Driving Mirror (Nov - Dec '21)

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Radical/ Lancer diaries continued

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fter the decent run in the Lancer at Clay Pigeon our focus turned to the last two events at Castle Combe, first the Pegasus Sprint and the GWS the weekend after.

were able to do the event and keep an eye on it, I got a replacement in between the two events and it’s sorted now.

We arrived at Combe for the Pegasus to thick fog, so bad you could hardly see the track! Luckily it quickly cleared and we had a good day finishing 6th/8th in class, On the Friday before the Pegasus I went Michael Bartlett put in a storming last run to load up and I couldn’t select a gear and to pip Pekka in the mighty MX-5 TBO by the clutch pedal was very spongy. A a mere 100th of a second and take the quick check revealed a small puddle and no clutch fluid in the reservoir – Doh! I 3rd in Class trophy! topped it up and re-bled it and it was clear the slave cylinder was knackered, Moving on to the GWS, this was the last fortunately not a complete failure so we round of the ASWMC Championship and

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