Peter Williams Car Trial

The weather was not as enthusiastic as I was, raining on us. It was forecast to stop mid morning but hung on till lunchtime. I was first on which kind of made me the guinea pig for the morning.  Running first you get to show fellow competitors either the right or wrong way to attempt the section. My day didn’t start well, I lost 6 marks to a few people on a steep little bit. Not the best start. It really didn’t feel like it was going well, massive scores slipping and sliding all over the place. Dropped an 11 on hill 8…..can’t think the last time I was writing double figures! Thankfully I wasn’t alone in my sizable score sheet, I was still in touch after round 1 and got a whole mark less to lead the class at lunch.

The rain had turned to drizzle and pretty much stopped, which was nicer but the ground was soaking and the more cars that went up the sections the more grass disappeared and turned to mud. I had a good 3rd round picking my way through the sections stretching  out a slight lead over the others. Round 4 was good as well, I didn’t gain anything but more importantly I didn’t lose anything.

The index again fell in my favour and I won overall again….I’ve never done a double before, again narrowly beating Barrie from the RWD class.

A fantastic weekend and season opener….I can’t lie, made better by 2 wins…walking on sunshine me…happy happy. Took the car to the jet wash once I got home and treated it to a wash and put it away ready for NEXT weekend’s event.