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2003 Journal

March 30th - Brands Hatch

At last a proper racing engine instead of a lump out of a scrapped car!  I was hoping for better things from a £3500 engine but was to be proved wrong when I was lapped by standard XR2's.  Not happy.

Official Results

Position Class Driver Car Best Lap
1 B Craig Rainer Escort RS2000 54.172
6 C Nigel England Fiesta 1.6s 56.956
12 C Russell Harding Fiesta XR2 1:00.820
14 C Phillip Taylor Fiesta XR2 1:01.610
15 C Karen Hawker Fiesta XR2i 1:04.837
17 C Dominic Ryan Fiesta XR2 1:05.606
18 C Sarah Dyson Fiesta 1.4 1:08.616
DNF C Chris Lester Fiesta XR2 57.947
DNF C Al Daly Fiesta 1.4 1:00.258

April 12th-13th - Anglesey

Too far and engine being fixed.

April 27th - Donnington Park

Engine still being fixed.

May 17th - Oulton Park

See above.

June 22nd - Mallory Park

Back out to play and still an unimpressive performance from the engine.  This time I suffered a broken engine mount in the race - maybe I shouldn't rely on 15 year old rubber?

Official Results

Position Class Driver Car Best Lap
1 F Rick Kraemer Focus 55.516
6 C Russell Harding Fiesta XR2 1:00.529
DNF C Chris Lester Fiesta XR2 55.624
DNF C Phillip Wood Fiesta XR2 55.509
DNF C Nigel England Fiesta 55.475
DNF C Dominic Ryan Fiesta XR2 1:04.167

July 5th-6th - Pembrey

Too far, engine broke after a test session at snetterton after just 1 lap - really not happy.

August 16th - Rockingham

Engine still being fixed.

August 25th - Castle Combe

As above.

September 21st - Lydden Hill Race 1

At last my first decent race of the season and the car is now competitve!  Picked up more trophys for some genuinely good racing.

Official Results

Position Class Driver Car Best Lap
1 A Bob Ross Escort Cosworth WRC 45.624
9 C Nigel England Fiesta 48.888
10 C Chris Lester Fiesta XR2 49.145
14 C Dominic Ryan Fiesta XR2 51.870

Race 2

Official Results

Position Class Driver Car Best Lap
1 A Bob Ross Escort Cosworth WRC 46.196
9 C Chris Lester Fiesta XR2 49.391
10 C Roger Norman Escort Mk2 49.501
12 C Dominic Ryan Fiesta XR2 51.476

October 5th - Snetterton

A mixture of the good and the bad with an amazing 13th position (3rd in class) in qualifying.  However this was offset by the engine breaking AGAIN.

Official Results

Position Class Driver Car Best Lap
1 A Bob Ross Escort Cosworth WRC 1:18.769
10 C Chris Lester Fiesta XR2 1:23.915
11 C Nigel England Fiesta 1.6s 1:24.139
19 C Russell Harding Fiesta XR2 1:37.149
DNF C Roger Norman Escort Mk2 1:26.528
DNF C Dominic Ryan Fiesta XR2 1:43.287