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Old 3 Feb 2017, 14:12 (Ref:3709036)   #17
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p261brm should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridp261brm should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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I still have nightmares about Church corner.. Back in 1979 I was racing in F4. For one race at Thruxton we were put in with more powerful Nonstop cars. I had a fantastic tow in Qualy behind such a car. Trouble was I was Arry Flatters going into Church up his gearbox and he then had a lift.It was like Mc Queen in the Le Mans film when he comes up behind the 911.Pulled steering round and ended up miles away in the outer field.
Driver and car survived after cleaning all the corn out of the chassis and engine. Happy days. Yes great corner.Great track and great couple of guys running Thruxton with Bill Coombe and Pat Blakney.
Not the only one Iain, my brief and indigenous racing driver career came to an abrupt end there in 1968 whilst running in a new engine in Quicky's E
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