Last Race of the Season for Mighty Minis – Donington

The season finale & Championship deciding rounds took place at Donington Park. There was a day race and what is becoming the annual night race.
It was a disappointing day qualifier for Caroline managing only 13th place in the greasy conditions especially as the people she had been running with were both in front of her on the grid.
There was a long wait until the next qualifying session which would be in the dark. Unfortunately as dusk descended so too did the rain. The track was very wet with a lot of standing water, convinced she’d qualified last Caroline was pleased to find herself in 15th place.
It was a quick turnaround between qualifying and racing so a refuel and a quick check and it was back out to race. Thankfully the rain had stopped but the amount of spray coming from the other cars combined with the dark still made it very tricky.
Caroline lost a couple of places off the start but found a steady approach was the best way as she quickly caught and overtook the cars in front as the slid off the track. At the end of the race Caroline had gained some solid points towards the ladies title in 14th place.
Sunday and the final race of the season, there were a few sleepy heads due to a late night but everyone was looking forward to the race which thankfully was dry!!! The additional lighting was removed from the mini, the set up on the car put back to a dry one and the car was ready.
Caroline made a great start but found herself boxed in with nowhere to go as she didn’t fancy the wet grass! As the cars exited Redgate for the first time there was contact and cars spinning off the track in every direction. Caroline missed the carnage and was soon in the battle for 5th place.
On lap 8 Caroline made a mistake, carrying too much speed into Redgate and running off the track and onto the slippy grass. Fortunately she was able to recover and continue but she had dropped to the back of the pack. She finished a lonely 9th place.
At the end of the 2013 season Caroline entered and finished every race, taking 7th place overall in the championship and a clear winner for retaining the Ladies Championship.