denis
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Killarney Autocross Weekend 2009
Since my last post the Killarney autocross weekend is now over and done with and i can definatly say i enjoyed every minute of the weekend. It all started off Saturday evening at 5pm with 3 timed runs and a practice lap. I set fastest junior time on the first run saturday and bettered this time on every run to take the Saturday junior win by 4 secs from David Beamish with Colin Nelligan 3rd. The only drama i had sarurday was a front arm bushing loosening and with just a few threads left on the bolt it was spotted and disaster was avoided. Sunday started bright and early and a faster, longer track was used with did not suit my high gearing what so ever. I was 2nd fastest Junior on the 1st run beaten by 3secs. A spin and the car jumping out of gear twice on the 2nd run only saw me better my first time by a few tenths of a second and while trying too hard to make up time towards the end of run 2 a heavy landing broke the carburetur brakets and he car lost power. Quick repairs before run 3 saw the problem fixed thankfully and i knew i needed to take 10secs over the 2km track to take the junior win so i gave it a fair go but in the end the margin was just too big although i took 7 of those 10 seconds back on the last run it wasnt enough. I was still delighted to finish 2nd and get some more useful points in the bag. David Beamish won the Juniors on day 2 with me 2nd and Colin Nelligan 20 secs further back in 3rd. Next up is the Killarney Autocross in October and alot of work is needed done before that. InCar footage from day 1 to follow. Finally well done to COC Pat Russell and his team for a great weekends craic i really enjoyed it. ,
