UKGTL Season 12 GT Cup '76 - Zandvoort (GP) - Sep 24

[Geoffers]

Went into this race with intention of not driving too quick, keeping the car on the track & getting to the end, after DNFs in the last 4 Monday races. Seemed to work OK  

Nicked 3rd from Mark at the start & then 2nd when Navin spun at Gerlach. On the 2nd lap Mark was close behind at Tarzan & saw him spin in my mirror, so that left me chasing Berger with Mark about 6s back. Continued like this for many laps with the gaps fluctuating only a bit. Kept concentrating on keeping it steady & not taking risks & actually went almost as quick as I did in qually.

About half distance I started to close the gap to Berger & the gap behind got bigger when I guess Mark had an off. Suddenly I was in the lead when Berger had a huge off at Bosuit & thats when it started getting more difficult . Without a target ahead the concentration started to wander & so I drove even more conservatively. Still nearly threw it away on lap 31 with an off at Pulleveld, fortunately glanced off the fence & back on the track & carried on  . Very relieved when the flag fell, hard track in these cars.

Congrats to Mark & Syd & all finishers.  

[Wiltshire Tony]

Went into this race with intention of not driving too quick, keeping the car on the track & getting to the end, after DNFs in the last 4 Monday races. Seemed to work OK  

Nicked 3rd from Mark at the start & then 2nd when Navin spun at Gerlach. On the 2nd lap Mark was close behind at Tarzan & saw him spin in my mirror, so that left me chasing Berger with Mark about 6s back. Continued like this for many laps with the gaps fluctuating only a bit. Kept concentrating on keeping it steady & not taking risks & actually went almost as quick as I did in qually.

About half distance I started to close the gap to Berger & the gap behind got bigger when I guess Mark had an off. Suddenly I was in the lead when Berger had a huge off at Bosuit & thats when it started getting more difficult . Without a target ahead the concentration started to wander & so I drove even more conservatively. Still nearly threw it away on lap 31 with an off at Pulleveld, fortunately glanced off the fence & back on the track & carried on  . Very relieved when the flag fell, hard track in these cars.

Congrats to Mark & Syd & all finishers.  

And congratulations on naming all the corners   

[Geoffers]

And congratulations on naming all the corners   

I found this useful map. 

http://www.etracksonline.co.uk/Europe/Netherlands/zandvoort48-72.html

[goldtop]

Cwap wace for me 

Had a decent start and gained a couple of positions to take 3rd but was never going to keep up with Geoffers and Berger. Put a wheel on the grass and ended up climbing the dunes. With me half on/off the track and cars closing in I felt it best to hit esc.

[Navin R Johnson]

Navin was apparently emulating
the famous German Mr Schumacher with his bash up the back as I had Tony on the inside
Copybook replay of the incident at Singapore   

Wow, one would think being compared to Schumacher would be a good thing . Well, we are the same age and certainly are not driving as well lately. And to top it off I totally forgot about hip checking Bill  . So sorry Bill. You two guys can sucker punch me at any point in the future .