Just to put this to bed, I said at the start of this thread that I agreed that the meeting should have been cancelled and that the Silverstone crew had made the right decision. Personally I have no problems with the results standing the way they are, the people that benefitted from the escalated positions deserved to do just that and the people that lost out (me included) were just unlucky ....... that's racing.
To put the record straight though, my problem in round one was a driveshaft popping out as a result of me fitting a set of shocks to the car that weren't limited enough (they had X11 shock bottoms on so that was my fault for not checking the length properly). Round two was no problem (my one score) and round three the water got into the velcro on the bodyshell and peeled it off, this lifted the body from the car and as the more experienced racers will know the rules say that you have to stop circulating when this happens. The body was put back on a couple of times by marshals as I thought it wasn't fitted correctly but as soon as one shouted that the velcro had come off I had no option but to pull up. It wouldn't have been a wise move to carry on anyway because of the standing water, i'm not prepared to blow electrics up for fun. As we all know, round four didn't start. My car WAS properly waterproofed and I had NO actual mechanical problems OR driving mistakes so theres the PROPER account of my days racing, just to help Tony with his facts.
No idea why Tony brought up the National bet we have between us on this thread, perhaps he's losing his sense of direction as he nears retirement. But to clarify that too, it's one all at this stage (2wd to me and 4wd to him), now i've changed 4wd I might edge a little closer, who knows?
There also seems to be an interest by some (why?) in me changing back to the 511 halfway through the season. Anyone who wants to know the reason only has to come up and ask me and i'll tell them personally, though I have no idea why it's any of their concern what I do.
Hopefully, with Tony's new found form he'll do the Veterans meeting this year (at Silverstone) instead of the F2's and not cry off like last year when he knew he couldn't beat me
Good luck at the weekend mate, although in your mind you've obviously won already but i'm sure we'll all hear about it on here when you get home Sunday evening after you've collected the money from Paul
