Grats to the various class winners.
Like Kurt I was sort of forced into the Escort as, the only other cars that remained on my list just would not behave around Spa
I found the Escort surprisingly nimble even if it lacked pure top speed, but at least it felt more driveable.
My race was a complete catalogue of errors and by the end I was laughing at the absurdity of it all.
First I had not filled the tank for the start, which I discovered when the fuel expired after 7 laps!!! and Kurt carried on for another 2 laps in his Escort.
At the pit stop I fumbled around for an eternity before getting my selection right and then discovered that I had got a speeding penalty for the pitlane!!! OK, drive it like I stole it for the next stint to try and catch Kurt, but only succeeded in making more mistakes and losing time and then the pinnacle of skill and planning ..................I forgot to enter the pits
and had to limp around with 0.7 galls for another lap in 5th gear. TBH if the pitlane had not been downhill my car would not have coasted into the stall with a dead engine
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The last laps were just a case of avoiding being lapped by Kurt in the other Escort, that would just have completed a perfect evening lol.
Kurt was just too fast in his Escort, and as for the Alfas and big bangers I had zero chance of bothering them!!! lol.
The good news is that I won't be around for the next 2 weeks to embarrass myself further as we are "isolating" ourselves in a caravan in Cornwall until 25th Aug. Have fun without me guys