Well, abandoning at the end of rd 1 surely wasn't required. I was in heat 5 and with just a little thought and use of gaffer tape and a foam insert car finished fine - and Si's was teh same in heat 6 with the same method. I didn't see many cars stop in those 2 heats.
However, that said it was looking a little rough toward the end of the round. I think the timing was fine, about as good as they were going to get - i have seen more than a few national meetings run on longer that this one did when people were blowing up. Telford last year? Holbeach a few years ago (as Mr long says) and Batley a few times 5 ish years ago. There was no real way of guessing exactly how much rain was going to fall during rd 2, and at the end of rd 1 the track was still driveable IMHO.
John, the AERO guys were real good at getting tents down and packed away!!! mucho thanks for their help putting ours down - despite Si being convinced it wasn't going to fit in the bag!!
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