Noel had a brilliant start, gaining one place immediately. He came over the top of the hill in 5th position.
It was quickly apparent that something was wrong as he drifted up the hill and pulled over. After everyone had passed he cruised downhill and went off into the unused road of the small circuit. I ran to meet him as he came back through the tunnel.
He was heartbroken! The front of the lower rear trailing arm on the rear suspension had come off when it jumped over the safety washer. It happened under accelleration at the start and made it impossible to steer.
Phil Foulkes was there to lend a hand to move the car and helped to get the bolt out of the chassis.
The Gemini was packed into its trailer in disgrace.
Hi Noel, sorry to see you had an issue with the Gemini. Hopefully you can get it sorted fir the next event. Maybe it was damaged when you had the driveshaft failure? Anyway, good luck going fwd. Mark
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