Despite finishing a lowly 14th I felt I was getting some pace out of the Cortina and it was my mistakes that cost me a chance of finishing a few places higher.
I was really enjoying the tinny Tina up to about half race distance, and felt that I could perhaps cause some of the slower Jags some discomfort
There was no defence against the Jags greater speed on the straights but I sure as hell made that Ford handling work on the tighter sections lol. What I really needed was a grappling hook to snag the bumper of the Jag in front and get towed down the straights!!! Mabel and Arnold have been given the task of developing such a weapon at the Soggies secret
lavatory laboratory in deepest Somerset, where the water is still about 2 metres deep.
I was tail end charlie to a 4 (or 5) way battle, and hoping to be able to capitalise on any mistakes ahead, but got caught out at the bottom of the hill when 2 cars tangled ahead and I applied just a touch too much lock to avoid them. That spun me around and left me facing the wrong way and about 6 secs adrift. Classic mistake then was to push too hard and compound the errors
I even managed a barrell roll with one and half twists at one point but landed back on the wheels, so carried on.
The second half of the race was lonely and it was only the aliens lapping me with 2 laps to go that broke the solitude.
