Yesterday dawned a little colder, and had warmed up little by the time of our Qualifying session mid afternoon. Car was going fine, we'd tweaked the brakes and shock absorbers, which improved things. There seemed to be quite a lot of traffic, which made life entertaining. Ended up on a 2:13.3, putting me in 25th on the grid, third in Class. The front of the grid populated by the much faster Class E runners. I'll line up behind old 'adversary' Steve Futter, and in front of him my Classmate Charles Cook.
We found that the car had been losing a bit of oil during the session, liberally coating the engine bay, and getting a little onto the left rest tyre, which may account for me losing grip towards the end of the session. Using a fresh crankshaft oilseal sourced from some very helpful UK Mini racers - Thanks Guys, hope you enjoyed the beer! - We (basically Iain of course) got it all changed and put back together but it was a couple of hours work. Hopefully we'll be a lot better today, but you'll never stop these old things from leaking a touch!
Very pleasant FJ dinner in town, 40+ of us - FJ is a very sociable crowd.
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