Great shot of the Flaming Saxo at Kames on Sunday, taken by young photographer Scott Paterson. He's captured a real sense of speed and movement in this. See more on his flickr page.
The event itself was great fun - the weather was as good as you could get with fair skies and a decent temperature. I was up against some serious competition from the north of England in the form of James Kerr in his Peugeot 205 and Dave West in his Peugeot 106. James recently broke the class record at Harewood and was on fire on his first visit to Kames with a 95 sec run.
I was happy with my time and reassured that there is a lot more to come. On my last run, I managed a 99.79 and that was with the car jumping out of third on the entry to paddock bend which cost me a good second or so. If I can string a decent run together, I know I'll get a 97 sec.
In the end, I managed to grab a third in class and set a personal best time (in the Saxo) of 99.61 sec.
I was plagued with oil leak problems all day though. The rocker covers are still not sealed and the sump return pipe kept popping out. A chat with Dave in the Pug 106 revealed he had taken numerous attempts to seal his rocker covers so its obviously a common failing.
There was some great banter with some of the Wigton Motor Club guys who had come up for the day including Ronnie MacGregor in his banana S2000, Dave Wiggins in his loverly Pub 205 Rallye and it was great to see Dave Exton back out in yet another MR-2. That particular car did spend a lot of time overheating but I'm sure Dave will get it sorted out in time for Barbon.
Next event is an AutoSOLO at Penrith on Sunday. Should be a laugh.
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