Most people we've spoken to over the past weekend of 1st September have stated unreservedly that a touch of madness remains undiagnosed with Martin. I will keep this as brief as possible.
Lets me see, the motor was again rebuilt (see the previous article to get up to speed) and was again taken to the track for testing. After the first 5 laps everything appeared to be running reasonably well and without incident. During a second session and after another 2 laps the heat gauge started to climb again. The cause? Yip another crack in the block straight into a water jacket. So out it was with the motor again and 5 motor changes later, frustration levels at their peak and the moral at an all-time low, Martin finally got a motor together at 3PM on the Friday before the race. A practice session was done at 17h00 and he seemed reasonably satisfied although not entirely convinced. She did have that 'crisp' sound to her once again.
Saturday and race day arrived with weather for ducks. Qualifying was at 09h00 and Mr 'Do or Die' qualified the SSS 2nd on the grid. Martin went on to finish second in both heats despite also being taken out in the first heat and regaining second spot again . He subsequently finished a respectable second for the day in class A (posting a superb time of 1:26:8) with Charles Arton in a BMW 530 taking 1st overall for the day.
BMW 530 hounding the SSS
To say he was exhausted after the race weekend is a slight understatement and an early Saturday night was in order.
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