Mighty Mini Update – Cadwell Park – 20th September

A grey and damp morning greeted rounds 11 and 12 of the Mighty Mini championship at Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire.
The Mighty’s were the first out to qualify and tiptoed their way round Britain’s mini Nurburgring for the first few laps finding out how damp it was, fortunately everyone completed the session without any incidents. Caroline managed 21^st out 23 cars but under 0.8 second covered the 9 cars in front of her so she wasn’t too concerned.
The track was virtually dry as the Mighty’s went out to race but this didn’t stop Martyn Hathaway and Penny Jones making contact first with each other and then the barrier as the lights went out, Martyn rebounded back into the track and collected Craig Pendlebury who was alongside Caroline at the time . The start line incident split the grid as the cars behind had to avoid the incident, Caroline had a gap to the cars in front and set about chasing them down.
By the end of the first lap she had caught up and started battling with 5 other cars for position. By driving clean laps and not making any mistakes she slowly picked her way through to the front of the group. There was only a couple of laps left by the time she got to the front of the pack and it wasn’t enough to catch the next group of minis. She finished the race in 7^th place, making 14 places from her starting position.
Once again she missed out on the reversed grid for the second race as the top 6 were reversed so Caroline started where she finished the first race in 7^th. She made a good start and stayed with the front runners until they reached the bottom of the Mountain where Damien Harrington forced his way past her on the corner, making her run slightly wide and lose momentum. Caroline was running slightly slower than the front runner but quicker than the group behind her so ended up in a lonely 8^th place at the end of the race.
Despite missing two races and having a dnf Caroline has managed to climb within 3 points of second place for the ladies title so will be fighting hard at the final meeting of the year at Donington Park 18/19 October were both main Championships will be decided.
Why not come an support Team CRS Risk and our driver Caroline for the last races of the season – Castle Donington on Sunday 19^th October, you can buy tickets at the gate - £15.
See you there.