What a start to 2018! After a good show testing on the 2nd January where Sam was well on the pace, the first Club2000 race things got even better. The track was icy and difficult to even stand on at 9am  but by 11am and few laps by the Senior drivers conditions had improved. Sam banged in 5th fastest time for the transponder check and then found himself on the second row of the grid for Heat 1.  Sam managed to hold on to 6th by the end of the race so a great start . Heat 2 saw a gain of 5 places to finish 8th. Heat 3 was red flagged eventually after a few laps under the battenberg flag after a first lap collision. Unfortunately Sam’s restart was not as good with contact in the melee before turn 1 but 13th was not a disaster. So some good grid points put Sam 11th on the grid in the A final. A solid start put Sam behind mate Oli and ahead of kart 10 which he held behind despite pressure. Result: Best Club2000 meet to date with 10th Overall and a 5th place Clubman trophy. Sam was over the moon! I don’t think he put the trophy down until Monday!