The Second Coming Dec 2-3 2006 (Baskerville)

The final round for the year (Tas Super Series by the way) was a very good meeting personally. We hadnt really done much to the car since Oct but we set a new best time and finished on the podium, 3rd outright for the day. To say I was happy is like saying the sun is bright.

But before we get to that, the day before I was involved with the x-mas ride days for Camp Quality. It was a joy to take some youngsters for a spin that dont have an easy time battling cancer. The only downer was that the weather wasnt the kindest so we couldnt give them as big a thrill as we all would of liked. But I think they enjoyed it none the less.


So onto the races. Dry day (thank you know what!!) I forgot to check tyre pressure before Qual and the car was all over the place and we had a spin in turn 1 on my first flying lap. Wasnt time to call in a fix it so I continued on. Ended up 4th on the grid in front of a few I was behind last time. R1 was a straight forward affair, finished 3rd. I was pretty happy. R2 I blew the start a bit and was 4th but quickly took 3rd and stayed there.


R3 was more hard fought. Had a ding dong battle with the Evo you can see it the pics. I let my guard down and he got me on the last corner on the last lap to take 3rd form me. I was mad at myself.

R4 saw another swaping of positions between me and the Evo with me coming off second best again. At that point I thought Id missed out on 3rd for the day, but as I said was very happy to find out otherwise. It was my first motorsport award.

Photos Copyright David Clifford
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