Memories are made of this ...

A weekend I will never forget...
Flat out in 5th across the top of the mountain ... riding the ripple strip on the outside of Macphillamy (sp?)

... foot slipping off the brake pedal into the Dipper
I was surprised at how well my atmo 1800 could pull up the hill - there is no doubt the MX puts its power down really well, punching well above its weight. What was really pleasing was how, from Reid Park to Skyline, it pulled away from cars I had been mixing with from Hell corner up the hill. But most of them caught up on the run from Skyline to Forrests Elbow

, where I was something of a pussy - need to work on that bit next year

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Just setting a time here, one of the two icon tracks in Australian motorsport, was enough for me, I would have gone home happy at that point. To run hard with a range of cars, each with their own strengths, and swap positions where the opportunities presented themselves, was a buzz like nothing before. To do it all over three days in such a great atmosphere was truly memorable.
The icing on the cake was a 2.59.9391 lap, under the magic 3 minute mark
Congratulations to Russell, who blitzed the regularity times - couldn't have been more than a couple of MXs that were faster in any of the weekend's events!
Big thank you to FOSC for such a wonderful event, and to all the officials, helpers and others who helped make it happen.