Ooh, bit late on my report here...
Well done to Sqtr, him & Ade were the class of the field in my eyes. My hat is right off to Ade for taking the Healey all season & still getting 3rd!
Great effort both of you.
I knew I could have stolen the title by finishing 3rd (assuming Sqtr would not have too much trouble from Navin & win the race) & basically I was just content to drive round behind the two of them & claim a podium finish & the title.... as we were driving away from the rest of the field gradually
Sadly that meant concentration was lower than normal & as we passed the line on about lap 5, I paid more attention to the gaps ahead & behind (timing wise) then I did the rapidly approaching T1. I noticed too late & ended up going straight through the sand trap & hitting the barrier, only picked up minimal if any damage but had dropped about 6/7 places! :'(
Got my head down & had a really good attempt at getting back up to 3rd, some corking dices along the way. With about 10 laps to go I had 3 secs to make up on Tonny J in his superior Elan. With 3 laps to go I was finally close enough to try to apply some pressure & hope for a mistake.
With 1.5 laps to go & he's made the mistake I needed to get past & as I started pulling along side "
the door was firmly closed" said Tonny J. The impact lost me my momentum & I didn't get another chance to try as Tonny found some extra pace to see him home & lock out the podium for Team GTLDK.