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XJS, SALOONS, PBJ. First
JEC race of 2010
The first
JEC race of the year was a trip to Snetterton
Numbers of XJS's has dropped
a tad from last Octobers gathering. 14 XJS's & 13 Saloons. The Saloons
& XJS's were combined for both races as most of last season, great for
the spectators, a bit frustrating for the drivers!
Thanks to Mark Stabler for pictures
provided!
QUALIFYING
Chris Palmer put his XJS on pole,
Just a tad faster than old favourite, Stuart Lyddall (V12 XJS). Gail Hill
had a great qualifying session being 4th fastest overall and took pole for
the Saloons in her yellow and blue Cov Cats colours XJ6. Derek Pearce was
not far behind in the Mk2. Andrew Harrisson unsurprisingly took 1st in class
D XJS.
Paul Merrett ended up a long
way back down the grid in his first outing with 12 cylinders.
RACE 1 (SATURDAY) Thanks
to Mark Stabler for the following details!
The race was started with a 30
second gap between the 2 grids, Gail got away but missed 2nd gear, this caused
Chris Boon to swerve to avoid her and in doing so he tagged the immaculate
Daimler Sovereign of Richard Butterworth. The contact pushed him back into
Gail and he hit her fairly hard at the rear ending his race, Gail was able
to continue but had lost a good few places. She was able to get back most
of them and was closing on the leading 3 saloons when she lost control on
the exit of Sear and caught the verge on the inside of the track causing the
car to roll. This accident resulted in a red flag to end the race and ended
Gail’s racing for the weekend.
Rare appearance from James Ramm
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Pic1 New JEC driver Keith Kenward.
Pic2 Richard Butterfield
Always a popular spot for a quick spin,
Graeme Reynolds shows how it's done!
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Pic 1 Pic 2 Chris Palmer holding Stewart
Lyddall at bay
Pic 1 John Gregory Pic 2 And the battle
between Richard Dorlin & Dave Bye continues......
Good to see Mathew Jeffery back out
again in the Lister XJ6
Ian Drage
Quick Solicitor! which is unusual except
when it comes to delivering the Bill!
Unfortunately after a very promising
start, this is how Gail Hills weekend finished!
More to follow including gossip etc.
