Tel's Tales Issue 045 -3 Sisters 2015
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Tel's Tales 045– 2015 Season- 3 Sisters 12th April 2015
From being sunburnt and sweaty at Croft to being frozen silly at 3 Sisters was a shock to my delicate system and a few others as well. People were wearing gloves, jumpers and every layer of clothing they could lay their hands on. In a nutshell it was bitterly cold in the wind and most of us thought that getting anywhere near the target times was going to be a joke. But, on a positive note the track was dry despite a bad weather forecast for most of the day and we were dreading the arrival of the wet stuff which would ruin the day. The drivers briefing was held in the cafe and all were present and correct but the Clerk of the course called out number 765, which was Luke Algar! Guess what …....he had forgotten to sign on but had been scrutineered....what a plonker! Apparently his middle name is Rodney!!!!
P1 showed that we were putting in good times despite the claimed lack of grip, Marshall Rowland (he never looks any older) was there in his Elise as well as Nick Algar in the DJ which still had a very noisy supercharger drive noise but passed the noise test. At the end of his run Steve Everall (our kid) blew a water pipe off and dumped all the water on the paddock but it was an easy fix. Guess I must have forgotten to tighten the jubilee clip after refitting the engine but it had surprisingly survived Rockingham as well as Croft.
P2 saw times still improving with Rich just leading Luke in Class F, Lee Smith pushing hard in Class B. When we told him to reduce his tyre pressure from a ridiculous 25psi down to 18psi he saw the light and went even quicker!. In class G I was leading just from Tim Nunn ans Mark Anson was pushing hard but struggling with a front end that has springs that are too hard in my opinion so he has to disconnect the front ARB to compensate and avoid too much understeer.
T1 - amazingly was dry but if possible even colder and slick tyres were not showing any signs of getting up to a working temperature. Poor John Williams retire to the cafe as his recently rebuilt engine showed signs of oil and water affecting number 1 cylinder. He was not amused but kept smiling. Tim Nunn got down to 44.15secs which illustrated how hard he was driving in poor grip conditions (as my record is 43.35secs set on a warm track) and I was hanging on with 44.64secs. Michael Skidmore's car kept throwing the alternator belt off as it was out of alignment and Howard Gaskin put in a good time of 47.99secs to lead class D. Steve Everall thought he had would beat him as he threw the car into the esses before the finish but the tyres decided to show him who was the boss and he had to hold a big slide and lost time.
T2- Most people had their best time in T2 as after this it was lunch and then the rain started so most people eventually packed up as they were never going to go quicker and might have an off in the slippy conditions. So how did it all end? Quickest Westfield was Tim Nunn on an improved 43.68secs, Richard and Luke (warmwater) had a dead heat and the rest finished as follows:
Class A
Steve Wilson 56.26secs
Class B
Barny Francis 49.35secs (won leading novice award)
Lee (I now know correct tyre pressures) Smith 49.52secs
Class D
Howard Gaskin 47.99secs
Steve Everall 48.22secs
Stephen Herbert 49.55secs
Michael Skidmore 51.48secs
Class F
Richard Kerr 47.05secs
Luke Algar 47.05secs
Class G
Tim Nunn 43.68secs
Terry Everall 44.72secs
Mark Anson 46.00secs
Class J
Marshall Rowland 53.40secs
Once again I think that the slick way that Longton and District MC run a sprint was illustrated as even with 80 cars the got 2 practice runs in as well as 2 timed runs before breaking for a well deserved delayed lunch. The start line crew and timing was very impressive and they are setting the standard for other clubs in my opinion.
Terry Everall
Speed Series Correspondent
Class G competitor
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