Mighty Mini Podium Finish - Rockingham

It was a leisurely morning with qualifying not happening until 11.30 and meant the team had time to catch up with fellow racers and get the new CRS graphics onto the Mighty. Many of the other drivers had tested on Friday as it was a new circuit to them but Caroline wasn’t allowed as she had raced there within the last 5 years. A few laps into the session and the team held out 9^th place for qualifying Caroline thought that was pretty good as she hadn’t driven the circuit since 2012. As the session continued 9^th became 8^th became 5^th and then 3^rd which would have equalled Caroline highest ever qualifying position however she managed to go one better and put the car on the front row of the grid in 2^nd place.
Although Caroline made a great start pole man Liam Sullivan and 4th place Brayden Fletcher soon pulled away leaving Caroline in a 6 car fight for third. She spent much of the race watching the drivers bash each other at every opportunity and decided that it was better to sit back and take 7^th place with an undamaged car for the following days race than challenge too hard for places especially as one of the other minis was driving round with the boot open and bits of metal threatening to fly out the back of the car! Caroline took 7^th place and was rewarded when the reverse grid for race 2 was the top 8 putting her once again on the front row in second place.
Caroline made an excellent get away in Sundays race and lead the field of 21 minis onto the infield for the first time. Stuart Coombs was soon alongside and started to pull away as Caroline once again started to battle with Maria Brown and Peter Bonas. Sullivan & Fletcher worked together to get through the traffic and once at the front pulled away. Coombs dropped back as he overheated his engine and with race 1 it became all about the  fight for 3^rd place. Caroline played the waiting game. As soon as they made a mistake she pounced and within half a lap she was into third and pulling away as they continued to battle behind her. It felt like the longest 4 laps of the circuit every but Caroline crossed the line in 3^rd place for her first Mighty Mini podium finish.
Caroline is currently sitting third overall in the championship table and lead lady.
Next round in Brands Hatch Mini festival 27/28 June.