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We followed a road registered Lola T70 into the circuit on Sunday which made an interesting start to the day!
As has already been said, the grids were a little thin with the exception of the packed sports 2000 races, the leading lap times down in the 1:15 region, pretty impressive in the early summer sunshine. The entry lists didn't lack for quality as such, there were some wonderfully prepared machinery competing particularly in the tin top classes. Such a shame that Steve Dance's Capri turned into a smoke machine causing it's retirement and unfortunately the weather didn't play ball with some very cold showers moving in pm. I watched Delta's progress with interesting from the complex in the FJ's and whilst the rear engined Lola looked more than competitive, the Gemini appeared to have a gearbox problem in the front engine field.
All in all a very entertaining event, well organised with informative commentary as usual from Marcus Pye and the lunch break demos were very special as was the DC4 in the air. Thanks to all, I just hope the annual meeting can gather some momentum in future years.
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