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August 2003 Sizewell Slalom Autotest |
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31 August 2003 |
by Kerry |
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The third autotest of the year, back at Sizewell again, although this time it was another
forwards-only slalom event. I had a bit of an oil leak, which later turned out to be
from the rocker cover gasket, but managed to complete the event, unlike quite a few
others, who ended up retiring for various reasons. This meant that with Richard Pearson
winning fastest time of the day in his red Mini (as usual), I was technically the winner
of class A/B, being the only other Mini still running at the end!
In reality though, I didn't do particularly well, coming fifth again out of nine
finishers and a starting field of 16.
The star car of the day was Richard Miles's R1-powered Sylva Striker,
which is amazingly quick, thanks to the bike engine and only weighing 380kg. He finished second overall, and
would have had a chance of beating the other Richard (actually one of the other Richards), if it hadn't been
for having to make a few detours to compensate for not having a reverse gear.
Click here
for the video (4.4 MB - QuickTime 6 required).
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