This race was organised by the fifties sports car racing club (see link below) and will be organizing more races in 2012 for 50's sports cars.
This was a 30 min qualifying and a 30 min race over the full international Oulton Park circuit.
Weather clear, very warm in the morning and very hot in the afternoon with a light wind.
Qualifying :-
Grid Position:- 3rd
Time:- 2:19.086 ( This is my best lap time at this circuit)
Pole lap time:- 2:11.940 A Sharp.
I came in on lap 7 in qualifying as the gear box was very notchy and 2nd and 3rd did not sound very good so my plan was to save it for the race just in case of gearbox failure.
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| Trying to keep the car cool. |
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| Preparing for the race post qualifying |
Jonathan sorting out the front brakes
The Race:-
Final Position:- 3rd overall.
Best Lap Time:- 2:19.688
Fastest Lap:- 2:15.421 A Sharp.
Total Race time for me was:- 31:45.114
I had a good start but Jim Campbell overtook on the inside going into the first corner but I was able to get back in front of him going into Island Bend and started to chase the leading DB2 of Andy Sharp and the Ferrari of Stuart Anderson. I was able to keep them insight but no chance of catching up.
The race was very enjoyable and the track dry and hot, but in the previous race a car put down a large amount of oil Brittens down to Knickerbrook all on the racing line.
Overall the lap times were down on qualifying for most of the drivers I think mainly due to the very high air and track temperatures and I did notice a little reduction in performance in the race compared to qualifying.
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| Stuart 2nd and me 3rd The winners/winner was in the next race. |
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| Filling in for the winners (A Sharp and C Adams) |
Pictures from the paddock
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