| After a week of debate about
whether there should be a handicap system to allow for the 'fuller' figure
slower the cart down the big race of the season had arrived!
Dr Dan's bits fall off
The qualifying session began
badly for Dr Dan as part of his car fell off. After close scrutiny by the
race officials he was eventually allowed to get in the spare car, however,
the limited time available led to Dan starting from the back of the grid
of 12 cars.
Dan Swan immersed in rubber
During the first few laps
of the race there was frenzied activity by the marshals as they randomly
waved their black and white flags in a vain attempt to control the
ferocious shunting and skidding activities of the race drivers. It wasn't
long before Dan Swan disappeared under a pile of tyres only to be black
flagged and sent to the pits for a stop go penalty! Was this an error by
Dan or part of a systematic reign of terror by another driver?
Hunt the Shunt
A pattern soon emerged that
just when any driver was happily driving along minding his own business
he would be shunted into the tyres and passed by James with a demonic grin
on his face. How did James avoid the black flag. A substantial cash bung
to the officials (No maybe not, this is a born again Scotsman we're
talking about) or just sheer luck? It's also possible that James's driving
tactics led to the 2nd black flag of the afternoon as Fat Rob was sent
to the pits with smoke trailing from the back of the car. However, there
is some debate as to whether this was due to numerous shunts or an inability
to operate the brake and accelerator independently.....
Big Rich fills the track
Undeterred by the low power
to weight ratio Big Rich fiercely defended the racing line making any driver
work hard to overtake him but not making it difficult to catch up with
him. Boy Racer was undeterred by such tactics and effortlessly slipped
round the inside of any driver in his path.
The chequered flag debacle
After the 80 (?) laps the
chequered flag was ceremoniously waved, however a furious debate
developed as to who had won....
Was it Traitor (the
only driver who appeared not to have been overtaken during the race?
Or did James win by a nose?
Champagne or chunder?
Anyhow the mention of a post
race champagne podium celebration sent Boy Racer hurling to the darker
corners of the circuit leaving the rest of us to shake our aching limbs
and head out to the pub.
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