Oulton Park has never been a favorite of mine, given its very unforgiving nature; always ready to punish the slightest transgression with the killer curbs. This time however, in addition to being very challenging and tricky, it was actually good fun powersliding the car through the corners.
Daz got a somewhat wobbly start, allowing me to snatch the lead. 10 exciting laps of very close racing followed, 8 of them in front of Daz. Kudos to him for keeping it very clean - very close, but never any contact. I did try not to shut the doors too firmly, unless he was very decidedly behind me; never quite sure if he was going for move or not. He did get alongside or even ahead a few times, but backed out sooner before the corner at T1 - this explains 2 of the lead swaps Kurt
Daz was clearly quicker, but it's very difficult to overtake a similar car here, unless its driver makes a mistake. Eventually, the slightest of wobbles from me exiting T1 gave Daz the opportunity to get past. Once I lost the tow after a couple of laps, it was not possible to keep up anymore. Swapped places again when Daz went for his drive-thru, apparently as he was coming up on back markers. A few laps later it was my turn, and we swapped places for the final time.
Grats to Daz & Matt. Commiserations to Clive, although I would have paid good money to see your antics with the cat..