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Silverstone June 27th
With the budget for this season now finished we were unable to test and it was only with the goodwill of fellow County Classics teamate Peter Ercig that we had some secondhand tyres to fit for qualifying and the two scheduled races.
It was great to see a number of guests visit us this weekend including Doreen Clark, Gilian Creaser, Mike Tibbett, Charles Merrill and ex JCR pit crew Julian Aley, all of whom had a great time experiencing the Porsche Club Hospitality and some cracking racing!
Qualifying
Once again Porsche Club showed just how competitive with the first 7 cars covered by less than 1 second, we were very pleased to qualify 3rd for Race 1 and a stunning 2nd place on the front row of the grid for Race 2.
Race 1
As poleman Peter Morris spun at the first corner, Jez moved up into 2nd place only to lose it on the next straight to Kevin Harrison whose Porsche 911 964 showed excellent straightline speed all weekend. Slipping back to third Jez fought hard but could not hold off a flying Mark McCleer who had made an excellent start from 10th place and was now catching race leader Harrison.
Marcus Carniel had also passed Jez on the backstraight but was now holding up Jez as he tried to pass only to be blocked at each attempt, Jez had images of spending the entire race behind the wide 911, but made up his mind that this would not happen again. A lap or so later Marcus left a small gap and as Jez hauled the Porsche 968 into the gap, Marcus came across to block, but this time Jez stayed where he was and Marcus spun in a cloud of dust and tyre smoke as Jez took evasive action.
Now in 3rd position Jez joined the battle for the lead with Mark and Kevin the trio pulling away from the rest of the field. Kevin now made a mistake at Becketts allowing Jez and Mark through, thinking he now had a hope of victory Jez pushed hard after Mark MaCleer but he soon put in a number of faster laps, and with the secondhand tyres having to be used again for race 2 Jez brought the car home safe in 2nd place.
Race 2
This time Peter Morris made no mistakes, but the mighty rear engined 911's of Kevin Harrison and Marcus Carniel beat both Jez and him to the first corner. With all four cars scrapping for the lead the spectators held their breath for lap after lap, finally, for Jez, on lap 5 the clutch pedal sank to the floor, he lifted it back with his foot, but knew that there was a problem, and as the clutch failed completely gearchanging became a difficult affair. For a couple of laps Jez fought on driving very defensively to retain position but inevitably sinking back through the field until retiring the car fearing expensive gearbox damage would take place if he persisted.
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written by Jeremy - 29.06.2010 - 19:06 |
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