We did go. 25,000 folk there though Gordy so it wasn't difficult to miss you.
Hamish was robbed. Simples. Tapped and spun twice, once by Jamie Cleland and once by his own team mate Vic Covey. He started in second place on the front row and took the lead before the first corner, then held that for 2 laps until it all went wrong when he and Jamie Cleland came together at Scotsman sending Hamish sideways down the track. He made a miracle recovery but lost a load of places. Then a few laps later same bit of track and Vic Covey does the same. Hamish ended up backwards on the track with all the other cars taking evasive action on the track and in the gravel to avoid ramming into his front. Hamish had no choice but to sit there and wait for the pack to pass, then pull out as a back marker. It's a real shame as if he had held it on the track he'd have had a podium for sure - was driving terrific until it all went wrong.
The Touring cars racing was good - but our favourite driver Jason Plato had a rubbish day. Qualified 6th, finished 7th first two races, got to pole in the reverse grid then was taken off by an overenthusiastic Tom Boardman and ended up DNF.
Toca seem to think there's now parity between the naturally aspirated and the turbocharged cars, but it's blatantly obvious there's still an issue there, with the turbo cars easily pulling away on the straights.
Anyway... It was a great day's racing and well worth the £25.
Some pics. I only took my compact so there's not awfy good.
A.