The morning of Modified Live started off a little bit different for many of us this year as we had stayed overnight at various local hotels after attending the SIDC track day on the Saturday.  It certainly made a nice change to arrive at a show already well fed and not in the usual state of severe sleep deprivation!

As we approached the entrance to Snetterton we were amazed at the long queues of traffic awaiting entrance to the show compared to last year when we pretty much drove straight through and onto the stand.  After a moderately short period of time though we were on the stand and there was Phil on “car park duties” turning us from a rabble of 20 or so scoobs into an organized club stand.  A slight sense of panic broke out for a certain SIDC member when he managed to lock his keys in the boot of his car - I won’t cause embarrassment by naming and shaming but if I say that this was a problem because (white) Spec C’s don’t have a boot release lever you may get an idea who he was and why it was such a problem ;-) lol.

As the cleaning cloths came out of the boots of the cars Phil informed us that he had arranged for there to be a “clean car” competition – nothing on the scale of the show and shine, just a friendly little competition judged by a few impartial club members, I’ll freely admit as much as I was going to give the car a quick clean over this did spur me on to do “just a bit more” – aided by Robbie who took great pleasure in informing me “you’ve missed a bit” and “there’s a dirty bit there”, however this was very much appreciated after I (somehow) managed to achieve 3rd place!  2nd place went to Woodcote with his gorgeous (ok so I’m biased) type R with a very well deserved 1st place going to Jackie (Mrs Budgie) with her gleaming GB270 wagon – well done Jackie!!!!!!

Competition over it was time to wander over to the pit lane and see what was happening with the Time Attack guys.  Team Zen were busy working away on their car while at the same time helping out Duncan Graham (Dynamix) with his, so as you can imagine it was pretty “full on” in their garage. After having a quick chat with Paul we let him get on with what he does best and continued “talking shop” with Liz and Phil Glew who were driving for Team Zen that day and who later achieved P1 in qualifying and the fastest Subaru lap in the Pro class. Duncan was also extremely successful on the day, not only achieving the fastest Subaru lap but also becoming the Club Challenge champion for 2009.  Of course I mustn’t forget that huge congratulations are due to Olly and all of the RCM team for securing the UK Time Attack title with their awesome car “The Gobstopper”.

Presentation time arrived and despite it now being pitch black, raining and pretty much blowing a gale I can honestly say it was a very proud Little Green Goblin and Woodcote who presented the SIDC trophies to the winning drivers – many thanks to Phil for entrusting us with this responsibility.  Unfortunately my camera batteries decided at this point that enough was enough and died on me – after much cursing by me and patience by both Nige and Phil Glew I did manage to get one photo!

It was a really enjoyable end to the 2009 show season and I’m already looking forward to seeing you all again in 2010.

The morning of Modified Live started off a little bit different for many of us this year as we had stayed overnight at various local hotels after attending the SIDC track day on the Saturday.  It certainly made a nice change to arrive at a show already well fed and not in the usual state of severe sleep deprivation!

As we approached the entrance to Snetterton we were amazed at the long queues of traffic awaiting entrance to the show compared to last year when we pretty much drove straight through and onto the stand.  After a moderately short period of time though we were on the stand and there was Phil on “car park duties” turning us from a rabble of 20 or so scoobs into an organized club stand.  A slight sense of panic broke out for a certain SIDC member when he managed to lock his keys in the boot of his car - I won’t cause embarrassment by naming and shaming but if I say that this was a problem because (white) Spec C’s don’t have a boot release lever you may get an idea who he was and why it was such a problem ;-) lol.

Competition over it was time to wander over to the pit lane and see what was happening with the Time Attack guys.  Team Zen were busy working away on their car while at the same time helping out Duncan Graham (Dynamix) with his, so as you can imagine it was pretty “full on” in their garage. After having a quick chat with Paul we let him get on with what he does best and continued “talking shop” with Liz and Phil Glew who were driving for Team Zen that day and who later achieved P1 in qualifying and the fastest Subaru lap in the Pro class. Duncan was also extremely successful on the day, not only achieving the fastest Subaru lap but also becoming the Club Challenge champion for 2009.  Of course I mustn’t forget that huge congratulations are due to Olly and all of the RCM team for securing the UK Time Attack title with their awesome car “The Gobstopper”.

Presentation time arrived and despite it now being pitch black, raining and pretty much blowing a gale I can honestly say it was a very proud Little Green Goblin and Woodcote who presented the SIDC trophies to the winning drivers – many thanks to Phil for entrusting us with this responsibility.  Unfortunately my camera batteries decided at this point that enough was enough and died on me – after much cursing by me and patience by both Nige and Phil Glew I did manage to get one photo!

It was a really enjoyable end to the 2009 show season and I’m already looking forward to seeing you all again in 2010.

Rach aka Little Green Goblin