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29/06/2026
Mike and Dan had a fun weekend sprinting at Curborough courtesy of the Organisers and Marshals of Nottingham Sports Car Club 🏁🙌
Dan’s report from the weekend…
Saturday was the figure of eight layout, and Dad had another mystery sideways moment on the very first corner (long fast left hander) causing Dad to take a “rally line” and mount a small bank with the rear of the car, which wiped out the right side of the diffuser. Despite skepticism from the scrutineers, we managed to repair it with aluminium and lots of tape! We got 2 timed runs in the day to rebuild confidence. Dad won the class by 3 seconds and got 3rd overall.
Sunday we started off a little more cautiously following Dad’s stage rallying attempt on Saturday, building up to better times eventually. Unfortunately we only got two timed runs with delays from rain, accidents, and ice cream vans. I managed 1st in class by 1 second, 2nd overall. Although neither of us improved on our PBs from April. We wish the Honda Civic driver a Speedy recovery after his off.
Many thanks to Dad and The Buck & Bell for making this weekend happen, and especially mum for letting me have a go! 🏎️🏁🙌
Mike's fastest run for the day 103.28secs on Saturday. Mike qualified and scored points in the morning and afternoon run offs and is currently Sat 6th overall in the British Sprint Championship with 188pts! 🏎️🏁
The Buck & Bell
Cathy's 1st timed run on the Sat morning, qualifying 7th for the British Sprint Championship run off with a 100.96 secs her fastest time around Pembrey so far, which also won 1st in Class for the day despite crashing out on the last run. This is far from perfect but bare in mind we only get 1&3/4 practice lap in sprinting before the timed runs, so it's a matter of perfecting lines and braking as you go throughout the day while trying to push as hard as you dare, which is all part of the challenge and fun of sprinting. 🏎️🏁
The Buck & Bell
Cathy crash testing yesterday on the last run and the car did its job! But we now have a lot of work to do before Mallory in a couple of weeks 😔🏎️
Huge thanks to BARC officials, marshals, rescue and ambulance crew. 🙌👍
The Buck & Bell
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