"Following two test sessions where we could not get rid of tyre shake, the car went into Webster Race Engineering to be base lined. We had already decided to put on some new Toyo slicks, purchased from Gordon Appleton at Wheelgame, so following a hectic week, we found ourselves arriving at Jon's at 7pm on the Thursday evening before the Easter Weekend."

"Thanks to Jon and all his team who had found a problem with the set up, we arrived at the track excited about the upcoming four days of racing."

"With the new slicks fitted, it allowed us to evaluate the pressures the tyres required to give a good "footprint" and we now realise that we weren't running the tyres at quite the correct pressure."

Over the subsequent three days of qualifying, we made some adjustments to the clutch but not having any accurate weighing scales, crew chief Barry came up with an idea which you can see in the photos below, to determine the difference in weight between an ally nut and bolt and a steel nut and bolt for the clutch fingers!"

"Following this "brain wave", we had another pass and found ourselves in number one qualifying spot with a personal best of 7.61 et. WELL DONE BARRY!!"

"Qualifying number 1 brought with it a pleasent suprise as Barbara Kirk came over over and gave me an envelope. Put up out of his own pocket, Dave Stokes who crews with Paul Brooks, is giving a cash prize for No 1 qualifier. What great support! Thanks very much Dave!"

"We went into finals day with high expectations but ended up being disappointed with the overall result after being eliminated by Tim Garlick. Congratulations and thanks must go to Tim for his support from Heliarc Technology Ltd, and well done to him and his team."

"Also, well done to all the Super Modified racers for putting on a great show and a special congrats to the Kirk Family for their win."

"So once home and weighing up the weekend, I decided not to be too disappointed as the '55 Chevy is the fastest car out there so far, and I'm already deep into alterations and upgrades ready for the next meeting."

"Thanks to all the guys who helped me out that weekend; Barry, Bryan and Jim and everyone else who came up to see us."

"ROLL ON THE BIG BANG!"