Result: 13th overall, 5th in class D
Mike was on his own for this weekends swinging 60′s action as Matt and Marky were on duty at the Goodwood Revival. Having missed a couple of races due to (yet another) gearbox failure this was the first time out with the new gearbox, an uprated Ford T5 this time to replace the unreliable TranX unit. We’d also done some modifications to the front anti roll bar mounts following the repairs after the crash at Brands.
Mike was pleased with his position in qualifying which saw him 17th on the grid with best time of 1.31.16 and reported that the new box, whilst taking a bit of getting used to, was a big improvement.
The race saw a couple of notable retirements, Mark Campbell in the insanely fast TR5, who should have been a challenger for the win only made it as far as lap 7 before retiring. Mike however kept out of trouble and the car ran faultlessly and, after dicing for position throughout the race managed to pip Colin Swinnerton’s Reliant Sabre for 13th place, by only half a second at the line. Best lap 1.28.07
