I was invited by Kev Sharpe to join him for the two hour hire prokart Summer Cup at Bayford, and we were joined by Alan Churchyard. Kevin named us the 'Graveyard Gang' in honour of Alan, and we all turned-up promptly for the 6.30pm sign-on.
Well, for once our kart wasn't the worst on the grid - not the best, but good enough for me to put it 4th in qualifying. I took the start and after a couple of laps moved into third and started to pull away from Steve Best who was doing the whole race on his own. Unfortunately I was already out of touch of the leading two teams who were steaming ahead with their two lightweight chargers in control.
I did about 40 minutes and handed over to Alan who maintained third with a steady, but uneventful drive.
As we were about to change drivers from Alan to Kevin, we were 40 seconds ahead of Steve Best in fourth. Steve then developed a problem with his kart and went back to the pits. They changed his kart and put him back out where they thought he should be - just 15 seconds behind Kevin!!! - Try to work that one out???
Steve had got a better kart and was reeling Kev in by a second a lap and we still needed to do another stop. So we dropped to fourth and felt that was quite secure. What we didn't realise was that team Koks' last driver was their quickest as stormed through the field to take fourth from Kevin on the very last lap.....
Oh well - next time (the Autumn Cup...)
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