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Dawn scuppered by leak
ANDOVER racer Dawn Boyd headed west last weekend for the latest rounds of the Mini Challenge at challenging and fast Castle Combe.
After taking extra practice at the circuit Dawn was looking forward to a successful weekend's racing but it was not to be.
Going out for qualifying her car was hard to control in the corners, but she had to struggle on as there was no time to check or repair anything. Tenth qualifying was disappointing but after being checked and serviced, in race one there was still something wrong, but she brought it home safely in ninth place.
For race two on Sunday Dawn had a flying start making up three places on the grid and by overtaking an incident on the first corner she was fourth but the car was more slippery than ever and a very unhappy Dawn finished ninth again. At service the problem became clear as the fuel tank was leaking, a problem only ever seen once before by the team boss in years of racing. The fuel was dribbling down through the car shell and onto the back wheel.
So race three on Sunday afternoon was the chance to show everyone that Dawn could postfaster laps with a car that worked. It was a rolling start and Dawn was with the pack at the first corner when suddenly her team mate lost control and smashed straight into the driver's side of Dawn's car and she limped to a halt.
Another disappointing weekend, but a bruised Dawn will be back next week at Donington Park with everything crossed that her luck has to change.
12:17pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
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