Qualifying saw Caroline earn 19th place which was 6 higher than she thought as she dislikes the wet and was convinced she would be the last car on the 25 car grid!!
The rain only got heavier throughout the day so Caroline's main aim for the race was to finish. She made a good start but the visibility was appalling and lost the places she made as she braked too much for Quarry. As the lap continued the cars quickly spread out as people coped with the tricky conditions. Caroline found herself driving round the remaining few laps trying to catch the cars in front but couldn't manage it and finished in 20th place.
Caroline started the second race from 20th and this time made a poor start dropping a place from the beginning as the conditions had deteriorated even further. A couple of laps into the race the rain stopped and the sun tried to make an appearance which was lucky as the wipers had stopped working on Caroline's car making it difficult to see the track through the spray! Again she found herself chasing the car in front but never quite getting near enough to challenge and finished the race in 19th.
When the car came back to the van the team had a good look round it as they could hear a strange noise every time Caroline came past (she couldn't hear it in the car) and they found the drive shaft had come out which meant the car couldn't drive the wheels properly and making it even harder to control the car.
Our Winner of the two free VIP tickets - Mr Stephen Locker and his guest enjoyed a fantastic day out but unfortunately the weather was not so kind, and it turned out to be a very wet day. Stephen did say that “despite the rain Team CRS looked after both of them very well and it was a very enjoyable day”
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