A bit of a dodgy start from 2nd place putting me instantly in a pack as i watch Knut calmly pull away,highlight of the race for me was lap one going in to Foggys side by side with Carlos,and then staying side by side down to Shell hairpin and all around it together with zero contact,and not losing much on the others behind as well...amazing
,by the time i settled in and broke away a bit Knut was now well away up ahead in 1st until he went of at Macleans quite badly,unlucky mate,but for sure weve all been there,a fairly lonely run to the finish now,but fun laps seeing how much pushing the wee Fordy can take.
Away a little better from 2nd place again at Nurby but Stu effortlessly breezed past clearing me for arrival at T1,i duly slotted in behind and braced myself for the usual Nurby T1 action,but nothing happened!,looked like all through there no probs,very good stuff everyone,its not often that most infamous T1 doesnt cause some bother,hung in there with Stu but once again Knut up in front was making the break,Stu gave it too much right boot coming out of T3 and attempted a SuperBike highside,but having 4 wheels made it yer standard slewing slide,so up to 2nd again and made an attempt to catch Knut,but it wasnt happening really,the gap went the other way in his favour,he even had time for a big late spin off track and time to recover and proceed to pull away a bit again
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Grats Knut and podiums and ofcourse all survivors in the smaller and sometimes "quirky" Escorts.
Thanks Carlos &
RD