October Club Night- Indoor Autotest.

By Helen Gibbon

The Indoor autotest is famous, or maybe infamous, in the Spadeadam calendar. It’s a combination of Richard Thomson’s excellent courses, Skitby’s amazingly slippery floor and a remote control Mini that refuses to go where you want it to.  I’ve been a “spectator” at this club night many times and have always managed to avoid taking part, but this time I thought to myself, “well, how hard can it be?”. If you look at the results below, you’ll see how hard I found it!One thing you notice as a spectator, are all the different driving styles:

Mark Taylor managed to cross the finish ramp sideways.

David Love went for a very careful (slow) approach.

George Edminson went for fast & furious, with cups flying everywhere.

Kenton Pattison, Neil Thomlinson & Richard Thomson, all seemed to go for the “lets make this look as effortless and easy as possible” approach.

Me? I think it’s best not to mention the approach I took. Though the comments / heckling about “women drivers” added at least a few minutes to my time!

Thanks to Richard Thomson for organising it, and everyone that came.

1^st    Neil Thomlinson                     5^th    David Love

2^nd   Kenton Pattison                     6^th   Mark Taylor

3^rd   George Edminson                   7^th   Helen Gibbon

4^th   Richard Thomson