Heading south early Friday afternoon allowed us to arrive at Brands Hatch in a timely manner and set up camp ready for the weekend, a decent spot in the paddock (next to an ex James Thomspon BTCC Vauxhall Astra) ensured we could keep an eye on events on track without the fear of missing our Pre 83 Touring Car sessions!
With 2 x races and 4 x genuine Droopsnoots (see previous post) on the grid including David Hall Thruxton Car it was set to be an action packed weekend.
Qualifying started at 10.05am on Saturday morning on a bright dry track. Mostyn had not been in the car since Round 1 at Donington Park in March but was soon picking up the pace and posting respectable times sub 1 minute. He achieved his quickest time on lap 10 of 15 posting a 58.3 which was good enough for 8th overall of a 18 car grid.
David Hall lined up 10th posting a 58.8 second lap, Alan Greenhalgh lined up 11th with a 59.0 and Gary Fletcher 14th posting 59.5, all 4 x Droopsnoots separated by just over 1 second!!
Qualifying action and mixing it with the Ford Capris
Race 1 - Saturday Afternoon
An exciting, eventful, clean race with lots of position changes, running as high as 6th but eventfully finishing 9th overall, with only 0.178 separating Alans yellow Firenza and Mostyn at the flag, David and Gary Firenza followed in 10th and 11th place.
Please click below for excellent on board footage from the Stuart Caie Ford Capri, showing the race long scrap with the Droopsnoots! (oh an a Rover SD1 joins in)
Race 2 - Sunday
A dry tracker and warm weather greeted us again for Race 2 on Sunday, Gary Flecther was running his Hillman Imp in the Pre 66 Touring Car race on Sunday so 3 x Firenza took to the grid for race 2. Unfortunately plans to get amongst the Capris early on were in tatters when Mostyn bogged down on the start line, however it made for exciting fightback passing a Rover, Camaro before having a great duel with David Hall Firenza. Mostyn eventually finished 10th, running out of laps to get back with Alan Greenhalgh yellow example, however he did manage his best lap of the weekend 57.9. The 3 x Firenzas finished 9th,10th and 11th overall.
Go Go Go.....no no no
Full results are available here on TSL Timing - http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2014/14362183t.pdf
