TACCOC Pukekohe May 2008
Hi Guys
And so another season of racing draws to a close with this meeting. A bit different to the usual TACCOC affair with only seventy odd entries for the entire meeting. This made up 4 grids which meant that we all got 4 races and practice in1 day. FABULOUS.
20 cars in the historic field is a good turn out for this time of year but only 4 sports cars. The good news however is that Phillip Adamson brought out his lovely little Lotus 7 S1. What a beautiful car, hopefully we will see some more of that and if we could get a couple of Bucklers to come along as well we could have another nice little sports car section there.
Steve Sharp, Brian and myself made up the rest of the sports car field. Practice times of 1.14 ?? for Steve and Brian and 1.16.?? for me meant that we were all going fairly well. All 4 sports cars completed the days racing without any problems and the cars were all put on the trailers in one piece and still running well which was very good to see.
Race one was won buy Steve with a best lap of 1.13.54 with Brian a close second me third and Phillip bringing up the rear. This pretty much set the trend for the day.
Race two and three were marred by safety car interventions and the finish order didn’t change from race one although there was some overtaking under yellow (Brian) which effected final placing. These two races were also interesting as half the track was wet and half dry so you had to tip toe around the hairpin and up the hill and them go like stink around the rest of the track.
Fortunately the last race of the season was on a nice dry track. Well at least a track with a dry line. Steve once again leapt to the front to mixed it with the Formula Fords while Brian decided that Steve couldn’t be left to that fun by himself and set off in hot pursuit. However I had other plans for Brian, after a bit of inspiration was kindly imparted to me by Enid (Brian’s wife). So I was after him and a nice little battle developed with Brain and I passing each other a couple of times. In the end it was victory once again to the fabulous Ford power of Steve’s Lotus, followed by me in the McRae U2 and Brian in third. (Phillip didn’t do the last race). Best times of the day, Steve 1.13.15, Me 1.13.77, Brian 1.13.81 and Phillip 1.25.41.
After that, all that was left to do was pack up, have a drink and say our goodbye’s until the new season starts again in September. As for the points, see the chart-attached prize giving at the HRSCC dinner Ill let you know when.
See you all there
Alan Service
Sports Car Coordinator
McRae U2
Albo@woosh.co.nz
