TEAM VIKING & URSUS CAPITAL RACING ANGLESEY

It was Fun Cup time again and after missing the Snetterton round, Colin Kingsnorth was back to share with Mark Holme at Anglesey.

They were 16^th quickest after the morning qualifying, but their luck had already turned for the worst, in the following draw for grid positions, they pulled out second to last place.

Holme was in for the first stint and had climbed to 16^th place at the first pitstop window, from 27^th on the grid.

At the end of the first hour they were in 17^th, but apart from the top six, most of the field was running nose to tail.

But after a short safety car period, Kingsnorth was making progress again, staying out late he made the second stop from 10th, but it hadn’t been without drama. “There was a break knock and I started to lose it, but then I hit the accelerator rather than the brake and did lose it,” he admitted.

But precious time was being lost at the pitstops. “I gained a few positions at the start and we had top 10 pace, but it was like the fuel was vapourising and it killed us at the stops,” Holme explained.

They had dropped to 22^nd after two hours had been completed. “It was just a case of doing what we could as we couldn’t cure it,” Holme added.

They finally finished 20^th, but 13 laps off the lead, “extremely disappointing” was the conclusion with hopes of finding a cure for the second race.

This time they drew 17th place with Kingsnorth starting. But it was obvious from the start the problems from race one hadn’t been solved, as he was struggling to stay in the top 20.

They made the first stop ninth after staying gout to the end of the window again, but on rejoining they were back in 17th and struggling at the first hour.

It was to get worse before the end though when the throttle cable snapped it looked like game over. The car was recovered and eventually rejoined to finish the race 20^th.

“I enjoyed my golf the day before and we started with some optimism. But both races ended in disappointment,” Holme concluded.