Greetings Race Fans!

Well in what seems like a blink of an eye we are already looking at the final race meeting of the year. Time flies when you’re having fun and all that.

Mathmatically some of the final positions in the Championship are still up for grabs in the last two races, but as I was never any good at Maths I think most drivers will be looking to consolidate their rankings with a consistent performance at Snett.

I am reliant on an Act of God to improve my chances and have a cunning plan to wrap tin-foil round the car aerials of my competitors in the hope of a lightening strike.

Although Snetterton is his local track, James Walpole has once again enlisted the help of the MGB Hive in the form of Shane Terry to hold back any potential challenges as his eyes turn to the Championship as a whole, having wrapped up the class A win.

There are also some drivers  names who I do not recognise but in the absence of any information to date I will wait until after the race before I malign them.

I am pleased to see that “Legs of Doom” driver Michael Piggott has resolved his budgetry issues and has decided rather then invest in another 200 Silk Cut he will confine his smoking to the race instead.

As promised the exciting Before and After series that proved so popular in earlier reports is back.

It is a little known fact that many of our drivers started racing at an early age, but none started earlier than Alan Brooke.

As a small boy he developed an un-natural fascination with Metros (which continues to this day) and here we have a photo of Alan aged 8 years in his first Metro. Despite sitting on three cushions Alan is barely able to see over the steering wheel which was later to prove his undoing!

Yes folks, pride comes before a fall and when Alan took a particularly tight corner he fell off his cushions and lost control of the car. At speeds of almost 30mph he was to find that the Metro’s reputation for strength and build quality was somewhat over-rated as can be seen here.

Alan, being somewhat of a traditionallist has vowed to continue on his path of destruction to this day! 

Now don’t be shy folks, keep those photos coming in!!!

 The Relay Race

The end of the season is marked by what is becoming  the traditional Relay Race. This is where the seasons rivalries amongst competing drivers are cast aside and new alliances formed in the desperate last hope of taking home a pot before the end of play.

I am grateful for all the invitations to join the various Relay Teams, and have finally gone for the Miss Daisy Team…. and also the Burble B’s as the likelihood of the Miss Daisy Team actually turning up is somewhat remote. I believe they have taken me on not for my driving skills, but to avoid any derisive comments on the website, unfortunately for them this is not the way to go as I only respond to offers of hard cash in this respect.

 The Teams

The PBIC has fielded a healthy four teams, or five if you include the Red White & Blues with John Bussey, who from what I can see enters nearly every race there is going!

The Burble B’s headed up by Team Captain Richard Tinkler of Churchill Racing fame have shown me as their first (or possibly last) reserve and are so named because of Richard’s little known hobby  as an apiarist….that’s bee keeping to you and me!

The Lunar Racing Team, so named because they could’nt think of anything else, headed up by Team Captain Pete Burchill….hang on let me check that, no he really is the captain - fact is stranger than fiction etc. Anyhow in a desperate attempt to win Pete has called on his long time Pal, Dan “the sandbagger” Ludlow. Of course all will be in vain if the Team forgets to remove the spare bags from Burchill’s car in the first place!

The Miss Daisy Team, so named because my brother has totally taken leave of his senses and is only allowed out at weekends as long as he has taken his medication and the men in white coats are present at all times. Let’s be honest, this team has no chance whatsoever and I am only joining it because at least it means I won’t be on the track at the same time as the Montego. ‘Nuff said I think.

And last and by all means least the Phoenix Rising Team. The original name for this team was the Hair Bear Bunch but I understand only one driver voted for this. Having lost this vote I understand the next name for the team was ZZ Top but again only one driver agreed to wear the beard….hmm. Team Captain Mike Yeadon, who really should know better, has agreed to head up this motley lot.

To use my favourite phrase…. words fail me!

All that remains is for me to wish all the drivers the best of luck for the last race and for me to wish myself better luck than them!

See you all at Snetterton!!!

Jonesey

PS. If you thought my race reports were “off-the wall”  have a look at my brother’s web site at Montego Racing, where it will be established beyond doubt that he is even madder than I am!