PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE
RACE REPORT : ROUND 14 : SNETTERTON : 5/6 OCTOBER 2002

• Big trouble in the Roden camp. After Heat 1 a couple of stickers were removed from the pair of 360/Chs in order to make them more photogenic for a publicity shoot. This was apparently contrary to Championship Regulations and aroused the ire of our Championship Co-ordinator, who went looking for Stewart in the paddock. Wisely he kept well out of the way and the stickers immediately returned to their rightful place.
  
  
• After his engine failed in Heat 1 Ollie stood forlornly in the paddock with a pencil and a piece of paper in his hand which he had to get all the drivers to sign stating they had no objection to him swapping cars. Pretending that he didn't know the other drivers he got someone to walk him around and get the required crosses on the paper. For some reason he was thereafter nicknamed "Kevin". Could anyone please explain this?
  
  
• The usual Moodies hospitality was dispensed with and instead Jim and Janet Race brought out their wondrous Snetterton buffet on the weekend. Before the Races arrived Lynn and Derek Seymour looked after the running of the little hospitality enclave which was much used by the Ferrari drivers and their supporters.
  
  
• It was a trend started by Roden Motorsport : stack all your wheels outside your wagon and show everybody how many you have got. This was immediately picked up by the SCS boys and we now expect intense competition next year to see who's got the most wheels. It meant they even had to clean the pesky things, good news for the drivers.
  
  
• The end-of-season Prize-Giving Dinner was held on Sunday night at a nearby hostelry. John Mangoletsi was Guest of Honour and charmingly reminisced about some of the old Ferrari drivers he had come across when his father used to take him racing. John Newman from Ferrari UK and Martin Pallot from co-sponsors Pirelli reflected upon the past season, and Club Chairman Jack Sears formally thanked all the sponsors for their contribution to a great season's racing.
  
  
• At the dinner, in addition to the Class Championships awarded to Gary Culver, Robin Ward and John Taylor, some other major awards were presented. Gary Culver won the Worswick Trophy for the most overall wins in the season. David Preston won the Stirling Cup as Preparer of the Year and the Wilkinson Driver of the Year was awarded to ........ Robin Ward for his spectacular performance at Spa Francorchamps.
  
  
• The only thing wrong with the hotel was that darned helicopter that decided to take off at 7am from the back lawn. Suspicion rested on Jonathan Palmer because his odd looking Palmer Audis were having a race at Snetterton, and he has been known to fly around in the clattery things.
  
  
• Ace photographer Paul Jarmyn had some rushing about to do. He was at Snetterton for the PMFC race on Saturday, then got up at five in the morning on Sunday to cover the Veloqx 360GTs running in the Donington FIA race and then got back to Snetterton in time for the dinner. Apparently one or two cameras flashed en route so maybe his Lexus is going to have to rest up for a while.
  
  
  

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