Go on then what happened at MIRA?

[rgrigsby]

??? if the weather was anything like it was up here you've had a very hot day.

 

 

Rob G

 

[David Lynch]

Drumming fingers also

 

EN Yorks 7's Flickr

[Mcalvert]

Well, I'll start off with what happened with the Class 3 and 4 records.

 

On the first timed run, Tom Price not only beat his dad, but broke the class 3 record (Mike Sankey, 52.00) with a 51.98.

 

Second timed run, Richard Price went one better and lowered the record to a 51.8 something I believe (sorry, don't have exact time in front of me).

 

Mike Sankey then reclaimed a MIRA class record for himself by winning class 4 with a new best time.

 

A great, hot, day, only marred by somewhat chaotic morning practice sessions where cars were encouraged to go out in "random" order (which just meant long queues).

[Shaun_E]

Class 5:

Simon beat Adrian by 2/100ths and I trailed a distant 3rd (about 7/10ths). Mark had trouble with 3rd gear so never really got in the groove. Simon Jenks knocked a rear wing off but didn't notice 😳 until it was pointed out to him and Mark got a bollocking for stopping to pick it up. Gill beat her PB.

 

Yellow SL #32 - member of Drowned Rat Racing

[rgrigsby]

There's a lot of hundreths stuff going on this year isn't there 😳

 

Rob G

 

[Nigel Fox]

There is with me, I'm hundreds of hundreths behind! 😬

 

Full time class 4 Zetec

[Shaun_E]

Alan Bowler won class 2

 

Yellow SL #32 - member of Drowned Rat Racing

[Alan Bowler]

😬 😬 😬

Thanks to all the sporting gentlemen in Class 2 for a day for me to remember.

Thanks also to Adrian Williams for loan of special racing equipment on the day.

AB

[mikes]

Well done Alan - it is always a bit special

I do hope that whatever Adrian gave to you wasn't something to make you go faster than you should in Class 2!

It wasn't a Yellow trowel was it?

Mike

[robmar]

Sorry are you sayinh Adrian had the golden trowel 😬

[Alan Bowler]

Not sure who won the trowel. Caterbram Junior scored full marks for artistic

merit on his last re-run, which was fairly late in the running order, but from the

10 seconds of screetching, I'd say no grass was involved.

[Equipment loaned did not contravene any class 2 rules]

AB

[Mark Durrant]

...word on the circuit is the yellow trowel is returning to it's 'Spritual Home', namely.....

[Tam]

[KSS]

I saw alot of grass

101 through speed trap in 5th brake for tower

change down, oh that must be 2nd

smoke round and round you go

ps mr Frost was inpressed

[Mcalvert]

Dmw - do tell us more? Was this grassy excursion on your second timed run? Oh, and are you going to Epynt?

 

No particular reason for asking of course, just idle curiosity :-)

 

Michael

[Roger Cumming]

Yes, well done Alan, great last run. T'was a close fight in class 2, half a sec or so covering five of us. Mat was 2nd,Graham 3rd. My head is still in my hands after being just quickest in practice, to wrong slot on 1st timed and then to hesitate for that milli sec on the last bend in 2....not like me this hesitation!!!! ☹️ ☹️ 😳 😳

 

Roger7C

[Offspring]

just wondering .......

 

What happened in Class 1

 

😶‍🌫️

[magister]

Al

as best I can recall,

 

Andrew in the 56's

Paul Brown 58.6 's

Nick Chan 58.7 's

Paul Boston 58.9 's

 

PaulB

[Nick Chan]

Yep, that's about as close as I can remember the times too

 

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Back in a BEC! - but done alright in Class 1...

[Offspring]

Thanks both

 

Great PB Andrew

[Andrew Willoughby]

Thanks, Al. It was a lovely hot day and it's the first time (after three previous visits to MIRA) that I felt I'd got the exit to the first bend and Tower something like right.

 

Good luck for Epynt - sounds a great addition to the calendar, but it's a bit far for me. My next event will be Castle Combe - are you going?

 

Andrew

[Offspring]

Cheers Andrew, I'm really looking forward to Epynt. I'll see you at Castle Combe *thumbup*