Rain Rain go away come again another day!!
Unfortunately a race where there was only one Beetle flying the flag. The forecast said it was going to rain and as the two races of the day for the Tin Top class were 15.45 and 18.00 it was pretty much guaranteed to be wet.
Dave Charlton braved the day and sure enough just as qualifying started so did the rain. The track turned to grease very quickly and so having done the necessary laps needed he decided job done and with a 1.35.605 (which was faster than he had previously done at this circuit last year on a dry track) came in and hoped for dry weather later in the day.
But it rained some more and was very very wet for the first race. This resulted in many cars having interesting racing lines and falling off the track altogether. Times were more than 10 seconds slower per lap than in qualifying!
Dave survived the race however he had taken an opportunity to try a new development part today but he was not completely happy with its performance and so took the decision not to run in the second race.
The second race was not as wet however it still provided excellent entertainment for spectators (Drivers may beg to differ on how enjoyable it was out there)
As a word of warning many drivers were reprimanded during the day for not keeping within the white lines of the circuit. Apparently all circuits are clamping down on this and will take a hard line on violation so be warned.
Brands Hatch next so let’s see some more Beetles giving Mr Charlton some competition.
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