A busy weekend, football on Saturday morning meant just two practice sessions at Kim in the afternoon. All the previous sessions had been dry but a downpour meant our sessions would be wet. At least there was some seat time and we got signed on and scrutineering completed.

Race day on the Sunday started at little damp but dried out. In heat 1 Sam was 15th on the grid (still on novice plates) but he got past his mate Oliver quickly and battled with him and others until the end finishing 12th but behind Oli. Heat 2 was not good for Sam, a lap 3 incident put him to the back and that’s where he stayed. Sam was 17th and last on the Heat 3 grid but a good start in the first half of the race Sam made steady gains to rise to 14th and chasing Oli again. On lap 8 Sam took Oli but over the next couple of laps Oli took it back and another place was lost to finish 15th.

The rain radar and the view across the fields suggested the A Final could be a wet one. We went to assembly with a bag of inters/wets to put on. Spots of rain in the air but the clock ticking down, decisions had to be made. In the end we were one of only a handful choosing inters. It turned out to be the wrong choice as the race was dry but Sam can make inters work on a dry track. Sadly, Sam couldn’t avoid a first corner mess and having started made a good start gaining a place from 15th he was back in 16th with Oli behind. Both Sam and Oli got around karts 44 and 88 but Oli got Sam so a 14th place finish was all he could manage.

The real achievement of the weekend was Sam shrugging off his dislike of wet racing, he actually wanted it to rain and that’s good stuff. Rain levels the field and can throw up some surprises….can’t it Seb!

Next: October double header Club2000 and Kimbolton in one weekend!