Still, putting those worries behind us #262 lined up for race 1 with the other 14 cars present. It didn’t last long though as a crash on lap 1 meant a full restart. Brian left the line in a cloud of blue smoke but made good progress and as the cars behind began to fight for position he could clear off and concentrate on picking up a few places from his start position to take 4th at the finish.

It was only after the race that we were told transponders were used at Buxton to determine finish positions so we hastily wired in ours, thankfully we still have one we used during the national season in 2005.