Qualifying for the Pembrey Double Header was thrown into uncetainty by a heavy rain shower about 45 minutes before the scheduled start. It was clear that the track would get drier as no further rain looked likely, so everyone opted for slicks. That decision was reinforced when qualifying was delayed for 40 minutes due to problems with the timing equipment. This resulted in sessions being shortened to 15 minutes from 20, which took the Historic FF2000 teams by surprise, somewhat.

As it was, 18 cars ventured out onto a damp circuit that would become almost completely dry by the end of the shortened session. The times tended to indicate that those with recent experience of Pembrey were at an advantage, as the first five places were taken by drivers who had raced or tested there recently. Just over two seconds covered the first nine cars, with Colin Wright quickest on 1:00.632. Trevor Arkell was second, followed by Nicholas Pearce (who had damaged a couple of nosecones in Friday testing), Roger Price - having a very good run, Iain, Peter Denham, Nigel Grant, Jan Langdon and Antony Raine. Antony had finally bought some new tyres to replace the second hand set that Iain had provided earler in the season, and found his car transformed, proving that there is no reason why an older car shouldn't run at the front.

Lou Watts had been running very well, but sadly went off on his eighth lap, doing a fair amount of damage to the rear end of his car. Undaunted, he set about the repair job, but was forced to miss the first race. Stuart Boyer was another to miss out, having lost his flywheel, but he too was determined to be out for the second race, on Sunday. Seamus Doyle stuggled with a misfire, and John Taylor came to the conclusion that the (at least) seven year old tyres on his RP27 really ought to be pensioned off.

Our Pembrey racing began with an immediate red flag - Seamus had completed the green flag lap with an even worse version of his misfire, and the car finally expired on the outside of the circuit, right in the firing line of anyone who lost it at Honda.

At the restart, Colin Wright shot into the lead, and simply stayed there! His job was made considerably easier when Roger Price, who had been running second, was punted into a spin by Iain, who lost his (new) nosecone, and was subsequently given the "Mechanical" flag, which he duly ignored. Trevor Arkell had tangled with Nick Pearce, and retired. Nick pressed on, and passed the understeering Iain for second. Janet Sherry had to pit for attention to a loose sidepod, and Peter Denham had retired on lap 4 with a deranged rear wing, sustained in the Pearce/Arkell incident. Antony Raine steered the oldest car in the race to a superb fifth place, and John Taylor found that the new tyres gave him the confidence to improve on his qualifying time by some seven seconds.

So, Colin ran out the winner by over twenty seconds - just reward for someone who has supported us from the outset and had numerous pole positions, but whose luck has never held long enough to get a win.

Our second race on Sunday proved to be equally eventful. Colin shot into a lead that was to be curtailed by a red flag after a few laps. Nigel Grant had passed Iain for second, and Lou Watts had gone from last to eighth. Roger Price sustained nosecone damage, and pitted for a replacement, but was allowed to join the back of the field on the green flag lap for the now, eight minute race.

At the restart, Colin again made no mistakes, and shot into the lead. Iain made a cracking start and passed both Nigel Grant and Nick Pearce to emerge from the hairpin second. Further back, an ambitious move by Roger Price resulted in yet another damaged Delta nosecone, and retirement for both Roger and Jan Langdon (and a bit of a tank-slapper for Eric Hoult).

The positions remained unchanged until the fifth lap, when Iain pulled off at Hatchets with no clutch. Stuart Boyer also retired his immaculate Spax-liveried Reynard on the same lap. The race ran it's course with few further place changes, although at the end, the first seven were only 8.3s apart. Another excellent win for Colin, which hopefully made the seven hour journey home worthwhile.

Another good meeting! The Historic FF2000 teams attracted much favourable comment from the HSCC both for the standard of their presentation, and the amount of laughter and fun evident at the barbecue...