/first race on Sunday which started rather chilly but turned out to be a gloriously sunny day and, apart from at Barn the track was displaying a fair amount of grip. Out of the twenty two runners and riders Simon King and I qualified 20th (2:03.08) and 11th (1:52.1) respectively.
Come the race Simon and I had our own battles. Simon found himself on the grid behind the TR 5 of David Kirby and TR 2 of Richard Owen but by lap four he had successfully done away with the TR 2 and was by lap five matching the TR 5 for pace and focused on reeling in the TR 5 and in process put in a v impressive 1:57.0. On a less productive note I found myself adopting the rather old fashioned 'elbows out' style of motor racing as I tried, in vain, to keep the Marcos and Turner Mk II behind me. By lap eight the Marcos had nipped through as I ran wide round Chris Curve and come lap ten the Turner Mk II had done the same at the bottom of the Goose Neck.
All in all a good showing with Simon 17th and myself 11th on the day.
See you all at the HSCC Silverstone Intl meeting in ten days time.
Jonathon
I have to admit to only having done it once but what fun it was!
do any of your cars do more than 10 miles to the gallon 
