Last weekend Lincolnshire August we were racing at Cadwell
Park in Lincolnshire. We won three trophies a first in class and two
seconds.
We arrived on the Saturday to find that the BSA and Triumph
bike clubs were having a meeting and it was great to see and listen
to the old bikes in action, these were the bikes that real men used to
ride.
It started to rain about 0400 and didn't stop.after we had
been in the assembly area for an hour or
more the because the track was unsafe, with rivers running across it.
Eventually the organisers decided we could do our practice laps behind the safety car, all four of them.
We would be put in grid order by the organizers which brings up
interesting grids.

In the COCKSHOOT Cup race I was placed 2nd on the grid and
in the PETER BEST I was 17th for some reason.
First the Cockshoot race, as the lights went out I made the
worst start in my life as the car just died on me and I dropped back
several places, going into the second corner Charlie's I managed to
gain a place back and another at Park by out braking the car in front
and nearly myself by the end of the second lap I was up to third just
behind Alan as we started the third lap I was crawling all over his
back bumper trying to pass him but Cadwell is a hard circuit to find
a place to overtake, as the track is narrow and to block someone all
you have to do is keep the car in the middle of the track.
We were going down the back straight and I was slip
streaming him he made a mistake going into Park corner and I out braked him came on the inside, rode over a bit of the kerb and passed him. I
finished in this position and received the first in class award and second place overall.
We quickly refueled the car and made our way out to the
assembly area as we still had two more races.
In the first of the Peter Best races I was placed 17th on
the grid for some reason, but I had one of my better starts , instead
of trying to be clever as a I tried in the Cockshoot race I just
dropped the clutch and let the wheels spin and It seemed to work as I
made up several places before the first bend and by the end of the
first lap I was in 8th place, on lap four I was up to 7th place by
another late braking maneuver at Park so much so that I upset the
driver and he crashed into another car, I was still behind another
MGB
who would not let me pass him I was faster but just couldn't find a
gap. On lap six we both over took a MGF and I was lying in 6th
position but I couldn't find away pass this MGB and that was how it
finished 6th overall and second in class.
We had more time now to refuel and check over the car as it
had a hard couple of races and as we had a record for not finishing
a few races this season we gave it a good check over.
As the lights went out on the second of the Peter Best race
I managed a good start again and managed to overtake James Walpole
before the first corner, I was up to 5th but still behind that MGB he was just blocking me , but I kept the pressure on in the hope that he would make a mistake and on lap three he did as we both entered the gooseneck I feinted a move to the outside he tried to block me but out braked himself shoot across the grass and onto the other side of the track, I took my chance and overtook him on the inside although he was still all over the road and I just missed hitting him by millimeters. I was up to fourth now and I started to attack the third placed car but although I closed on him the race finished before I could get really close.
I finished 4th overall and second in class again, and as
you can see in the photos I had a grin like a Cheshire Cat. Our next
race is at Brands Hatch on the 7th of September and if I survive that
I am at Castle Coombe on the 13th.