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News & editorial
September 2007
We have
secured the date for the Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally
for 2008, the dates are Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th
March 2008. This has been a very successful event
to date, and a lot of work and time goes into the
organising and running of it on a predominantly
voluntary basis. We hope next year's event won't
disappoint. More information will be available
nearer the time, but if anyone would like to get
involved in helping to organise the event, or would be
interested in marshalling, please contact Gordon
Waddington or Phil Bielby for more
information.
The Danum Road Rally is scheduled for
Saturday night 17th/18th May 2008. More details
can be found at www.danumrally.co.uk alternatively
please contact David Wilson on tel: 01142 441971 for
further information.
The last 2 autotest events have taken place with
Eric Wood taking the overall Championship title and with
a huge amount of luck I've somehow managed
to grab first in the saloon class.
Ian Wright in the Cockshoot Cup (MG racing) came
first in class and 3rd over all, so well done
Ian!! More info can be found under Motorsports
> Other Motorsports.
Karting
The inter-club
karting championshp retated after the summer break on
Sunday with Tom Rodgers, Simon Gratton and myself taking
the drivers seat and Adrian Wright helping with the
driver change in the pit stop. The round was the
first and only round to be outdoors. The circuit
was PF international near Newark and it was my first
experience of outdoor karting, which is my excuse for
being so weak in the team.
In Practice, Simon Gratton managed to set a nice fast
lap, which got us 5th on the grid. The race
started with a first corner scuffle, leaving "Team
Border" with 1 wheel short of a full set! About 4
laps in they were eventually back on their way after a
little track sid assistance from a marshal. Other
than that the race went with no more major incidents,
although there were a few funny moments with drivers
locking wheels trying to avoid some of the slower
drivers entering the start/finish straight. Before
I went out on the last stint for the team I had a quick
glance at the times and we appeared to have a
comfortable lead over the team in front and behind but I
thought I'd go give it my best shot anyway and I was
flying (or so I thought!). On the final laps I
could see the rest of the team in the pit lane waving at
me to go faster and it wasn't util I finished that I
realised we'd managed to get 9th place, but only 2
seconds in front of 10th, and they'd been catching me rather quickly! Incidentally, Border managed to make it off bottom spot and came 19th, after Derriman 2 picked up a puncture and Worksop managed to win yet another round, so well done to them.
Graham Stephenson
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