This sunday gone saw me partake in my second SRS meet (that's Southern Regional Series, not Sexual Reassignment Surgery) at the scary at first looking KMRC circuit in Kent.
The wife and I roll up in the Octy at 07:16, having got up at 04:30 to leave at 05:30, winter coats loaded on board. I get the gazebo up before coming to terms that because I made a flask of hot water for Lei, and she packed the food bag, it's still my fault she had no tea bags. Ah well, moving on,
I book in and have correct money. I bump in to some familiar faces including an ever growing assortment of SWorkz drivers. I'm driving my new car today, the s350 evo2 LE, Once I swap shock oil, pistons (which I find I've mixed and matched front and rear) Thanks Kev for pointing that out, It starts to behave a little bit more and I can push it on the track. Qualifying was woeful, or I was expecting too much. Made the F final in 11th, which meant I wasn't anywhere near last, but not where I had hoped to be by the end of qualifying. In my defense, I had crashed a couple of times but also had to wait to be marshaled, sometimes a bit longer than I'd hoped. Not to mention my tyre (or lack thereof) situation.
My final was helped along by none other than the gargantuan figure of Paul Stumpy Taylor who politely accepted my request for him to pit for me. It wasn't helped along by the sniveling nipper who refused to marshal, despite having raced there all day and had just done his final. We waited while he was given words, then it kicked off.
Everytime race control announced the order, I was a place up. After 20 fun (except the dick who took me out over the last double as I passed him) packed minutes, I finished 4th, just missing the bump up to the E. I took my time in packing up, said my goodbyes and thanks, and we trundled off home,
Saw 3 major incidents on the M25, thankfully (or not) all on the eastbound carriageway, they included a motorbike on fire, some fire engines making the next one hard to see, and ambulances and central reservation making the 3rd also hard to spot. Rolled in at 20:30. Watched Arrow, went to bed.
Special thanks to Lei for making sarnies, Tony RC for taking the piss out of me cos Rossi fell off, Paul Taylor for helping with tyres, tips, and being shit hot in the pits and Kevin Brunsden for a couple of nuggets of information.
Next stop: Clanfield, bloody darn sight closer (8 miles) and I'll be making my return to the track I last raced on in '09.
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