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Vaucluse Raceway Int'l RallySprint,
Vaucluse, St. Thomas,
Sun, May 22, 2005
 
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Driver's Report: Lindsay Farmer - Toyota Starlet Turbo
 
Due to having to work on Saturday, I didn't get to the qualifying session until around 2pm, by which time most people had had two runs, and were waiting to do their third. Gitts had done a 2:24, and Tristan a 2:23 (Tristan went onto to lower his time in qualifying to 2.22). I went out and did a 2:24 on my first, and a 2:22 on my second and final run. Car worked reasonably well, except for a bit of a hesitation in one hairpin. Spoke to Jason King, and he suggested it could be plugs or distributor rotar.

Got to the track Sunday morning at 8am, and Jason went to work putting in the new Denso Iridium plugs, and cleaning the distributor rotar. Gitts went out on his first run against Noel Edwards in the Charade GTti, and was able to win. (Noel had a spin early in the race, then pulled off after the bridge) So Gitts went through to the "winners runs" after lunch, where he would face Tristan.

My first run was against Mark Hamilton in his MKII Escort (his qualifying time was 6secs faster than mine), I got beaten easily, and went back to the pits demoralised. Watched the remainder of the races, waiting to hear who i would face for the "also rans" races. Found out that I would face the winner between Andrew Jones, and Andy Carter. I sat on the start pad, and watched and Carter cut Jonesies behind during the race, thinking "great, another ass cutting for me", then right before my eyes, I saw the light blue 'scort spin mere feet from the finish line, and watched Jones swoop by and claim victory. I was never so happy to see Jonesy win a race, not becuase I figured I could beat him, but because I figured it would be a good close race (he qualified with a 2:23).

I drove probably one my best runs ever in the race against Jones, can't think of any mistakes, and while there were a few spots i may have been able to take faster, I may have ended up, causing problems in the next bend. In the end I beat Jones by 2 seconds, and set a personal best time of 2:19.10, and finished 4th in group.

I would like to thank my Sponsors Nassco, Toyo Tyres, Denso, Freezetone, Philips Lighting. I would also like to thank my cousin Graham Gittens for letting me live my dream of being able to rally for the past 3 1/2yrs. Finaly, thanks to all the marshals and fans who expressed their regret at the loss of the car.

 
 
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