PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE
RACE REPORT : ROUND 10 : CROFT : 27/28 JULY 2002

• The Wilkinson Driver of the Meeting was Oliver Morley, the second time this season that he has landed that accolade. Despite Culver pressing him all the way he remained cool and drove well within his capabilities. It would have been easy to have made a mistake when half the time you are looking in your mirrors. Similarly, Gary is a skilled enough racer not to have tried any body tapping manouevres to get by. Compliments to both of them.
  
  
• Commuter of the meeting had to be Mark Cale. Every evening from Thursday onwards he returned home to London. Why? Well you had better ask him that ......
  
  
• Having passed her accountancy exams young Miss McKay disappeared off to the Darlington hotspots on Saturday night accompanied by a four-mechanic posse. The rest of the evening was a blur, including failing to find the correct hotel room at four in the morning and a bathroom that seemed to alternate from side to side in the room. Needless to say she was fairly quiet on the Sunday.
  
  
• The best bit about that story was that the SCS mechanics who accompanied her were stopped at the circuit gate at four in the morning and asked for their paddock passes. Duncan blanched at the thought he was also going to have to pay for this child-minding service.
  
  
• Sometime PMFC racer Phil Nuttall turned up in the paddock atop his lovely new BMW motorbile. He says that ever since he stopped racing his wallet seems to get mysteriously fatter and he is being forced to relieve the pressure by spending it on boyz toyz.
  
  
• Here's a competition for everyone: which car had the following corner weights: LF 255kgs, RF 306kgs, LR 414kgs, RR 390kgs........ Hint: this is without driver, and the car is RHD.
  
  
• The paddock water was vicious. Anyone who had a shower there would be certain to have removed all impurities from every nook and cranny with the amount of chlorine that was in it. We all came away looking slightly green but at least there were no nasty bugs on us. And as for the tea.....
  
  
• The sexiest in-car helmet hanger undoubtedly belonged to Robin Ward. Made out of purest unobtanium, it apparently came from a Sebring-winning Ferrari 333SP. Others tried to touch it and marvelled at its hidden powers. But watch your alternators, it doesn't agree with them.
  
  

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Mark Cale in thought before the off

The Culvers get ready

Bored with cars, scrute John May measures the shed's camber

Oliver Morley picks up his Driver of the Meeting award

Stressful, all this race-watching

Steve Farthing's trousers were special

pics by Paul/Fotografia Corse & CMdigicams