It was great to jump straight back into the car after racing the previous weekend, everything was fresh in my mind as we carried the momentum into the round. Manfeild is shaped like a paper-clip and on paper is simple, but in reality is a little more tricky. It has incredible history and has produced some very credible and some famous drivers. After our practise sessions I had a much better handle on the track going into qualifying. We ran older tyres first up and planned to bolt on greens (new tyres) after everything was warm. I set a banker time early on, which sat us in third. We dived into pit lane to change tyres and headed back out, but there was oil ALLLL over a good third of the track, as another car had blowntheir diff. We couldn’t get the edge out of our greens due to the slippery oil. This meant we started from 3rd for race one.

Later that afternoon we rolled out for our first race of the weekend. We had some great pace and were very racy, it was a three way battle for 2nd between myself, Nick and Lance. A few laps in I went to make my move and tried to outbreak Lance on the outside of turn one. I braked late and hard, but it was a little too late. I speared straight ahead, across the previously dropped oil and as the wall edged closer the wheels continued to lock up on the slippery grass, which made it hard to turn and avoid the wall. I managed to slow the car down, but still crashed into and along the tyre wall. I was pushed back out and rejoined the race, but now we were a lap down. I drove hard and consistently right to the end, but finished the race in last place.