August 2011
Round 12 - Lotus Seven Speed Championship 2011
Times
P1 - 63.56s - First practice, warm and dry
P2 - 62.94s - An improved run in the dry
T1 - 62.99s - Trying too hard.....
T2 - 63.22s - Slower due to damp but drying track
T3 - 61.68s - Better and just 3/100ths away from PB
Winner - Shaun Elwell 57.87s
The photos below are courtesy of Ian Blakeman. Some of Ian's more popular/interesting photos can be seen on his website
The photos below are courtesy of Chris Davies.
May 2011
Round 5 - Lotus Seven Speed Championship 2011
Times
P1 - 65.10s - First practice, dry but cloudy
P2 - 64.04s - An improved run in the dry
T1 - 64.97s - Tried to hard and got a 'gearbox full of neutrals'
T2 - 63.50s - Better, but still off the pace
T3 - 61.65s - Another PB, a really satisfying run where everything came together
Winner - Mike Sankey 58.41s
The photos below are courtesy of Ian Blakeman. Some of Ian's more popular/interesting photos can be seen on his website
May 2010
Round 4 - Lotus Seven Speed Championship 2010
Times
P1 - 66.62s - First practice, hot and sunny
P2 - 64.35s - Much faster lap, my best at Curborough so far
T1 - 64.79s - Just one small mistake.....
T2 - 64.02s - Managed to set another PB
T3 - 64.12s - Last run, just a little mistake, unable to improve my time. Finished 10th out of 18 overall, scoring 94.81 points.
Winner - Richard Price 60.70s
August 2009
Round 11 - Lotus Seven Speed Championship 2009
Times
P1 - 67.80s - First practice, dry conditions.
P2 - 67.35s - Slightly faster lap, my best at Curborough so far
T1 - 67.61s - Unfortunately I couldn't improve when it really mattered
T2 - 73.11s - Last run, now light rain has been falling for some time. Finished 13th out of 16 overall scoring 89.57 points
Winner - Jeff Smith 60.56s
Above 2 photos courtesy...
...of Ian Blakeman
May 2009
Round 4 - Lotus Seven Speed Championship 2009
Times
P1 - 72.12s - First ever circuit of Curborough, dry conditions
P2 - 83.48s - 2nd practice was very wet
T1 - 68.34s - Over lunch track dried out, managed to significantly improve on 1st practice
T2 - 81.34s - Next timed run was in monsoon conditions, very buttock-clenching
T3 - 80.68s - Last run, still very wet, but yet another improvement on previous wet runs, finishing 9th out of 14 overall scoring 89.87 points
