Why is pole position a Bad Thing? Cos it leaves you with no car to focus on and it may make you judge your braking point incorrectly therefore going to hard into a corner (which to my defense was slightly hidden from view due to a small crest) and spinning it 180 degrees :D
Still, the car and I survived and I was able to continue my track session (or more importantly, not stopping anyone else’s) as if it never happened… except that I have it all on tape!
Watch me go
Pictures can be found in the gallery
The Cannonballers that is. Again, it is one of those annual events (2003, 2004 and now 2005) that we go to as it is such a good spirited event and some of the cars you will only see or hear once in a lifetime (unless I get 6 numbers this Saturday).
On the first leg they had to get to Sweden, a mere 959 miles away!
So I lied about the stickers ;)
This years event was again a fantastic day out, and apart from some minor ‘injuries’ to the car I survived it again. During my (what appeared to be my) last lap I managed to overshoot the braking point into a fast right hand corner, lock it up completely and enter the grass verge sideways. The result? A bend alloy :(
See for yourself in DivX or Quicktime.
Fortunately my good friend Dave has kindly offered to pass his spare alloy onto me, so as soon as I’ve found out where I can have it refurbished in the same colour as the other alloys I’m back in business again!
More pictures in the gallery
It’s becoming a bit of a tradition to visit the annual Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally, and since the weather was absolutely fantastic we had no reason to stay at home this year.
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