There was everything to play for in the championship, although even if Neil won his class in both races, and set fastest laps, it still needed leader Stephen Primett to falter for him to win. There was drama on the way down when the clutch went on the truck but the problem was easily located and a part obtained from the Mercedes Benz dealer in Swindon, although it did necessitate Neil driving off the M4 and about 10 miles of A roads without a clutch.

The Saturday was fine. Neil qualified seventh on the grid, behind class rival Peter Holton. It was an all action race. Neil did not get a good start and spun in his attempts to catch up. He then went at a fantastic speed, catching and passing cars to get just behind Peter Holton who had a very wide Rover.

Neil tried and tried to get by and finally spun again at the hairpin. He got going and was closing yet again but there were not enough laps to recover a second time. David Howard was the overall winner with Stephen Primett second.

It rained on Sunday night and it was wet when the Post Historics went out to qualify. Neil drove conservatively and was 10th on the grid about half a second faster than Peter Holton in the P6.

It was dry for the race and Neil steadily made his way through the field to 5th overall and first in class. Peter wasn’t that far behind and set the fastest lap.

Stephen Primett won his class in both races and that gave him the championship with 89 points. Steven Young was second on 87. Neil came third with 79 points. Not bad for a first year but if only Dave Thomas hadn’t done those four races!

Roll on next year!