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Viva Auto Repairs: Multiclub Collingrove
Cup Round 1
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Round 1 of the 2016 Collingrove Cup was run on Sunday the 5th June, and
as we gathered for the pre-event paperwork the common talk in the pits was about how cold it was and the hope that the rain would stay
away.
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Well it didn’t get much warmer and during the drivers briefing those
predicted showers made their presence felt. Competition got under
way on a damp track with a cold wind blowing and times were very
slow.
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It was well into the second run of the day before anyone set a time under
40 seconds and by lunch time, only 3 cars had broken this barrier. All of
these were all wheel drive turbocharged cars, with Mark Wisbey leading the way in his
ULX110 Oils sponsored Nissan Pulsar GTIR.
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This event was the first time Mark has run the Pulsar this year, as it has
been in pieces waiting for a new racing gearbox. It was only during
the week that Mark decided to put a standard gearbox back into the car,
which had to be assembled from parts of several boxes. With this
fitted the car was given a drive into the hills.
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This was a good idea as 4th gear syncro shattered and jammed the shifter. A rush repair saw the car ready to race by Sunday morning
albeit with no 4th gear.
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The surprise packet of the morning was Robin Bostock, in his
standard Mazda MX5 running in the road registered under 2 litre class. Not only was he leading his class in the wet conditions, after 3 runs, but
he was the fastest 2wd car in the field.
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The hero driver of the day though would have to be Matthew Woodland in the Richard open wheel hillclimb special, after he decided to run the 2 wettest runs of the day on slick tyres, setting a best time of 47.06 seconds.
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It was a true testament to the professionalism of all the drivers,
that in extremely difficult and slippery conditions less than a
handful of recoveries were required and the only damage done was to
egos.
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During the lunch break the rain finally eased and as the track started to dry, times began to tumble, with the AWD cars getting down to 34 &
35 second runs regularly. We finished with 6 runs for the day and by the last
run the field of about 90 cars had
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whittled down to just under 70. I am sure that those drivers that left at
lunch time because of the conditions, are rueing their decision as they saw
the skies clear throughout the afternoon.
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Nathan Green was the first to go under 35 seconds with a 34.87 on the 5th run. This fired the top runners up with Gavin Farley coming out to equal
that in the last run in his Mitsubishi Evo7.
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Nathan then bettered his time by .50 of a second, and John Davies
followed that with a 34.70. Mark Wisbey went for it on his last run but over cooked the first turn, went wide
and was relegated to 4th outright with a best of 35.36 just ahead of the
35.40 set by the consistent wet weather runner, Alex Wilson in his
Audi A4 Quattro.
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Roger Patterson came home in his Porsche 911RS with a 35.75 to end up as the quickest 2WD car in 6th
outright. With the inclement weather, many people suffered what
must have been an uncomfortable day and although I felt sorry for all
the
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drivers in open top cars, the real appreciation has to go to the
wonderful officials that endured a cold wet morning in particular, just to
give the competitors a chance to enjoy another great day of
motorsport.Next event is round 2 to be held on
the 3rd of July, and I think we are all hoping for better conditions.
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