By Barry Lindsay
The July club night was an evening of autotesting at Longpark, Scaleby. Two tests were set up on the grass field to keep competitors busy with two runs at each. Tests 1 & 2 were marshalled by Michael. Jerry was quickest on the first test with 1m 38, Barry on 1m 41, Nigel on 1m 42 then John on 1m 45. Three crews got a wrong test, Christine, Simon B & Simon J. On the second run Jerry was fastest again with 1m 36, Barry on 1m 37, Simon B on 1m 41 then Neil on 1m 45. Wrong test for Lindsay.
Running at the same time crews tackled tests 3 & 4 which were ran by Caroline. Test 3 Barry was quickest with 55 seconds ahead of John on 56, Jerry on 58 then Geoffrey on 59. Wrong test for Simon J. Test 4 Barry again got 55, Jerry on 58, Simon B on 59 then Simon J & John on 1m. Wrong tests for Christine & Lindsay
Positions after test 4
1st Barry Lindsay 5m 08
2nd Jerry Hettrick 5m 10
3rd John Ross 5m 37
4th Neil Thomlinson 5m 39
5th Nigel Harkness 5m 40
6th Simon Jobson 5m 43
7th Simon Brockbank 6m11
8th Geoffrey Harkness 6m16
9th Robert Harrison 6m42
10th Lindsay Harrison 6m50
11th Christine Ross 6m51
After a quick cone move another four tests were ran. Neil was quickest with 1m 12 ahead of Nigel with 1m 22, Barry got 1m 24 which included a cone, then Geoffrey with 1m27. Wrong test for Jerry , John, Robert & Simon J & B. For the re-run Neil again quickest with 1m11, Jerry got 1m 13, Barry got 1m 15 then Lindsay and Geoffrey on 1m17. Wrong test for Robert.
Down on Carolines tests 7 & 8, Simon B was quickest with 55, Neil got 59, Lindsay on 1m 03 then Barry on 1m 05 including another cone. Wrong tests for John, Christine, Robert, Simon & Nigel.
Final test Barry quickest with 51, then Jerry on 54, Neil on 57 and Lindsay on 58.
Thanks to Joe Thomlinson for the use of the field. Thanks also to Caroline and Michael for marshalling.
Results.
1st Barry Lindsay 9m 43
2nd Neil Thomlinson 9m 58
3rd Jerry Hettrick 10m 17
4th Nigel Harkness 10m 36
5th John Ross 11m 12
6th Geoffrey Harkness 11m 13
7th Simon Brockbank 11m 26
8th Simon Jobson 11m 38
9th Lindsay Harrison 11m 51 *1st Lady
10th Christine Ross 12m 24 *2nd Lady
11th Robert Harrison 12m 59
(Photo © Helen R. Gibbon / Spadeadam Motor Club)