Race number 5, Sviestad 18/9 1999


Drivers: 
Clapton,
Desmo and
Reodor. 

Time: 3 + 3 hours
Changes since last race: 
New alternator. And a lot of mended fibreglass (sigh).


Biggest field ever, 24 cars and about 10 in our class. 


Start 900.
Clapton started and all cars kept more or less the same pace 
for an hour. We were sixth in class after first hour.

1000. Reodor took next turn and managed to be of the track 
when the front wheels lost all grip while accelerating out from
the chicane. He went in and had the spoiler patched and checked 
for missing parts. At the same time we checked the oil, because 
the oil pressure meter displayde zero. So did all the other 
gauges as well so we decided to keep on.
We held 8th place in class after the depot stops.

1100 Desmo went out and kept the pace and we were on seventh place 
at the lunchstop. 

1200-1400. Lunchstop, and Beetle-sprint-race. During the stop 
Reodor went out and salvaged the spoiler undertray from the side 
of the track. 
During stop youre not supposted to work on the car even if its in
the pits for a lengthy repair that started before the stop. 
So he asked the organizers if he could straighte the broken 
spoilerparts in the pits, while the car was in parc ferme. 
They saw no hinder for that.
Next question: "How much of the car has to be in the parc ferme 
to classify as a car"     

He is thinking of changing his pseudonym to Smokey, and we are 
thinking of wearing t-shirts with the text 
"If they cant find it, it legal" on next race

1400 Clapton went out again for his second turn and he came in after 
his hour for driverchange with a broken clutch wire. He had held his 
place on third gear in half an hour and we were suddently third place. 

1500 Reodor went out and kept his place for the hour knowing that the 
fastes car behid us were 20 laps down. He lost four to them and one 
lap to the car in fourth place.

1600 Desmo took the last turn. Se had one Golf one lap down, and the 
Matex Corsa three laps down and the fast Björkeberg Volvo 14 laps down.
He lost 1 second per lap to the Golf and took another lap on the Corsa
fairly early. Suddently he lost 5 seconds on the golf and lost the lap on
the corsa again. We guessed that he used the escape road once, and so 
it was. 
He overtook the Corsa again and when he was about 15 secs before the 
Golf when broke their driveshaft and was out. At that moment it was 
three laps to the flag and our first podiumplace on 6 years was a fact.
*Sigh*  


Epilogue.
We are going to lighten her about (we said 50) 30 kilograms. 
And do some seam welding. 
A new wing and a new chair and som stuff with the engine (wont 
say what) but can you hide a turbo inside the oil collection tank?

Stay tuned, well be there..