Got to say that was the most fun you could have on a Thursday night with your trousers on!!
I couldn't agree more Simon, really great fun.
This one was never going to be about the race placings, it was a great opportunity to have a fang in some fun cars at a terrific track. It's the closest an Aussie can get to actually attending a Goodwood Revival.
I had a ball trying some cars that I haven't driven for a damned long time, and swapping from one to the other was a real challenge because I had three very different cars.
The li'l Abarth in Race 1 was a blast, just keep the right foot floored most of the time and hang on tightly through the corners.
I had some fun battling with Ian's mighty Falcon for a while, mainly because he went off early to keep me interested.
Race 2 in the Corvette was a challenge, mainly due to it following the Abarth. I used up almost the whole of Qualy trying to find the braking points, which turned out to be about 500 metres earlier than the Abarth. I think I took 5 laps to complete a clean lap in the Vette during qualy.
The race was then all about whether I could keep it on the black stuff, which I didn't achieve, but it's power was such an advantage that I was still able to hold off Martin, who was driving much better in the Ferarri and keeping me honest.
Race 3 in the Escort was totally different again. At least it could go around corners at reasonable speed, but I struggled with some bad understeer in the faster turns. Surprisingly, it was faster than the Corvette. This Race was more enjoyable as Knut and I had many great laps together in our little Escort battle, with lap after lap of nose to tail racing. We even went off together at the same places a couple of times, that will teach Knut to glue himself to my tail.
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Martin got his revenge in race 3 by driving his Capri into the sunset waaay ahead, but he put in some very impressive lap times in the Capri.
Thanks to Stu for organising, hope to see this one repeated again sometime. Thanks to Knut for running the event management, and a big thanks to those who joined us for the fun.