Thanks to everyone at Wycombe who did their part in making the National a success today. Although my day was cacked up by a combination of bad marshalling and a run of bad luck I still enjoyed the day ...... and I won four pairs of tyres/wheels on the raffle LOL. Twelfth was all I could manage in the somewhat manic qualifying then some of the most blatant bad driving from some in the finals was enough to kill the day completely. Best part of the day for me was driving two inches behind 'old school' Jon Dell for about 3 laps in final number 1 and then him doing the same to me for another couple of laps before the inevitable happened and we came across Mr Backmarker, who was incapable of driving behind or in front of anyone and he took us both out !!!! It's nice to know that in all that carnage there are still people who can drive without hitting each other. It seems that at the Micro Nationals a red mist comes down at finals time and it becomes a free for all with all driving standards going right out of the window (including the A final) ...... that's a shame because it's a really enjoyable class. As I said, the marshalling was, on the whole, ok but there was one guy who stood out beyond all others and should definitely take a bow as he was most certainly the worst marshall i'd ever seen (you know who you are). It would actually have been better if he wasn't there as he took more cars out with his feet than he corrected with his hands
It's difficult at the best of times to marshall well all of the time, and we all get it wrong, but i'm sure it's possible to marshall well SOME of the time if you put a bit of effort in !!!. ....... so the circus rolls on to Macclesfield (where is that?)..... anyone have any set up advice?
Thanks again to Wycombe for a well run event.