| Monoposto Championship,
Cadwell Park, 1600 & 1200, 6 & 7 September 2008
Ewen Serisson writes: Due to there being nobody free to write
a report for the 1600/1200 race for Cadwell Park and because my wife made
a video of the race, I thought I would have a go!
Upon arrival to the circuit I decided to park well out of the way but
found that it was the only place left due to allot of people testing!
The lucky few who got tarmac were blessed as it was more like Glastonbury
than Cadwell for the rest of us! Rain all day Friday had left the track
and paddock drenched! And then it rained for most of Saturday.
QUALIFYING SATURDAY
In my opinion qualifying was wet but David Tilson and Tony Davis both
opted for slicks! When out on track it was 50/50 but I was happy with
my choice! Kat Impey, Chris Vinall & Geoff Fern all took class pole's.
The only real misplaced drivers were Tony Davis and myself!
Tony had a real excuse of possibly being on the wrong tyre but he thought
he had made the right choice, who knows! But as for me I had nothing else
to blame than being a big tart!
Only needing three points to seal the championship I did 5 laps and
returned to the pits!
Well done to Sara Fogg in the Agent for staying calm and enjoying her
first attempt at racing with us ego maniacs!
Turned out to be a male sandwich with women at both ends of the grid!
Heaven eh Boys!
RACE 1 SATURDAY
After looking dry a sudden downpour meant our race was wet! For some reason
the CSCC gave us two warm up laps so we could get used to the same conditions
we had in qualifying. Maybe it was a good will gesture as they had no
intentions of giving us a second qualifying?
We all took the grid and all got away cleanly apart from a stalled Peter
Whitmore whose stationary car made Tony Cotton and James Chapman take
to the grass to avoid him! Andrew Cliffe’s photos, when scrolled
through, show Mr Whitmore's attention turn from start lights to dash lights,
Brown pants time! Sara took a more lady like approach and drove to the
inside in a true heroinly like move!
Buy the end of lap one Kat and Ben had a huge lead from the rest of the
field. David Tilson, Steven Brookes and Geoff Jones were having a good
battle, while Geoff Fern shot off leaving all other 1600's in the distance.
Tony Davis overtook me early followed by Dave Brady, Tony then set his
sights on David Parkinson in second place.
Kat seemed to have the better of Ben likewise Chris Vinall over Steven
Brookes but Geoff Fern who seemed to have it all wrapped up began to slow,
running on three cylinders. Surely not more bad luck for T.F.R..
David Parkinson lost second to Tony but got it back as the slowing Van
Diemen of Geoff dropped back to 4th, Tony Cotton stole the last step on
the podium.
Dave Brady was closing fast but it was too late as the flag was out. I
was just happy to see the Chequered flag but could not see the pit wall,
my boys or turn one due to the tears and rush of relief, emotion and joy
as I crossed the line and became the 2008 champion.
James ,Brian and Sara closed the field and class wins went to Kat Impey,
Chris Vinall and Tony Davis! Well done to you all!
QUALIFYING 2 SATURDAY £60 REFUND!
RACE 2 SUNDAY!
Starting from Saturday’s race sheet the author wishes he had not
driven like Miss Daisy to get the championship in the bag!
One warm up lap was all we got even though we were all new to the weather
and track conditions!
A clean start and Kat Impey kept everything as the norm and broke the
boys early to gain a nice lead. Chris and Steven lead the pack for the
class B cars. Geoff Fern got through the pack fast and sat in a comfortable
first place with the plug lead now back in place and the Van Diemen firing
on all four cylinders!
I followed the pack for the first lap and got an amazing view of David
Parkinson doing a 360 out of the Gooseneck without even losing 1 mph (excellent
recovery man), I passed David Brady setting him up for Mansfield, I went
down the inside after the Gooseneck, Parkinson was already well on the
grass. I took Mansfield at warp speed expecting David to slide straight
into the back of me! On exiting the corner a good look in the mirrors
revealed no blue cars. By the time I got to the mountain the red flags
were out!
Turns out David Parkinson missed me but had a coming together with the
other blue Van Diemen of Dave Brady. Both cars looked pretty bad but drivers
ok, even though they also looked pretty bad!
The restart was clean, in class A Kat lead Ben but our paddock master
Steven had become leader of the class B with Geoff Fern in the lead of
class C
I took second from Tony Davis on the inside at Mansfield but upon catching
Len Turner could not get past to take the fight to Geoff!
Ake blew his motor big time at the Mountain leaving a cloud of smoke and
a nasty smell that the crowd loved!
Len and I had a good race but the difference in corner speed and straight
line speed between the cars was unbelievable!
James, Neil, Chris, Brian and Sara all battled on and all were running
when the red flag came out once again. This red flag was caused by the
rear wheel of Steve Cave’s car parting company with him, the car
stopped at the top of the Mountain, with the wheel rolling half way down
the straight giving the spectators at the mountain even more reason to
come see us next year!
The second red and chequered flags out to finish round 11 of the year,
leaving just rounds 12 and 13 at Snetterton.
My apologies if it seems a bit biased to 1600 or me but I am not a writer
by trade!
AVIT!
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Race 1, Kat Impey gets away while others navigate around a stranded
Peter Whitmore
Tony Davis leads Dave Brady
Ewen Sergisson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and Mono 1600
Champion 2008
Welcome to James Chapman and his Jamun
Race 2 The autumnal sun glints off Geoff Jones' Speads
The end of the race for Steve Cave
Sara Fogg and Dave Tilson
Usual thanks to Andrew Cliffe
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