3 Sisters, our TVR bash to the ‘The Jewel of the North' as described on the 3 sisters website; the go kart track near Wigan takes its name from the coal mining slag heaps it was developed from.
We are on the full circuit 1500m, exiting the pit lane and finishing on Cowards Summit, a fun sprint suiting the class A cars and just short of mile or so, a tight twisty course.
Sitting there at breakfast, listening to the TVR banter I was kindly reminded by the members present, what happens on tour stays on tour! I think that’s a gagging order in journalistic terms, but one item worth listing and noting was the clerk of the course warning of the different types of tarmac used on this circuit and keeping it on the black. The weather started out promising and the forecast we thought to get better still, how wrong we were and the ensuing challenge to heed the clerk’s advice.
We are on the full circuit 1500m, exiting the pit lane and finishing on Cowards Summit, a fun sprint suiting the class A cars and just short of mile or so, a tight twisty course.
Sitting there at breakfast, listening to the TVR banter I was kindly reminded by the members present, what happens on tour stays on tour! I think that’s a gagging order in journalistic terms, but one item worth listing and noting was the clerk of the course warning of the different types of tarmac used on this circuit and keeping it on the black. The weather started out promising and the forecast we thought to get better still, how wrong we were and the ensuing challenge to heed the clerk’s advice.
With a damp track from overnight rain P1 commenced with Mike Roe showing us how to do it with Geoff Stallard following up to give the Vixens a one-two followed by Dave Barrowclough and Dave Welton.
With Dave Welton suffering electrical gremlins we were not to see him return to the track till T3.
P2 commenced with the track no drier and the weather looking to be deteriorating by the minute, but still with Mike and Geoff both improving times and with a small field of entrants Longton and District club did a fine job of running the event, enabling T1 to commence before lunch, however now with a steady drizzle coming down it did not bode well.
The track in the wet is a real challenge with only the final Conrad Straight and associated bend on and off giving a modicum of grip, this was starting to look like a rally stage.
T1 completed in the rain and Mike Roe showed his skill knocking time off his runs as he would on all subsequent outings, credit due on this circuit with the grip available.
Dave B taking 2nd place followed by Geoff, with Dave W in the pits chasing down the gremlins still. Mr Stallard indicating he was saving himself for the forecasted weather improvements and did not want to peak too early.
Over lunch it was clear the improving weather conditions we had all hoped for were very unlikely to occur so after some more TVR banter in the pits and the gagging order still in place for this writer we all faced the fact of more of the same conditions.
T2 and T3 taking place with total efficiency by the organising club. Dave Welton coming out only for the final T3 but with an ensuing spin not bettering his P1 time. None but Mike Roe making improvements to their times allowing Micro to take a well deserved 25 points in the wet slippery conditions, with the rest following along understeering, over steering and generally I think it’s called messing up.
Fingers crossed for better weather at Loton.
Dave Barrowclough
(Photos: Dave Cahill)
With Dave Welton suffering electrical gremlins we were not to see him return to the track till T3.
P2 commenced with the track no drier and the weather looking to be deteriorating by the minute, but still with Mike and Geoff both improving times and with a small field of entrants Longton and District club did a fine job of running the event, enabling T1 to commence before lunch, however now with a steady drizzle coming down it did not bode well.
The track in the wet is a real challenge with only the final Conrad Straight and associated bend on and off giving a modicum of grip, this was starting to look like a rally stage.
T1 completed in the rain and Mike Roe showed his skill knocking time off his runs as he would on all subsequent outings, credit due on this circuit with the grip available.
Dave B taking 2nd place followed by Geoff, with Dave W in the pits chasing down the gremlins still. Mr Stallard indicating he was saving himself for the forecasted weather improvements and did not want to peak too early.
Over lunch it was clear the improving weather conditions we had all hoped for were very unlikely to occur so after some more TVR banter in the pits and the gagging order still in place for this writer we all faced the fact of more of the same conditions.
T2 and T3 taking place with total efficiency by the organising club. Dave Welton coming out only for the final T3 but with an ensuing spin not bettering his P1 time. None but Mike Roe making improvements to their times allowing Micro to take a well deserved 25 points in the wet slippery conditions, with the rest following along understeering, over steering and generally I think it’s called messing up.
Fingers crossed for better weather at Loton.
Dave Barrowclough
(Photos: Dave Cahill)
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