The Year so far:
First event of the year - the Bath Half Marathon. A disrupted
training shedule again left me without enough miles on the legs but managed a 1h 52m 05s time and 3138th out of 8165 finishers.
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March 25th
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First sprint of the year - the fantastic Cadwell Park. A very hot day and suffering a
major cold but ended up third of the List 1A runners with a 95.97s. This was nearly 3 seconds better than my previous best and within a half a second of a Westfield
with 50 bhp more. The car felt great so the Neil Garner set up looks as if it has been a real success.
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April 15th
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Prescott hillclimb - a thoroughly wet and miserable week-end
and I never really felt that comfortable despite a couple of reasonable practice runs on the dampish Saturday. Pleased to be back but last out of
four List 1A runners. Roll on MIRA!
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June 23/24
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MIRA Sprint - a splendid, warm and sunny day. Very happy with the car and a PB of 55.15s
meant third out of 6 behind the Johns Palmer & Bradshaw.
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July 14th
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Llandow Sprint - another wet and miserable day. High hopes
after a good test a few days before and looking forward to a run in the Van Diemen. Only 2 FFs entered and although well
slower than Ian Houston finished just behind him by 0.3s after he kept falling off!
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July 21st
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Colerne sprint - a clear and pleasant day. A difficult track
to learn though so really feeling my way all day. Only one other FF present who I managed to beat with an 88.43s after improving
on each run. I'll have another go next year!
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Aug 27th
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Prescott Hillclimb - A largely dry and pleasant day except for a
brief shower in the morning leading to a damp second practice. However the car felt good, even with the rear ARB fitted
and fast on the bottom half of the track. A bit too slow through the esses and semi circle but nonetheless third of the
up to 1700cc runners with a PB 50.87s so not too bad.
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Sept 22nd
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Loton Park Hillclimb - A dry and pleasant day for all 4 runs.
13 cars in the class and a modest start in practice but two PBs in the timed runs netted third place and a pot with a 62.47s on
the first run. The second could have been quicker except for a muffed gear change (2nd to 5th!) out of Museum. Pleased.
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Sept 29th
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Curborough Sprint - Another dry and pleasant day for all 4 runs.
Only a few cars turned out so second to John Palmer with a 35.74s. Not quite a PB but a bit faster than at the same meeting
last year so OK.
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Oct 14th
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