Cornwall & Devon Land Rover Club. The Club Mag spring 2014 | Page 12

A quick glance at the score sheet revealed that things were getting close at the top, Chris cummings going well, Gary Maunder with no time penalties, the two Simons (double driving Simon wheelers car) were back to having 8 cylinders after a hastily change of some spark plugs at lunch time, and me driving like a lone to try make up the time lost by clipping the canes. As it always seems to turn out the final positions were going to be down to how the remaining competitor’s performed on the last section of the day, thankfully the Rain had stopped which gave the chance for us with no windscreens to be able to see where we were going, and give the marshals a chance to lower the brollies and watch the action. Section 6 last of the day and four of us left in the running... This is going to be tight... Off we go taking our turns and doing our best to be quicker than the next guy. At the end of every lap the time keepers shouting out the times of each driver , I seem to be doing ok ( don’t clip a cane , don’t clip a cane running through my head on every lap ) Chris, Gary and myself finished just Si Badge to complete his last lap and we will see how times add up . Disaster strikes and Si Badge has stopped mid lap, with what looks like a gear stick in his hand!! . A Quick Adding up session for the time keepers and the results were given , 4th Si badge , 3rd Gary , 2nd Chris Cummins and little old me piping them all to the top slot . What a fantastic day... The weather did its best to dampen our sprits but failed miserably. The Time keepers did a sterling job, the marshals turn out was fantastic the Clerks of course had made the most of the land and laid out 6 superb sections, so a huge thanks from all the drivers for a day to remember... For those of you who have never been to watch or compete in a time trial you really need to add it to you diary they are a great leveller for the vehicles and drivers and there is always some one who keeps there crash helmet on to muffle out the laughter !! Thanks to all for a great day... Trev Driver Trevor Castle Chris Cuming Gary Maunder Simon Badge Chris Georgiou Andi Skelly Simon Wheeler Mark Clinnick Total Time 895 954 1017 1051 1735 1779 1954 1968 Overall 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th (RTD) 6th (RTD) 7th (RTD) 8th (RTD) Full Results can be found on the clubs website.