12 Jan 08 - We were on the pace but it wasn’t to be ...

Well Saturday night by some miracle the rain stopped in time over Archerfield for us to have some mad fun tearing around a race track and getting all muddy. But wasn't it fun!!

Somehow the track was smooth and fast and a pleasure to drive on - compared to the unforgiving handful it usually is.

We equal qualified third through the heats out of 21 cars (which I was quite happy about), with a 4th and a 3rd in the heats. Started out of 3 in the feature and was having a good battle with one of the top dogs, Russell Bonsey, when the lights came on. I didn't know whether I was to restart in 3 or 4, so Russell and I jostled for the position waiting for some direction from the officials, but we were left to work it out for ourselves. We were side by side right up until we came up to the cone for the green flag, but he was on the outside so I had to let him go (I don't know why the officials couldn't tell us who was supposed to start where - how hard can it be to look at the lap sheets?).

Anyway, so I dropped back to 4th and was looking for a way around Russell when my right rear tyre popped off the bead. Oh well. I still had excellent fun mixing it with the others, and the car was fast and a pleasure to drive.

Thanks again to Bob for all his hard work!

Now we're off to Mildura for the Australian Title in 2 weeks - so that should be fun! Over 80 cars nominated from all over the country. Can't wait!