| Nice trophy WJB
Just got back from a great day at Castle Combe. I started with a tour of the paddock catching up with a few mates.
My mate Simon had the Ex DFX 748RS there for the sound of thunder race for which he qualified in 2nd place, eventually found WJB, had been looking for a van but he had a car and a sorry looking trailer.
Still he was happy enough having qualified as the top CB500 so it would be nice to say the trophy was for a win but sadly it wasn't. He had to settle for 2nd, which I'm sure he would have been happy with in the second race rather than the DNF after starting the last lap again in 2nd place.
WHAT HAPPENED WJB ????
My mate Simon Knowlson was gutted with the outcome of both his SoT races, the first of these I watched from Quarry along with Triplenine,his wife, PeteB and Gordy with Gbyte666 futher along tha banking with his family. As we stood there Simon appeared over Avon rise in the lead to my suprise (how does a 748RS with such a high gear out drag 996's 1000's etc) then promptly crashed at the next chicane. Later found out he had a gear selection problem which caused him to take to the grass and then layed it down before hitting something Solid.
In the second race the gearbox problem again foiled his attempts at a good result as first it cost him the lead and then forced him to retire.
Alan from AJR diagnosed it as being down to a small part costing £13 and fairly easy to replace.
Still he is very interested in coming to Rockingham and may even pop along to the Popham Mega meet,
[Edited on 21-8-2004 by skidlids]  | 
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