Malc decided to grab the camera and check out the Dreadnought Garage tracknight at Knockhill circuit. Quite a mix of machinery on track with everything from an E Type to a 2-Eleven
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2013’s only away round was held at Oulton Park this weekend, with the leafy roller coaster Cheshire circuit bathed in sunshine and a packed 25 car grid.
Qualifying was disappointing with Malcolm only managing 9th place. After struggling to settle in to the circuit, the session was halted on the 4th lap just as he was finding his groove and was 4 tenths up on his previous best.
Race 1 was frenetic. After a first corner shambles with the lead cars Malcolm threaded his way through the carnage up to 6th but got pushed back down to 8th after cascades and the run up to island bend. After surviving an off through island at close to 100mph he was back in 9th with a lot of work to do and fought hard to get back up the field finishing 5th and getting the draw for the reverse grid pole.
Off pole he had one of his worst starts this year finding himself wheel to wheel with Kenny Thirlwall in to the first corner. Both kept it clean and without any contact, continued the race down to cascades. Ducking in behind Kenny for the first lap Malcolm was set to challenge but got forced wide by a late lunge in to Lodge that saw him taking avoiding action on the grass and briefly being airborne bouncing back on to the track in 5th. After seeing off some pressure from the team boss, David Sleigh, he made it back up to 4th despite some handling issues after his offroad excursions.
Not the best weekend of results but at the same time, 2 points finishes in the top 5 when both races could have ended in complete disaster!
Doesn’t half seem like time flies once the season starts. It’s been a month already so this weekend is the 2nd round of the SMRC season. The timetable for the Maggie Miller Race of Champions weekend is below:
Race 3, 9th on the grid, up to 7th by the time we got in to MacIntyres. Slotted past Josh Baird in to 6th at the hairpin on lap one and then had to fight him off for a few laps. The final few laps were spent chasing down Vic Covey Junior and then hooking on to the battle for 3rd between Joe Tanner and Kyle Reid. Heading along railway straight for the final time, Vic needed a little bump start to get him going then we had a drag race up to the finish line. Finished 6th, with 3rd to 6th being covered by just 0.18 seconds!
Better results than the first round last year, but at the same time, not as good as I was looking for. Still, I learned from it and theres a few instances especially in race 3 I made the wrong call and could have finished higher with some smarter moves. Then again, I might just have increased my bodywork repair bill exponentially and finished in the same place!
Race 2, started off 4th and out dragged Kenny Thirlwall down to the first corner. Gave some room on the apex since it wasn’t quite job done then got punted in to the gravel before Leslies. Dragged the car out the gravel and started the fight back from 22nd place. Ended up finishing 9th, just, after a fiesty last corner with Elaine Marshall and Marco Haig.
I hold my hands up and admit I was hauled up by the officials after the race. I passed under yellow flags on lap 3 and deserved my punishment. Red mist is no excuse for endangering the marshals and other drivers.