The day didn't start too well as we had an issue with the minibus and didn't leave Park Community School until seven when we were there at five. But we managed to get down to Bristol for half nine get the cars through scrutineering but missed practise. None of our students have ever raced at Castle Combe before so they had to go straight out to race one without any prep.
But... As always, they are resilient and just step up when required.
A great start for keep up and chase and they were well away. TS2 had a battery issue and missed the first lap to start dead last in 52nd but went flying through the field even at a lap down to finish a very respectable 12th! Chase finished a good 11th with a first race for a new driver but keep up just kept going to finish 2nd and very close to first.
Race two started well for all three cars and we were flying but a red flag stoppage did not go in our favour and we lost some places. But in a very close race it could have gone to anyone. All three cars trundled on. Keep up to finish 5th but top five split by only 20seconds. Chase 8th TS2 10th.
So three top ten finishes is great but most importantly we improved our distances on previous races and I believe this will enable us to qualify for the final with all three cars. This was our aim for the day.
It turns out that our distance in race one was so good we finished 2nd overall so another trophy for the cabinet and automatic qualification. Keep it up!