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The reigning Inters champions had a slow start to their 2006 Prem clubman campaign as drivers Eddie Hall, Stephen Deuchar and Ian Wilson struggled home down in a lowly 21st place overall and well off the podium in their class.
Early signs were promising. The kart was good and they all seemed to be well on the pace. The only scare came near the end of practice when their kart developed a serious fuel pickup problem, but this cleared itself before qualifying.
Eddie was nominated to qualify for this round. The team decided to send him out early to try to get a clear lap. Unfortunately, several other teams also chose this option and Eddie struggled to get a clear lap. After aborting two runs, he managed two clear laps before returning to the pits to conserve fuel. The team lined up way down in 24th place!
Eddie was also nominated to start the race and after making only a couple of places off the line, he inherited a few more after a first lap incident saw a handful of drivers go off. Only a few laps in, the team suffered their first of two major setbacks when Eddie got caught up in another driver’s accident, which lost Eddie over a lap and a half.
The race settled down from here and the team were just playing catch-up and trying to break into the top 20 overall. A spin from Ian Wilson in his first stint lost them another lap.
The only other big scare came in Eddie’s second stint when he had to take to the grass when the kart he was overtaking squeezed him off the rode. He managed to get through and lost very little time.
After an eventful and rather disappointing day, the team came home in 21st place overall, 7 laps down on the leaders and 5 down on the clubman winners. |
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