AMOC Competition Awards Dinner November 2010

 Final Results 2010

DB 2/4 MkII

DB2 Light Weight Lemans

AMOC Historic Championship 2010

3rd Overall

1st in Class A3.

AMOC 50's Sports car Team Challenge.

1st Team Overall : Feltham Flyers

David Reed, Anne Reed, Glynn Allen & Martin Melling.

Team Fletham Flyers

Winning Drivers Supported by Davron during 2010.

AMOC Historic Championship Donington Park 9th Oct 2010

Historic Race AMOC Championship (Last Race)

Weather was dull cold and mainly dry with moderate wind.

Qualifying:-  Best Lap time 1:40.042

Car ran well although there was considerable vibration from the front end which made keeping the car balanced almost impossible. The vibration was so great it was making my contact lenses shake so I could not see properly. This was due to a rear tyre being put on the front and was way out of balance, this was my error.

Race:-  Best Lap time 1:40.801.

This was slower than in the qualifying which was unusual for me as I normally am quicker in the race but to be honest I was not really on it in the race and just coasted round.

Result:-

2nd overall in the Historic Championship and 1st on Handicap and 1st in class.

 Anne Reed 1st & Glynn Allen 2nd.

AMOC 50's Team Challenge

Qualifying:- Best Lap 1:48.596.   (session was red flagged on 4th lap)

Race:-  Best Lap 1:40.236

Although a 20min race it only lasted 12mins as it was very dark and the Marshall's were hard to see so the CC stopped the race which was a pity as the two jags in front were slower as I was speeding up and was looking  to get passed them both in the next lap or two.

I had already passed them a few times but they kept out braking me at the end of the straights as they were on discs and I was on drums. I think only 2 cars in the race were on drums and it made a big difference at Donington.

 Graham Barker & me in pit garage.

Results:- 7th Overall.   2nd Team.    1st on Handicap.

Team:- The Feltham Fliers.   David Reed and Glynn Allen   (2 + 9 =11 points)

DB2 Lightweight Lemans with Club shop in background

Overall a well attended race meeting but my mind was definitely not in racing mode as can be seen from the lap times as I would have expected to be in the 1:36.00 area, but at least the car finished the race in one piece.

SPA 6 Hours Sept 2010

Woodcote RAC Trophy Race 24th-26th Sept 2010

Weather:- Qualifying Wet and cool.   Race Very Wet and cool.

Qualifying:-

25th out of 44 cars in the qualifying session of 40 mins.

Best time in wet conditions on last lap of 3mins 55sec.

Track not too bad on the Friday, only wet with not too much oil.

The Holding area just before the start:-

The Race:-

DB2 lemans blue grill in centre No.43

Race:-    17th Overall,   5th in class C3.     Best Lap 4mins 05sec on lap 14.

I started the race which was a rolling start due to the large size of the grid. Entry to the track is via T4 with a slow part lap up to the gird.

Getting darker I put the lights on the next lap

Grid positions were sorted but for some reason one car in our class which qualified 10 places behind us and 5 rows back ended up 3 rows in front which in the poor conditions made a very big difference.

The race started under a safety car and was run under the safety car for 2 laps before the green flags were shown.

The track was very slippey and wet partly due to the previous race which had a number of big oil spills around the whole track and mostly on the racing line.

I managed to get sideways up eau rouge but managed to get it back before any major disaster. I also found it very tricky at the far end of the track before the decent into the double left.

I was in 22nd position when a spinner infront of me caused me to take an off track detour which allowed several cars to over take on the straight. I managed to catch up but could not get past in the poor conditions so I decided to pit and hand over to Adrian who is quicker then me.

I thought if we can have a quick pit change we can leap frog the cars which had passed me on the straight the previous lap and so it proved.

Adrian managed to gain more places towards the end of the race as the rain started to reduce.

We finally managed 17th overall and 5th in class although this should have been 16th overall and 4th in class except for the error in the grid start line up.

Very Heavy rain during the race Adrian in car?

We were happy to finish the race in one piece both us and the car. The car ran very well during the weekend with no issues which was very pleasing considering the rain.

