A great weekends racing at Mallory Park this weekend in our old 172 Class F car kindly loaned to us by a customer. Mallory is somewhere we've never been before but would certainly go back.
Couldn't get access to the paddock until after 6pm due to a previous meeting so was getting dark when we set up and extremely windy!
Mixed conditions all weekend with a damp/drying qualifying saw us 2nd in class after a gentle run getting used to the track and traffic!
Race 1 and all dry, or at least it was until we were sat in assembly area and then came the rain, torrential! Everyone on dry tyres and panicking! 2 green flag laps before gridding up didn't really do much to calm the nerves either. Started 8th and managed to pass 3 cars off the start with a move around the outside of turn 1 and managed to get on the back of the front 4.
Had an awesome battle with Tony Hunter in his class A 172 but just didn't have the legs to past. Finished 4th overall and first in class.
Race 2 and a mixed grid so started 16th overall on combined quali times. Just seemed to be carnage from start to finish and the 20mins went in a flash. Lost a wing mirror straight off the grid which kind of set the tone for the race, hard racing and mostly fair. Had a touch with Andy Ibberson at the hairpin while looking for the class lead which was unfortunate but all good. Car had good pace in the dry with a 55.4 second lap nearly 3 quarters of a second faster than anyone else in class. Had a great race with Ash in the class E Clio and a vx220. An oil spill at the end meant a massive moment and was glad to see the chequered flag to be honest. Finished 12th overall and class win again so pretty happy. Car was faultless and such good fun.
Just uploading videos now.
Russ
