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Cmon Q - we expected you there - it is the 50th anniversary rally and maybe the last Curborough !
It was my first time around a track, and I must say I was impressed by all the different types of Marcos there, including of course Boycey's LM600, a TSO, and a wide range of ages of people and cars - and well organised and run. It was a lot of fun.

From the outset there were three cars in the under 1 minute bracket (for 2 laps) and that is the way it stayed - Dave Parslow (4.5 litre Mantula), Bill Smith (1600 GT) and Richard in his supercharged and show winning beast. On his second timed run Richard really got a great time at 57.95s, and with the others on 59s it looked like he had it in the bag - and I saw that Richard was taking passengers on subsequent runs and generally enjoying the day. But right near the end Dave Parslow found something, and his penultimate run was 58.08s - just shy of Richard's time, and at the last chance he pulled out a 57.73s run, leaving Richard only one chance to get the lead back - and he really gave it the works, but got 58.06s.

This was so close it was really thrilling, and you can only think that if Richard had had a few more chances he could still have cracked it, but that is racing - as they say. The road legal race cars are certainly stiff opposition for a full road car - and I have to say that the man of the match was for me Bill Smith in a wooden chassis 1600GT. His best lap of 59.06s was almost incredible when you consider the firepower he was up against - fair do's - there is only one way that happened, a great car and a great driver.

The other thing is that the gods smiled on us - the track was dry throughout inspite of the met office being completely convinced we would be underwater by tea - it just stayed away.

Steve