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A difficult day at Whilton Mill saw the IMSD team finish a creditable 6th in class and 13th overall. The team suffered from a badly handling kart and a spin from Eddie to salvage a good result, dropping only on place to main rivals, II2BI.
After the high of Buckmore where the team enjoyed the benefit of a kart that was almost perfect, it was down to earth with a bump as a poorly performing kart hampered them all afternoon.
It was clear from practice that the team were going to struggle. Stephen bought the kart in after a few laps complaining of handling problems. It was tested and they were given a spare kart. The spare was not much better and was brought in again for testing to adjust the fuel mixture.
It was again decided to let Eddie go out and qualify, after his performance at Buckmore. Unfortunately the poor handling of the kart and bad pickup were only highlighted as Eddie struggled badly for pace and lined up way down in 21st.
Ian Miller started the race but dropped to last as he, too, struggled to wrestle the kart. It was evident how much he was struggling as he appeared to find it difficult to keep up with the pack.
Eddie took over at the 20 minute mark and managed little better, hauling the kart up to 17th by the time he handed over to Stephen.
Stephen managed to establish team well in the mid field, breaking the top 10 in the Clubman class. There was a moment of joy as II2BI – who were on the tail of Stephen to lap him - spun at the end of the back straight, losing over a lap and dropping behind IMSD.
Ian took over for his last stint and did a great job to maintain a good cushion over II2BI before handing over to Eddie again, who was being double stinted for the final 40 minutes.
Feeling that the kart was slightly better, Eddie was able to push a bit harder over the final 30 minutes and was running in 4th in the Clubman class, ahead of II2BI. Sadly, this came to an end in the last 10 minutes as Eddie spun while trying to make a move on a backmarker, losing over a lap in the process.
“It was a stupid mistake. The sad fact was that I wasn’t even trying to overtake him. I was simply sticking my nose down the inside to show him I was there. It’s obviously a bit more slippery off-line but the fact is that I just locked up and spun. Stupid!
“I feel really bad for the team because we have now fallen behind II2BI again when we should have been ahead. It’s always a horrible feeling when something like this happens because you know that you have let the whole team down” |
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