27th March 2010

Well the eagerly awaited start to the 2010 championship is finally here, Oulton Park in Cheshire played host for the first round of The 2010 Legends Cars Championship. With a full grid of 30 cars which included no less than 10 rookies, a difficult task lay ahead both #11 Simon and #12 Stephen.

 Warm-Up

The track was damp with drying patches so caution was the name of the game during the warm up. Simon came home in 7^th position on the timing sheets with Stephen in 10^th.

There was very little to taken from the warm up times as it was extremely hard to get a clear run with so many cars on the grid.

By the end of the session the Legends boys had created a dry line for all the other classes.

At Last It’s Time To Go Racing Again …

Round 1 Heat 1

The 1.660 miles (2.656 km) Fosters circuit was dry & ready for some close racing, 29 cars made up the first grid just 1 short of a full grid, added to that there were no less than 4 previous UK Legends champions, we were set for some action packed racing. Stephen set about making his way through the field from his 8^th row start, right behind him on the grid was 2009 Champion #1 Lee Fitzpatrick. Despite a couple of incidents and a couple of laps behind the safety car all went quite well. Simon’s progress was not going to be too straight forward as he was starting behind former champion #32 Peter Morton, in Simon’s words “at times it was a real dogfight out there, I didn’t expect anything else with so many former UK, European & World champions out there”. Both drivers’ got their cars back safely with #12 Stephen finishing 4^th and #11 Simon 0.434 seconds behind him in 5^th.

See You Back In The Paddock …

Round 1 Heat 2

 Yet another dogfight on track, “nobody out there wants to give a place, you have to be so careful trying to stay out of trouble” said Stephen who came home in 5^th place. Simon had to settle for 7^th spot in a race that involved “as much defensive driving as I can ever remember in a Legends race” said Simon.

 Round 6 Final

 A frustrated Stephen made quick progress through the traffic taking the lead at the start of the 4^th lap & despite 2 appearances by the safety car held on to the lead to take the top spot and 2^nd place overall on the day. With so many cars on the grid the first 2 laps of any race are very important, and the last thing you want is to get “baulked in” early on in the race. Sadly this is what happened to Simon who finished the race very frustrated 10th place.

Don’t forget you can keep up to date with Team Karcher Handy Motorsport’s progress in The 2010 CPC Legends Cars Championship on British Eurosport, Motors TV and also at the Legends UK website.

http://www.legendsracinguk.com/ukhome.html