Gaytona - Milton Hole

Oh god, over a month since I last entered something here, it all seemed such a good idea at the time...well I suppose my job keeps me well occupied so I'll take that as a front foot forward.
Anyway onto todays action, and as you can see from above, some of us Warwick Motorsport ALUMNI delinquents headed to the most rundown place in the country, after Liverpool, Bolton, Blackburn, Hull, Birmingham, Bury, Rochdale.....okay so nearly the worst, for a spot of banditisation. We arrived to spots of rain, a greasy track just to add into the mix with the rest of the drivers.
Hankey seemed psyched, wearing as he was his condom on top, and so we headed into qually. The condom was working well, as Hankey was more lit than Brian Blessed's mouth on a bad day and took, what seemed from my viewpoint, a dominant pole. The rest of the grid was
2. Teags
3. Toby
some public
6. Ed
more public (I don't have the qually times unfortunately)
And so to the Race....
There was to be a Lucas Di Grassi topping moment before the race began as Hankey lost power from 1 of his engines and fell back through the field on the first lap as Toby jumped to the front with Teags for close company (although not close enough for my liking!). Toby and Teags made a move on the field as Ed cleared back markers to get into 3rd place, and with Ed closing for an epic 3 way battle first Teags, who couldn't get the power down at the final hairpin all day long, ended up facing the wrong way on the exit and then Toby likewise found his rear too hot to handle, Ed, with his no fun policy (read no crash) powered into the lead.
Nobody saw anybody for a while, as far as I know, we all spent the time getting angry at too many of the public completely ignoring yellow flags then getting angry when you tapped them on corner exits cause they were soooooooooo slow. That was until Toby got black flagged, which I never knew until after the race, for overtaking under yellows, although this was probably as a result of some imbocile stopping to not overtake a stationary kart.....I'm just guessing.
Until the last couple of laps nothing much of note occurred, except Teags getting caught on the curb at the exit of 2 and being pulled round into the tyres at turn 3, and gave the marshal, who realised he was in a podium position, a little smile as he thumped the steering wheel in frustration. Not to mention whilst recovering pulling a Hakkinen-esque move as the back marker in front spun at the hairpin.
With 2 laps to go, with Hankey now stormed back up to 3rd with a drive even Mike Fryatt would have been proud of, there was a strange and unexplained red flag, I was informed someone was hit at turn 1, but Ed in the vicinity claimed to see nothing....we decided there was no accident, just a test and everyone was told a corner they couldn't see! Anyway by this point Teags was getting angry under his helmet as the amount of ridiculous overtaking under yellows he felt was ruining his race and complained to the marshal as a result, before telling the guy who had sidled up behind him when the red flags came out, 'Did you not watch the briefing, a red flag means fucking stop, not think "ooo I'll just make up 30 seconds"'. Everyone drove over the line and it was time for those in the top 3 to get themselves up on the podium.
Teags got a mention for 4th, but congratulations go to Ed, who's no spin no fun policy worked a treat, as he came up trumps to a wild round of applause. Unfortunately they haven't invented a Skipton anthem and flag yet......sorry Ed. Special mention must go to Hankey who despite 3rd takes the moral victory as we all know he would have won the race by a rather large margin. Toby limped in 11th, no prizes for that my friend.
Results
1. Ed             21 laps          best - 1:37.562
2. some turd who prevented a WM ALUMNI cleansweep (if I ever met you.........)
3. Hankey     21 laps          best - 1:35.108
4. Teags        21 laps          best - 1:37.201
more public
11. Toby       20 laps          best - 1:37.786
some more public
Some good best laps
30. 1:54.127
25. 1:55.253

This was all rounded off beautifully by a curry at the picturesque Golden Curry house in Bletchley, except for Toby who's a killjoy. I very much enjoyed getting back behind the wheel for the first time since April and am already looking forward my next sesh.