Overall very enjoyable if some what challenging and I hope I will be back next year with a bit better weather.

Some other cars in the holding area just before the race:-

Stirling Moss Trophy Gold Cup Oulton Park

The Stirling Moss Trophy (MRL)  30th Aug 2010.

The weather was warm and dry with light scattered cloud.

The was a record attendance for this meeting with full grids, great race cars and drivers and very full
car parks with the track lined with spectators.

Car:- Aston Martin DB2 Lightweight Lemans 175 UXM

Qualifying:-  9.30am

Best Lap 2mins 22sec.

Grid Position:- 19th

Grid Size:-26

Class:- C2

DB2 Lightweight Lemans 175 UXM in very full paddock

Race Results:-

Best Lap 2mins 20sec.

Position 19th overall.

Class:- C2  3rd.

Prize presentations

Class C1   3rd  Sir Stirling Moss & Ian Nuttal with Duncan.

Class C2   3rd  Glynn Allen

Comments:-

I had a very enjoyable race with Ian Nuttal in the OSCA of Stirling Moss up to lap 14 when I managed to do a 180' coming out of druids but fortunately I was able to recover quickly and did not loose to much time.

Towards the end of the race I started to catch the DB3 belonging to Martin Melling and managed to get with with 1 sec of him at the chequered flag, the only problem as I was a lap down.

It was a pleasure to meet Sir Stirling Moss and it was very kind of him to sign my copy of the results sheet when I know he was much in demand throughout the day.

DB2 Le mans Light weight

Finally thanks to Motor Racing Legends for their organization and hospitality.

AMOC Oulton Park Historic Championship

Weather Dry and warm with light showers towards the end of the race.

DB2/4 MKII being pushed back down pit lane into parc firme.

Qualifying:-

Best Lap 2mins 22sec on 3rd lap.

The car was going very well and I had intended to go for the fastest lap on the 4th.
I was hoping for about a 2 min 18sec but the flywheel broke just coming into deers leap.

I was able to cost into the pits but the car was finished for season.

The engine will know have a rebuild and upgrade during the winter period at DAVRON.

I was hoping for a good result at Oulton and to push Ann Reed as much as possible to the end of the season, as it happens Ann had a gear box problem which allowed Jon Gross a well deserved win in his DB MKIII.

This was a big blow for my Historic Championship hopes both for overall or handicap 1st position.

My plan is to use my other DB2 for Donnington and hope for a good finish and try for the handicap win within the Championship.

Silverstone Classic 23th - 25th July

Woodcote Trophy Pre-56 Sports Cars

Dry and Warm.
1 hour two driver race.
Race Car:- DB2 Lightweight Lemans 175 UXM
Drivers:- Mark Midgley and Glynn Allen

Paddock. DB2 le mans No.43

Paddock looking over DB2 lemans.

Friday Qualifying:-

Dry and warm.
30 Mins qual session.
Best Lap 2mins 34sec.
Grid Position. 38

There were a number of crashes towards the end of the qualifying session which prevented any good lap times.

We also over inflated the rear tyres which made the car very back end happy. For the race we dropped the pressure in the rear tyres by 4psi.

Saturday Race:-

Dry and warm with a very short light race shower during our race.

Best Lap time :- 2mins 33sec.
Finishing Position 34.
Class Position 5.

DB2 le mans in Assembly area & pre-griding

The Sir Sterling Moss Osca, our DB2 No.43 behind.

Glynn in DB2 side by side with ex Fangio Jaguar C type

Mark chasing TR2.

The start of the race was a rolling start which went well for Mark but an off by another competitor resulted in the safety car for several laps so Mark had a nice cruise round for 3 laps.

The DB2 started to loose power after the half way point and although still quick around the corners the car was slowing, down the straights and would not rev over 4,500. This lead to some over driving in the corners in an aim to maintain track position. This was fairly successful but with much sideways action which does not lead to good lap times.

Overall and enjoyable race meeting a pity the car lost power part way through the race which probably cost us about 4 or 5 places by the end of the race.

DB2 le mans after the race.

Exiting the Pit lane as part of the Green Flag Lap.