Another great weekend of racing in the Tricolore Trophy at Oulton Park. Saturday morning brought a cold damp and extremely foggy circuit. Pleased to qualify 3rd as it was very slippery and i didnt want to push too much.
Race1.
Got a good jump off the line but couldnt find a way through the 2 306's while trying to keep everyone else behind. Safety car deployed half way through the 1st lap due to a multi car incident behind us at the first corner. Kept close after the restart and managed to pick off one of the peugeots at the last corner although we were side by side down the start finish staright into the first corner, started to catch the other later on in the race as he'd backed off but the last 2 laps were spent trying to fend off Lee Williams Saxo. Mega defensive everywhere meant we stayed in front for 2nd overall and 2nd in class.
Race 2.
No footage of race 2 as the battery went flat. We started 2nd on the grid from our race 1 finish position but i dont like the outside of the grid at oulton. Sure enough lee's saxo shot up the inside and him and Johns 306 took off. I had my own problems with matthew Darlingtons 106. I locked up and straight on at Hizzy's chicane letting the 106 past and meaning Andy Mitchels 205 was right behind. Managed to pull away from the 205 again and set off after the 106.Took me a couple of laps to catch him and passed him on the inside through island. Managed to pull a decent gap on him and thats how it stayed until the end. 3rd overall 2nd in class.
A great days racing with a very quick field, our times would have meant we'd have been at the front in the previous weekends tintops race against serious DC5's, ex BTCC 306's and Focus's, lee williams Saxo won that race outright btw. Happy with consistant 1.57 laps in both races.
Thats the end of another great season of racing with lots of ups and downs. We have a new car now, or at least a shell to start building for the this series and the plan was to break the clio after oulton but not sure i can bring myself to do that. Keep your eyes peeled for the complete car for sale with full spec asap.