Fastest Time of the Day
29/05/06 16:16
Amazing what the difference a few extra degrees of warmth will make...
On Sunday, at the Wigton Motor Club's sprint meeting at Kames,
my times were some two and a half seconds quicker than my times of the previous week.
The temperature was about 10 degrees warmer which seemed to suit my old tyres (or my old bones!).
Wigton managed to run two practice and four timed runs and were able to finish before 3:30pm - well done.
My time of 79.2 seconds was sufficient to take "Fastest time of the day".
The main opposition was Mark Hemingway in his Force HC single seater but he retired after suffering front aerofoil damage on his first timed run.
Michael Walton was a creditable second place, on his first visit to Kames, with his very early OMS single seater (the version which used Mini hubs).
(Picture by Ian Thomson)
The Hawke DL17 is now 30 years old but still has a bit of useful life left in it.
Several other 'vintage' racing cars were present at Kames - these included Vernon Williamson's Imp Ecosse and his Van Dieman FF1600.
Joe Johnston made his first appearance in another well known sprint/hillclimb car - a Phantom P75 Clubmans which was previously raced by Hugh Denham, Dave Smith and latterly Roy Napier (although it had not been seen on the tracks for several years). The Phantom sounded very crisp but suffered a few teething problems.
I'm sure that Joe will soon get to grips with his new toy.
On Sunday, at the Wigton Motor Club's sprint meeting at Kames,
my times were some two and a half seconds quicker than my times of the previous week.
The temperature was about 10 degrees warmer which seemed to suit my old tyres (or my old bones!).
Wigton managed to run two practice and four timed runs and were able to finish before 3:30pm - well done.
My time of 79.2 seconds was sufficient to take "Fastest time of the day".
The main opposition was Mark Hemingway in his Force HC single seater but he retired after suffering front aerofoil damage on his first timed run.
Michael Walton was a creditable second place, on his first visit to Kames, with his very early OMS single seater (the version which used Mini hubs).
(Picture by Ian Thomson)
The Hawke DL17 is now 30 years old but still has a bit of useful life left in it.
Several other 'vintage' racing cars were present at Kames - these included Vernon Williamson's Imp Ecosse and his Van Dieman FF1600.
Joe Johnston made his first appearance in another well known sprint/hillclimb car - a Phantom P75 Clubmans which was previously raced by Hugh Denham, Dave Smith and latterly Roy Napier (although it had not been seen on the tracks for several years). The Phantom sounded very crisp but suffered a few teething problems.
I'm sure that Joe will soon get to grips with his new toy.