Greetings Race Fans !

Well the grids for Cadwell have been published and the PBIC will have the bulk of the track time by hosting a total of four separate races.

This will mean class wins will be known on race day, but the overall positions may take a little longer to work out.

This will be the cause of concern amongst many drivers as we are once again at the time of year when many are trying to work out how they are fairing taking into account dropped scores.

This is of no interest to me of course as I have been driving particularly poorly this year. I would like to echo the words of Jason Plato in the BTCC who said he has abandoned his bid for the championship and will just be going for race wins for the rest of the season.

In my case I will just be going for race finishes!

There has been a suspicious lack of activity since Mallory on the comments front. Suspicious because when this has happened before it normally means all the drivers are too busy tinkering and adding go-faster goodies and are unable to spend any time on their computers.

For my part I have been trawling the parts bin also known as my shed, and hitting the old Ebay specials in a bid to get my car ready for Cadwell, following the blow-up at Mallory.

In time honoured fashion it still isn’t running but we still have one week to go and I am hopeful that one way or another the trusty B will be ready in time!!

Of course I was not the only one to suffer the kiss of death at Mallory as a couple of other drivers also DNF’d.

It seems that Legs of Doom car 60 has managed to repair his shattered dreams, sorry I mean clutch, and will be eyeing up last place. He will find this relatively uncontested as Miss Daisy will not be there as she is spending more time with her family.

John Yea also seems to have resolved his ignition problems and is back in car 74.

A new arrival will ensure the later MG models are still represented in the form of a Maestro car 10 entered by Andrew and Henry Sharpe. In fact I am not sure if they have two Maestros both racing as car 10 or if they are sharing the same one.

I believe I have also spotted another new driver namely Sandra Clark in class B Car 48.

Any information about the new competitors true or false is always welcome!

All things being well I hope to be pitching the Jonesey-Racing tent on Friday afternoon, to allow me to soak up the atmosphere (and the leaking oil) with my fellow competitors.

Hopefully the Burchill BBQ will be in full swing, although I must admit I will miss the biker’s beer tent that was at Cadwell last year.

Enough waffle for now and back to the garage to continue repairs.

See you there!

Jonesey

PIT LANE GOSSIP
Alan Brooke car 44 is looking to move classes (again) at the end of the season and follow in Sandbag’s footsteps…footsteps in the sand you might say, with the purchase of one of those K series engines so I hear.