The final sprint of the year took place at Kames on Sunday courtesy of Wigton Motor Club.
Poor weather conditions made it tricky to really get the car going but the good news is it performed without any major hitches.
The low entry meant the road going classes were amalgamated meaning I was up against a range of cars from the very quick Peugeot 205 Rallye of David Wiggins to the hairdressers special MR-2 of Dave Exton and the Honda S2000 of Ronnie MacGregor. A very nice Lotus of Alex Thornton made up the class.
I managed to win the class comfortably with a time of 102.87 seconds - not bad considering the wet conditions. Next closest was David Wiggins (who holds the A1 class record) who managed a 104 sec run. Dave had a bad day though as he crashed into the tyres and did a bit of damage to the nearside of the car. Strangely, I was on track at the same time and also had an off (at the hairpin) - someone said it was like synchronised crashing. Luckily, I did no damage.
The wee Saxo has a lot of potential and could be very competitive in the Wigton championship. A few little issues emerged through the day - a small oil leak from one of the camshaft seals, the battery gave up the ghost at the end, and there is a bit of 'looseness' in the offside front strut.
Still, it gives me some work to do over the winter......
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