I was beaten by the engine change! Well it was completed but a bit of inexperience meant it wasn't quite ready to go. Therefore James Levy let me use his similar car for Oulton.
Race 1
Qualifing
A good grid of 17 cars urned up for the meeting. Qualifing was in the wet, which gave me three worries.
- Never driven in the wet before
- Never been to Oulton
- Not my car.
After the dissapointment of Rockingham the last thing I wanted was another early exit so to say I drove slowly was an understatement. I just toured around and did my necassary laps, no heroics. This left me 12th on the grid.
Race 1
Fortunately it was dry! At the start I kept my position, slotting in behind Alan Jones and Dale Whiteman. The HGT was much faster than the Uno's in front, but I didn't want to take any risks. When a good opportunity presented itself I overtook them both.
By this time the cars in front had dissapeared up the road, so I pulled out a bit of a gap and settled into my postion, having a quiet second half of the race to finish 10th.
Race 2
Race 2 was a quiet one for most of it. I kept my place off the start and got into a rythmn. I was alone for the most part, but managed to catch Lee Melling during the second half of the race. I had an opportunity to pass by outbraked myself a little at turn 1 on the penultimate lap. The retirements of Sandro Proietti and Steve Twist promoted me to 8th, finishing a couple of seconds behind Melling.
So onto Mallory, back in the Sprint Blue Punto. It is a track where horsepower should make a difference so hopefully the HGT's will be strong.
